Firm Leadership, Professional Development, Corporate Culture

Law Firms Are Bleeding Talent Because They Refuse to Build Leaders

Best Era on 7/23/2025

Law firms have a leadership crisis. Not a shortage of managing partners or practice group heads, but a fundamental inability to develop actual leaders from within their ranks. The traditional model of promoting the best...more

Strategic Planning for Law Firms: Turning Metrics into Meaningful Change

Society54 on 7/15/2025

At Society 54, we believe strategy shouldn't be confined to a binder or pulled out for review only once a year. It should be actionable, dynamic, and directly tied to real-time insights into your firm's operations. In today's...more

From Pressure to Presence: What Happens When Leaders Stop Demanding

IR Global on 7/15/2025

What if the biggest leadership breakthrough wasn’t in getting louder—but in getting clearer? In the world of law firm leadership, power often masquerades as pressure. High expectations are seen as synonymous with...more

Law Firms Must Prioritize Hiring for Curiosity and Work Ethic in the AI Era

Best Era on 5/19/2025

In today's rapidly evolving legal landscape, artificial intelligence is democratizing execution across the profession. As routine tasks become automated, the qualities that differentiate exceptional legal professionals are...more

Navigating Generational Friction in Law Firms

LawVision on 4/29/2025

In May of 2023, I (Mike) tried to raise awareness of the challenges of navigating generational changes by focusing on the impact on partner compensation… The post Navigating Generational Friction in Law Firms appeared first...more

Law Firms Must Get “Unreasonable” To Win The Talent Wars

Best Era on 3/31/2025

As an adjunct legal professor, I’m fortunate to get to spend time with law students. They are smart, hardworking, and ready to make valuable contributions to the legal profession. And they’re different from lawyers of...more

Baker's Dozen: What Does Leaving a Legacy Mean to You?

Baker Donelson on 3/4/2025

What does it mean to leave a legacy? For some, it’s about mentorship and creating opportunities for those who follow. For others, it’s about building relationships, shaping a culture of inclusion, or making a lasting impact...more

Try To Be Better Every Day

Jaburg Wilk on 2/20/2025

Let me tell you something straight – mediocrity is a choice, and excellence is a habit. I’ve spent my career watching companies rise and fall, and the one constant separator between success and failure is the relentless...more

Be the Change You Want to See

Jaburg Wilk on 11/1/2024

This past weekend I was reading something and saw the phrase “be the change you want to see.” I’ve heard it before and have written about the benefits of change. It struck me as I believe change and trying new things is the...more

ALM Consulting Magazine Best Firms to Work For Industry Series Recap

Integreon on 9/25/2024

Building Exceptional Firms: From Rainmaking to Culture Building, What Makes Great Firms Stand Out? What Iconic Consulting Firms Do to Grow in a Post-COVID Era - Consulting Magazine held the “2024 Best Firms to Work For”...more

Lead the Way, Through Women Leading the Way

Baker Donelson on 9/4/2024

Advancing women to leadership roles is not merely a "nice-to-have" feature of your business. It also serves as something other than an employee attraction or a retention benefit. Ironically, women in leadership shouldn't be a...more

Podcast: #WhyMcGlinchey? Lateral to Leadership with Kelly Lipinski [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 69]

McGlinchey Stafford on 8/28/2024

In this installment of the More with McGlinchey #WhyMcGlinchey podcast series, Member Kelly Lipinski talks with Director of Talent Acquisition Margeaux Roush about why she has chosen to grow her career here at McGlinchey....more

The Case for Empathy

Integreon on 8/9/2024

Good morning. Welcome back to Scaling Greatness, a newsletter from Integreon focusing on amplifying business excellence and innovation. Much ink has been spilled about the merits of ruthlessness in business....more

Leadership and Beyond: Board Service as a Catalyst for Lawyer Development

JD Supra Perspectives on 7/19/2024

Board service provides a unique avenue for lawyers to expand their professional horizons. Lana Manganiello explains how....more

How GCs Will Choose Law Firms in 2024

Firesign | Enlightened Legal Marketing on 3/29/2024

It’s not your imagination: Legal business development in 2024 is harder. In a January survey by BTI Consulting, 53 percent of lawyers and law firm leaders said business development would get harder this year. And it’s...more

For LPM, Charisma is Undying Belief

LawVision on 3/12/2024

Here’s an idea for LPM leadership. We’ll welcome spring with the ending of our three-part series on charisma. Again, we recommend viewing the Simon Sinek video that forms the basis for this series. It’s both entertaining and...more

Practice Group Management: The Key to More Effective Use of Investment Time to Build Your Firm

LawVision on 9/5/2023

Most firms today have embraced effective and empowered practice management for many reasons: improved engagement and retention of their valued professionals, greater profitability, more collaboration and teamwork, enhanced...more

Learn How to Refine Your Corporate Culture Through Radical Candor and Inclusivity with NY Times Best-Selling Author Kim Scott

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. on 4/10/2023

Welcome to On Record PR. I’m your host Gina Rubel. Today, I’m going on record with Kim Scott, the author of Just Work and Radical Candor and co-founder of a company that helps people put the ideas in her books into practice....more

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