Monthly Archives: November 2014
The Cost – Value Conundrum in Talent Strategy
November 24, 2014
By Sue Manch – “Nowadays people know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.” Oscar Wilde Cost-cutting has become a familiar priority for many large law firms and ironically, it often begins with cutting people and resources at the heart of talent strategy. Despite being a business dependent on the intellectual capital of
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How to Make Your Best Lawyers Even Better
November 17, 2014
By Naomi Beard – We all know the conundrum: Skills that make for a successful associate (researching effectively, writing succinctly, performing even the smallest tasks with acute attention to detail) are not identical to the strengths that make a partner (attracting and keeping business, understanding and analyzing client objectives, anticipating and articulating the dynamic relationship between business
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Leveling the Playing Field: Bringing In the Men
November 10, 2014
By Pat Gillette – Women had to fight for the right to take maternity leave. We had to fight for the right to work part time. We had to fight for the right to work remotely. These issues drove women’s initiatives, conferences, and publications for years and finally, the legal industry, as a whole, has
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Combining KM & PD to Turbocharge Attorney Performance
November 3, 2014
By Chris Boyd, Guest Contributor – A corporate associate learning how preferred stock anti-dilution adjustments work and why they’re used in venture financing deals – that’s professional development (PD). A corporate associate quickly finding examples of past anti-dilution adjustment provisions to use in drafting documents for a current deal – that’s knowledge management (KM). PD and KM
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