In this part, the chairman of an AmLaw 100 firm learns about special lawyer personality traits that get in the way of internal law
firm management initiatives, and applies his new understanding to a legal project management pilot.
In this three - part series, Part 1 describes special lawyer personality traits that get in the way of internal law
firm management initiatives, and illustrates how to apply an understanding of personalities to a legal project management pilot.
Not exact matches
In his book «High Output
Management,» Andy Grove, founder of Intel, advocates that «a manager should use his calendar as a «production» planning tool, taking a
firm initiative to schedule work that is not time - critical.»
In addition to leading direct origination activities for Oberon, Sonny also supports the
firm's research, campaign
management, and marketing
initiatives.
Our managed learning programs accelerate skills development and cultivate expertise, helping Fortune 500
firms develop career paths, talent
management programs and learning
initiatives.
As the founder and leader of ED - Volution Education Group, a boutique K - 12 education consulting
firm, she has worked with leading sector entrepreneurs and philanthropies on strategy, new
initiative design, partnership creation, growth and launch, and
management and the content areas of school turnaround; charter
management; state, city and district redesign; and human capital with special focus on school leadership.
It's vitally important to remember that most people have not considered the immense difference between a world seen through the lens of a traditional relational database system and a world seen through the lens of a Hadoop Distributed File System.This paper broadly describes the cultural challenges that accompany efforts to create and sustain big data
initiatives in an evolving world whose data
management processes are rooted
firm...
Lee Distad consults with CE integration
firms on design, installation and project
management processes and Best Practices, and offers provides professional copy writing services for websites, brochures, and marketing
initiatives.
The
initiative is the most explicit action by a major fund
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management firm Generation Investment
Management, has today published a new White Paper: Allocating Capital for Long - Ter
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A properly planned and executed risk
management strategy can result in a number of considerable benefits to law
firms including the support of strategic and other business planning
initiatives, the assurance of effective resource allocation and the mitigation of negative consequences from unexpected circumstances.
Despite this correlation, law
firms in the United States generally have shown little interest in adopting formal knowledge
management initiatives as part of their overall
management strategies.
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firm's progress in terms of gender diversity and talent
management initiatives and nominate those female practitioners, across a number of practice areas, which you consider to be among the most capable.
In the submission form, we ask that you detail your
firm's progress in terms of gender diversity and talent
management initiatives and nominate those female practitioners, across a number of practice areas, which you consider to be among the most capable.
Justin's professional background at KYL includes a wide range of experience at the leading edge of information technology and its application in the legal industry and he is extensively involved in the
management and oversight of the
firm's value pricing, human resources, business development, and ACEDS award - winning eDiscovery
initiatives.
Justin is a member of KYL's Compliance, Operations and Data Control Advisory (CODA) division and, within the
firm's Cybersecurity and Privacy practice, Justin actively manages external strategic partnerships and coordinates data protection impact assessments, privacy impact assessments, third - party vendor risk
management initiatives and development of policy, procedure, and training.
Working closely with senior colleagues leading the
firm's finance, operations, technology, marketing and people
management functions he is central to all major change
initiatives within the
firm including the development and introduction of new products and services.
Erin's career includes numerous successful marketing
initiatives, such as implementing and executing a
firm's business development program, initiating and completing a re-branding campaign, conducting an in - depth client relations coaching program for
firm partners and creating a unique customer relationship
management (CRM) database course, which effectively increased
firm - wide usage.
Natasha is the principal consultant at Bellwether Strategies in Vancouver where she works with law
firms and legal organizations on strategic planning, reputation
management and business development
initiatives.
Many law
firms already implement CRM systems, but there are very few who actually deploy technologies that offer sophisticated relationship intelligence functionality that allows them to undertake business - driven relationship
management initiatives.
In my opinion,
firm management and technology can and should set the foundation for individual and practice group
initiatives.
There are a number of articles about how libraries can be part of law
firm - wide Knowledge
Management projects and
initiatives.
He has assisted leaders of law
firms ranging from 200 to 1,000 + lawyers, on a wide variety of practice
management initiatives, including knowledge
management and legal project
management.
He's dragged lawyers along on the path to planned engagements, smart risk taking, and non-hourly fees, and is leading the
initiative to make legal project
management and process efficiency core competencies of his law
firm.
As Large Law continues to deliver services for a lower cost — often with support of internal project
management staff — smaller law
firms are less able to compete on price or invest in the resources to implement a successful LPM
initiative.
He has assisted leaders of law
firms ranging from 200 to 1,000 + lawyers, on a wide variety of practice
management initiatives, including those described in his accompanying blog.
In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Shah is the Chief Diversity Officer for Brooks Kushman and as such serves on the
management committee to help shape a culture of diversity and inclusiveness within the
firm and extend the
firm «s reach through pipeline
initiatives and outreach efforts.
We advise law
firms on improving efficiency, increasing profits and reducing risk through top - down strategic practice
management efforts, emphasizing knowledge strategy
initiatives at the practice group level.
As Parker and her colleagues emphasize: «All
management policies, priorities and
initiatives — formal or informal, and explicitly stated or implicitly assumed — can either undermine or support ethical practice within a
firm.»
Among the
firm's
initiatives are the Rising Star program, which singles out five female lawyers a year for specialized
management and leadership training.
Many large law
firms in Canada and the U.S. have begun to implement legal project
management initiatives, albeit with varying degrees of success.
Gather facts that support the
initiative — most
firms examine data from past matters or gather client relevant feedback, and then create a scenario of how the results would have been improved (or even better) if project
management techniques were applied.
This issue of
Management Solutions features two programs doing a great deal to accelerate gender equity in law
firms: the Hastings Leadership Academy for Women and the Women in Law Empowerment Forum's Gold Standard Certification
initiative.
Typically, a senior partner spends a significant amount of hands - on time, or even full - time, working with practice group leadership and the
firm's managing partner or chairman to design and implement knowledge
management initiatives that can dramatically change the way lawyers actually practice and that support the
firm's strategic goals.
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, a law
firm with 300 attorneys in five offices throughout the U.S. mid-west launched a comprehensive legal project
management (LPM)
initiative in 2011.
The conversation continues with a candid discussion of the pricing of legal services, how it relates to project
management and what clients really think of
firm initiatives in this regard.
Kate Simpson is national director of knowledge
management at Bennett Jones LLP, and she is responsible for developing the
firm's KM strategy and
initiatives.
NetDocuments, the leading cloud ‐ based document and email
management (DMS) platform for law
firms and corporate legal departments, and Tikit, a NetDocuments premier partner, announced today that Higgs & Sons will implement NetDocuments cloud platform as part of the
firm's 2017
initiative to adopt modern DMS technology for improved security, mobility, and end ‐ user productivity.
We have
firm initiatives centered around legal project
management, proactive use of value pricing, efficiency and appropriate use of alternative staffing to optimize our service delivery.»
Diagnose a sick
firm culture and you will find 10 symptoms: poor productivity; lawyers who fail to bill and collect; high personnel turnover; hostility between individuals; low morale; out of control overhead; lawyers unwilling to change or consider new practice ideas; lack of
initiative or creativity; apathy; and the inability of
management to gain support for its decisions.
From developing winning value propositions to pricing and project
management initiatives,
firms are finding that high - functioning practice
management is an essential component of success.
At some
firms, one solution may already lie within reach: presenting a compelling business case, recruiting internal allies in
management, and capitalizing on current staff with capacity to take ownership of new IG
initiatives.
Beyond KAM structures, there are also
firms across PSF sectors engaged in surprisingly advanced client
management initiatives.
But effective project
management initiatives at law
firms have demonstrated that attempts to fix those issues during the course of engagements (i.e., before it's too late) tangibly improve results for both the
firm and its clients.
He works with law
firms to implement records
management software, recommend retention best practices, and execute successful disposition
initiatives.
The
Firm awards celebrate the best
initiatives for gender diversity, innovation, minority women, mentoring, work - life balance, pro bono work and talent
management, as well as being the best in country / region.
We are also collecting variables through other sources, to measure the impact of law
firm initiatives (e.g., legal project
management) and attributes (e.g., staffing models and leverage).
Describe your role in brief As MD and part of the mfg
Management Board I ensure that the «nuts and bolts» of running a law
firm are in place whilst at the same time identifying new
initiatives, business development opportunities and...
For instance, she developed and implemented the Wolf Theiss School of Excellence, a
firm - wide cohesive, standardized training program, and launched the
firm's knowledge
management initiative to foster «smart collaboration».
Management must recognize, however, the
firm's current market position and have a realistic perspective on just how much traditional strategic
initiatives can move its position.