Firm Leadership

Making the Most of Budget Season: A Strategic Approach for Legal Marketing and BD Leaders

Society54 on 9/10/2025

As another budgeting season looms, law firm marketing and business development leaders find themselves in a familiar spot: juggling strategic priorities, limited resources, and the ongoing need to demonstrate measurable...more

Is Your Firm Prepared to Succeed in the Lateral Arena?

LawVision on 9/9/2025

Landing a lateral partner is a visible win. But too often, that’s where the effort stops. Firms celebrate the hire, then leave integration to chance. The result is predictable: laterals who underperform, leave prematurely, or...more

Branding: It’s Not Just A B2C Thing, It’s An Everything Thing

JD Supra Perspectives on 9/9/2025

Paula Zirinsky explores how emotional essence and rational positioning shape brands across B2C and professional services—and why people themselves are the ultimate brand stewards....more

Dr Karen Kahn of Threshold Advisors on Bridging the Cross-Selling Gap - Passle's CMO Series Podcast

Passle on 9/9/2025

Law firms continue to struggle with getting their lawyers to cross-sell effectively, leaving significant revenue untapped. The good news is that with the right strategic shift, firms can close the gap between their...more

Establishing a Client Advisory Board

IR Global on 9/5/2025

Accounting business leaders need an excellent understanding of the MARKET to make good decisions on new services, marketing, communications, branding, Client service, pricing and even hiring. One of the best sources of...more

Bridging the Gratitude Gap: How One Lawyer Reclaimed Confidence by Celebrating Progress

IR Global on 9/4/2025

The “Gratitude Gap” keeps many attorneys stuck in a cycle of striving. This story shows what happens when you stop to acknowledge how far you’ve already come....more

Why Partner Development is the Key to Law Firm Resilience: On Record PR

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. on 9/2/2025

International Faculty member Mark Beese discusses the need for partner-level leadership development in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment. Mark shares his perspective on the lack of formal...more

Developing Tomorrow’s Law Firm Leaders: From Water Cooler Moments to Leadership Academies - On Record PR

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. on 9/2/2025

In this follow-up to last week’s On Record PR episode on partner leadership, host Jennifer Simpson Carr sits down again with Mark Beese, leadership consultant and member of Furia Rubel’s International Faculty, to focus on the...more

Prognosticate or Tempt Fate

LawVision on 9/2/2025

I’ll get right to the point – If your firm isn’t already preparing 3 to 5 year pro forma financial statements that conservatively account for predictable and inevitable events (e.g., retirements, normal turnover, rising...more

Courtney Beauzile of Robins Kaplan on Building High-Performance Marketing & BD Teams in Modern Law Firms - Passle's CMO Series...

Passle on 9/1/2025

In today’s legal market, mid-size firms are proving they can punch well above their weight, and the secret often lies in bold, strategic marketing leadership. In this episode of the CMO Series Podcast, Charles Cousins speaks...more

Firm Leaders: You Are the Sum of Your Parts

JD Supra Perspectives on 8/29/2025

From Mike Mellor, a call to action for managing partners to leverage their firm’s collective experience....more

These are the six ways thought leadership will support your firm's strategic plan

Copo Strategies + Law Firm Editorial Service on 8/28/2025

In this video, Wayne Pollock (Founder of Copo Strategies and the Law Firm Editorial Service) explains six ways thought leadership can support your firm's strategic plan. 1. By covering issues or developments regarding the...more

[Event] AI Era: The Future of Legal Workflows - November 13th - 14th, Charleston, SC

Best Era on 8/27/2025

Join the movement of forward-thinking firms embracing AI the right way. WHERE LEGAL INNOVATION MEETS REAL IA STRATEGY - Join top legal professionals, AI innovators, and operations experts for a 2-day live experience...more

Inverting Leadership Paradigms to Radically Increase Intrinsic Motivation and Engagement from Your Team

Baker Donelson on 8/26/2025

No matter your title at Baker Donelson or how senior you are, you will play the role of leader at times. A leader is anyone who has the capacity to shape mindsets and behavior in furtherance of a shared goal. Moreover, even...more

The Gratitude Gap: How Elite Law Firm Leaders Balance Fulfillment and Ambition

IR Global on 8/25/2025

If you’ve built a successful firm but still feel the pull for more, you’re not alone....more

Talent – The Final Strategic Frontier?

LawVision on 8/19/2025

In a post two years ago this month “Here We Go All Over Again… or Not”, I posed a series of questions about what might happen to the legal world in this era of Generative AI. While the takeover of the industry by computers...more

Gina Rubel on Leading with Integrity: Strategic Comms for Complex Times - CMO Series REPRESENTS

Passle on 8/19/2025

In a time when business leaders are navigating heightened political division, evolving workplace expectations, and the urgent call for inclusivity, understanding how to lead with purpose has never been more critical. On this...more

Your Clients Are Talking—Are You Listening? Turning Client Feedback into Growth for Law Firms

Society54 on 8/18/2025

Now more than ever, law firms of all sizes are laser-focused on generating new business. While client acquisition is vital, sustainable growth also comes from within. Think stronger relationships, better service, and deeper...more

[Webinar] What’s Keeping Legal Leadership Up at Night? - August 19th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 8/7/2025

Modern Pressures, Measured Responses: A Candid Conversation Between GCs and Law Firm Leaders - The ground beneath the legal industry is shifting, and leaders are feeling it in real time. From the unpredictable pace of AI...more

Building Your Future at Holland & Knight: Willie Phillips' Transition from Public Sector to Partner

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/7/2025

Public Policy & Regulation attorney Willie Phillips discusses his transition from serving as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to becoming a partner at Holland & Knight. With extensive experience as...more

First the Late Show, Next the Local News?

Blattel Communications on 8/6/2025

The announcement by CBS cancelling the Late Show likely marks a major tipping point in media generally and broadcast specifically. This development seems removed from professional services, but there are looming...more

Still Stuck in 1986

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on 8/5/2025

I once volunteered for an organization where I flat-out said the leadership—excluding myself—was stuck in 1986. I didn’t say it to be funny. I said it because it was true....more

Carl Kennedy of Katten on Building a Competitive Edge with Thought Leadership - Passle's CMO Series Rainmakers

Passle on 8/5/2025

Creating impactful thought leadership content in a high-pressure, client-driven industry is no small feat, especially when time is tight. But done right, it can unlock career-defining opportunities, from keynote invitations...more

I Was Never Going to Be That Guy

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C. on 8/4/2025

When I was getting ready for law school, I watched The Firm. Tom Cruise, fresh-faced and full of promise, with all these big-name law firms throwing money at him like he was a first-round draft pick. A Mercedes. A Rolex. A...more

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