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A Revolution for Accounting Firms That Are Ready for Change

For decades, the profession has operated on a foundation of expanding billable hours for increasingly complex yet still largely compliance-focused…

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“Future-Back” Your Business: Professional Services Firms Meet Strategy Innovation

The need for strategy innovation is very real in a world where firms must compete much differently than even 5 years ago. There will likely soon be…

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You’ve Already Won Them – But Can You Keep Them?

Supercharging Client Retention with a Data-Driven Approach As we eagerly await the reported revenue numbers from major law firms each year, there is…

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What is a Data Strategy (and How Do I Get One)?

What exactly is a data strategy? It’s a good question because there are more than a few definitions floating around. Let’s examine a simple and…

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Recipe for Organic Growth: What’s Your Special Sauce?

There’s a lot of pressure on companies to deliver growth, particularly if they are public. Yet, in many companies, we have seen recipes for organic…

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Have You Organized for Innovation? You Need To

Your Growth Mandate Has Been Set. But Have You Organized for Innovation? What does that mean? Sounds like another management concept that looks good…

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Why They’re Growing (And You’re Not)

A question on the minds of most organizations today—and an item that continues to be high on their agendas—is deceptively simple: “How do you drive…

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Keeping Strategy Execution on Track (Five Measurement Mistakes and How to Avoid Them)

While 80% of leaders feel their company is good at crafting strategy, only 44% believe this is true for implementation. According to Harvard…

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Data Rich, Decision Poor

Awash in data, firms struggle to develop and leverage insights—but getting them right can have tremendous upside Data is everywhere. Insights? Not so…

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The Peculiar Challenges to Making Change in a Law Firm

Most people who work in, with, or for a law firm will acknowledge—perhaps only in their more morbid thoughts—how hard it is to drive strategic change…

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Partner Compensation is NOT about Money

Partner compensation in professional service firms is a topic of perpetual debate – one without an easy answer. Typically, the topics are base pay…

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Creating a Clear Growth Strategy Narrative

A growth strategy narrative starts with a simple, three question exercise that gets the leadership team on the same page about how to grow the…