Selection
Lawyers on the Rise: Three Ways to Recruit Resilience
December 26, 2017
By Neha Sampat – (Originally published in Law Practice Today on August 14, 2017.) Grit. Fortitude in the face of struggle. Elasticity that allows a person to be stretched to an uncomfortable limit and then bounce back swiftly and completely, often with forward trajectory. We hear a lot about resilience these days, with Sheryl Sandberg
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THE MANSFIELD RULE: Making Leadership More Than a Man’s Field
May 31, 2017
By Patricia K. Gillette — “What if we consider that it is not the women, but the system that needs to be fixed?” Whatever we are doing in law firms to increase gender diversity in positions of economic and institutional power is not working. How do we know that? Simply look at the statistics. The number of
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Solving the Multimillion-Dollar C Player Problem
May 26, 2016
By Caren Ulrich Stacy & Jeanne Picht — Originally published in the ABA Law Practice Magazine, May 2013 — Law firms have a very expensive talent Problem: C Players. These are the associates who lack judgment, write poorly, miss critical issues, or don’t take ownership. Partners write off their time and eventually stop giving them work altogether. Because
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Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Test?
September 8, 2014
By Ross Guberman – Here’s a single-question pop quiz: How do you feel when you hear the words “Writing Test”? A) “Sign me up!” B) “I’d rather have a root canal.” C) “It depends on whether I’m the one taking the test.” D) None of the above. In theory, PD conferences brim with buzz about bridging
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What Headhunters Must Know to Land the Top Lateral Partners for Your Firm
September 4, 2014
By Valerie Fontaine – Law firms compete for a limited number of top lateral partner candidates with significant portable books of business and look to legal search consultants help them identify and hire the best. The more information your headhunters have up front, the more effectively they can land top prospects on your behalf. When a
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