Articles
ProfitMotive
By Gerry Riskin. A mini case study about positive change...
A Question of Selective Focus
By Patrick J. McKenna. If you're not special, you're dead. Well-focused specialists are winning the marketplace wars. Is it time to change your strategy from "do everything" to "do only what we do best"?
Compete
By Patrick J. McKenna. Lessons from accounting firms.
Forget About Revenue
By Gerry Riskin. Profits are a better way to measure a law firm’s financial health. This article explores why so many firms are preoccupied with revenues instead of profit and what you can do about it...
Develop 'First-Mover' Advantage
By Patrick J. McKenna. Effective practice group strategy often requires being first and being exceptional.
Increasing Revenue Through Practice Groups: An Interview with Robert E. Gilbert
CEO of Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone in Detroit, Michigan, Bob Gilbert estimates that his firms net income per principal has increased over 70 percent in the last few years based on a bone-deep commitment to practice groups and their particular methodology for rewarding practice group profitability. We asked Bob Gilbert what went right.