Diffusing Conflict: Taming the Insensitive Partner
In this article I am focusing on a different aspect of conflict among senior lawyers – and one that I am sure will be familiar to many. This is the case of the insensitive lawyer, or the lawyer who is somewhat lacking in emotional intelligence, and who ruffles feathers or, worse, causes more serious distress to his or her colleagues.
Leadership: Agility in the Face of Fragility
Leaders who ignore the fragility of themselves and those with whom they interact may soon realize that complacency leads to anxiety or panic.
Partner Teams – the benefits, the challenges and why some partners don’t like them! (Part Two)
Too often, partners with specialties do not train successors in that area of work, do not introduce their clients to team lawyers in an organised, structured way and when they retire the ‘cupboard is often bare’ i.e. no real succession has been provided for in regard to skills transfer, personnel or key clients. Legal staff are left in a melting pot of uncertainty as to workflow, quality of work, coaching, feedback and whether an interest will be taken in them or their work and progression in the firm. This results in lowered self-esteem, potential is not realised and lower productivity and sometimes departure results.
Partner Teams – the benefits, the challenges and why some partners don’t like them! (Part One)
The benefits of Partner teams within Law Firms, World-wide.
Client Remote Working Outreach — Managing Partner Checklist
Managing Partners: Capitalize on your firm’s opportunity to enhance your outreach program to clients
Remote Working Checklist for Managing Partners
Topics from actual counseling sessions with managing partners that will help you prioritize the the key elements of Remote Working
The Focus Challenge – Part 3: Your Family
Obviously, giving zero percent attention to the family is neither healthy nor sustainable, but I suspect it happens more often than we’d like to believe.
Avoiding Law-Firm Armageddon: How a Major Law Firm Nearly Imploded… and How the Conflict Was Resolved
Senior-level conflict can threaten the very existence of a law firm. Mediation is one tool to address such conflicts: but the process is far from straightforward.
Law Firm Leadership: Consensus or Command?
Which leadership style is more effective: consensus or command? It depends on the circumstances and the individuals involved.
Leadership and Risk-Taking
Election season has begun in the United States, far too early compared to most countries. The competition for leadership makes me think of leadership contests in law firms. Imagine that the term of your managing partner has expired and two candidates are standing for the post. Though campaigning is unseemly and brief, the contrasting positions […]