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The Power of “How”
I propose* that you join the most effective law firm leaders in the world and start asking “how,“ rather than “whether.” Let us start with an illustration. Here are two questions that a managing...
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Steven Rogelberg on How to Make your Meetings Less Awful
Watch this episode of Daniel Pink’s Pinkcast, featuring Steven G. Rogelberg, winner of the 2017 Humboldt Research Award and author of The Surprising Science of Meetings: How to Take Your Team to Peak...
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Employees Who Work Remotely Can Help the Bottom Line
In a recent article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR), Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Barbara Z. Larson and Cirrus Foroughi share 2017 Gallup Poll and 2018 US Census data indicating that about 40...
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The Value of Intellectual Humility
In his most recent Pinkcast, Daniel H. Pink says, “Intellectual humility is in short supply today. And that is a big big problem.” He defines intellectual humility as “the willingness to recognize that...
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Flexibility a Key to Employee Satisfaction – Even in Law Firms
Writing in Inc., leadership specialist Marcel Schwantes predicts that traditional companies that want to hire and retain “the best” will need to adopt a principle set out by Microsoft founder Bill...
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Non-litigious Litigator Set a Powerful Example
A recent article in The American Lawyer, written to honour the memory of A. William “Bill” Urquhart of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, caused me to reflect on what we can learn from the...
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Ignoring Outside Counsel Guidelines Can Be Costly
The Artificial Lawyer is reporting on a costly disconnect between U.S. law firms and their clients’ legal departments: The 2019 Annual Law Firm Leader Survey on Outside Counsel Guidelines shows that in...
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Nick Jarrett-Kerr Videos: Planning for Recovery
THE STORY: In this video series that was produced by the Law Society of the United Kingdom and Wales, Nick Jarrett-Kerr – my Edge International colleague – offers guidance that is comprised of pure...
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How Should Senior In-House Counsel Respond to Uncontrolled Social Media Postings
How Should Senior In-House Counsel Respond to Uncontrolled Social Media Postings: One of my Edge International colleagues, Jonathan Middleburgh, who is both an organizational psychologist and a...
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Leaders: Does Your Empathy Diminish Your Ability to Push?
Almost every leader experiences the same dilemma: are they pushing people too hard to get things done or are they too soft and empathetic such that people don’t perform up to par. This is Joseph...
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AVOIDING NEGATIVE REACTIONS TO CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK
To win, your firm needs “peak performance” from all your people, which, in turn, requires that they be motivated and receive constructive coaching. THE PROBLEM In my experience, working with hundreds...
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