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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.