Management
Canadian Bar Association: Let Non-Lawyers Own Law Firms…
In Mindset Matters: Lawyers That Lead Well Are Receptive to Change, I brought forward the view that business executives might be better equipped to lead law firms through the turbulent change facing the legal industry. The Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) recent recommendation that non-lawyers be able to own law firms underscores this view. This CBA recommendation is refreshing when juxtaposed against the Texas State Bar ethics ruling which states…
Read MoreMindset Matters: Lawyers That Lead Well Are Receptive to Change
I’m sitting in a Vancouver, BC coffee shop with Gerry Riskin, author of the Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices blog. We’re talking about leadership and the differing mindsets of lawyers and business people. Our conversation was prompted by Gerry’s mindset slide: I can relate. Early in my legal career, I worked with lawyers in leadership roles who wore this mindset…
Read MoreThinking Like A Lawyer Is A Technique — Not A Lifestyle
From Star Trek — The Motion Picture: Doctor McCoy: Spock, you haven’t changed a bit. You’re just as warm and sociable as ever. Spock: Nor have you, Doctor, as your continued predilection for irrelevancy demonstrates. Spock is a Vulcan. He gets away with living by “reason and logic with no interference from emotion” but that’s because his extraterrestrial…
Read MoreBloggers: Internet Trolls Are Broken People — Ignore Them…
Do you willingly feed trolls who are trying to obscure their identities? I’m not talking about the cave-dwelling, ugly beings depicted in folklore as either giants or dwarfs. Those trolls aren’t yet online. I want you to focus on the more insidious demons known as the “Internet trolls” (aka troll-holes as in a-holes). Troll-holes are…
Read MoreAdapt to Law’s Digital Disruption or Die by Snooze
If “what we find changes who we become” then consider this Law 2.0: The New Continuum of Legal Education report by Colorado Law (University of Colorado at Boulder): Digital disruption is forcing law to change just like journalism, music, video and other information industries. This digital transition leaves many traditional law firm business models under stress. This creates new opportunities…
Read MoreA Kodak Moment and The Consequence of Organic Change
Today’s guest post is authored by Eric Fletcher. He’s a 25-year veteran of professional services business development & marketing. He spend the past 14 years in legal industry architecting key client development programs and new business pursuits. He’s a speaker (TedxSanAntonio), writer and blogger since 2002. His blog is Marketing Brain Fodder. A Kodak Moment and The Consequence of…
Read MoreCoaching “Excellence” Without Being an A-hole…
I’m savoring this moment before today’s kick-off. I want us to win but if we don’t win then I’m not sure we lost. From the Los Angeles Times: SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks are headed to the second Super Bowl in their history. They have an inexhaustibly dynamic coach in Pete Carroll, an instant-superstar quarterback in Russell Wilson, the NFL’s richest and most…
Read MoreIt’s a brand new year at LexBlog – exciting news!
We listened to your feedback and have exciting changes to announce. This year marks LexBlog‘s ten-year anniversary and we want to make it one for the history books. We listened to your feedback and worked hard in 2013 to make great things happen for you in 2014. The highlights: Account Management As of today, you have…
Read MoreWhat I Believe Informs Everything I Do for You as a Client
A blog post doesn’t have to be long to make a point. I understand the immense power of a lawyer networking through the Internet. What I believe informs everything I do for you as a LexBlog client or prospect. Social media challenges the “traditional” notion of how you — as a lawyer — develop business. I’m sure you have…
Read MoreTake the Nearest Exit off the “Technology Loop”
I love turning off my phone. I forget my computer on purpose. I like social online but I love “social” offline. I cherish losing myself in “flow.” Compare that to: “Chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter. Do, do, do. It’s so exhausting.” It’s really easy to follow every train of thought and every email that comes along and get lost in…
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