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Is Your Firm REALLY Committed to its People and Clients?

By Cordell Parvin on September 8, 2020
Posted in Law Firm Leadership

Is your law firm  REALLY committed to what is on your firm website?

Years ago when I was still practicing law our firm claimed to be most committed to our clients, our lawyers and our staff. I thought the claim was only true if we were continuing to increase our profits per partner (PPP) I…

Law Firms Seeking to Grow: Will Your Firm Motivate Partners?

By Cordell Parvin on April 5, 2018
Posted in Law Firm Leadership, Legal Recruiting

Now that I am helping lawyers find the right firm and helping law firms find the right lawyers, I am reflecting more on what would motivate me to join a particular law firm if I was still practicing. I know what some of you are thinking:

Money

If that was all that motivated me, I…

Leadership: What if you have the wrong people on the bus?

By Cordell Parvin on February 17, 2016
Posted in Law as a Business, Law Firm Leadership

To those of you who subscribe by email and got one yesterday afternoon for my latest Practical Lawyer Article, I apologize. I was trying to post it on my own and not only did I mess up the post, I also messed up by not doing it the way so you wouldn’t get an email.…

Leadership: 10 Questions to Help You Find Your Voice

By Cordell Parvin on August 12, 2015
Posted in Law Firm Leadership

If you find self reflection uncomfortable, or too touchy-feely, this blog is likely not for you.

One of the lawyers I coach contacted me recently about a program she will be doing on leadership. She asked for my ideas. Here is what I shared with her.

Whether you realize it or not, you are a…

PG or Office Leader: Here are Some Ideas from My Old Plan

By Cordell Parvin on March 11, 2015
Posted in Law Firm Leadership

Greetings from Prosper, Texas. Nancy and I moved yesterday and are dodging boxes this morning.

If you are a Practice Group Leader or an Office Managing Partner, or if you are leading your firm, do you have a written plan on what you intend to do?

I remember a year when I billed more hours…

16 Questions For A Law Firm Leader To Ponder

By Cordell Parvin on September 30, 2014
Posted in Client Development, Law Firm Leadership
We live in a unique and challenging time for law firms. Even so, there may be a greater opportunity than ever for a firm to differentiate itself from competitors. It takes real leadership and self reflection.  

Here are some questions a law firm leader might ask for that self reflection about his or her firm.

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Law Firm Leadership: Focus on the Basket, Not the Scoreboard

By Cordell Parvin on February 4, 2014
Posted in Law Firm Leadership

How many articles, reports and predictions does it take before law firm leaders start making needed changes?

Yesterday, I read Steven J. Harper’s piece in The American Lawyer: Leaders of Large Law Firms ‘Get It’? Says Who?  I learned that law firms:

  1. Continue to hire laterals that most often produce mediocre results,
  2. Grow for

…

Is Your Law Firm Led or Managed?

By Cordell Parvin on August 16, 2012
Posted in Law Firm Leadership

Is your law firm led or managed? What is the difference and does it make a difference?

Seth Godin posted a blog The difference between management and leadership. He said that companies need both and that is true of law firms also. But, I wonder if law firms are getting both.

In his book…

Practical Supervision Skills for Attorneys

By Cordell Parvin on August 25, 2011
Posted in The Practical Lawyer

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