February 9, 2026
Running the Practice Like a Business—The Operating System Behind High-Performing Firms
Why Practice Management is the Engine of Strategy Execution in Professional Services Firms As firms navigate increasing client pressure, tighter margins,...
January 21, 2026
What Is the Role of a Practice Leader?
The role of practice leader is one of the most critical in any law firm, but also one of the least...
January 8, 2026
How to Align Practice Strategy to Firm Strategy
One of the greatest risks to law firm performance is misalignment between firm strategy and practice group priorities. Each practice has...
December 9, 2025
Practice Operations: Do You Need an Admin or a Practice Manager?
Building the Right Team to Support Your Practice is Critical to Optimize Results As firms grow and evolve, partners often face...
November 19, 2025
Is Your Strategic Practice Management Function Driving Firm Performance?
Strategic practice management is the differentiator between firms that simply coordinate work and those that scale strategy, protect margin, and outperform...
October 5, 2025
Private Equity Is Raising the Bar – Is Your Leadership Team Ready?
The Board approves a transaction. The flurry of activity—growth data analysis, management presentations, assessing value—kicks off. Leadership teams meet less often,...
July 8, 2025
The Partner Compensation Playbook
The Partner Compensation Playbook: A Strategic Guide to Effective Partner Performance Management The Partner Compensation Playbook is a valuable resource designed...
December 19, 2024
How Biases Negatively Impact Your Strategic Planning Process
If you’ve ever been involved in a strategic planning process, you may recall endless meetings, debates, and plan iterations. Although the...
December 18, 2024
How to Start Smart With a Talent Marketplace
Launching an internal talent marketplace presents tough challenges. Use one company’s first-year lessons learned on user adoption and change management. Many leaders...
December 18, 2024
‘Rethink Everything’ or ‘Optimize What’s Working’? The Right Law Firm Strategy
Everybody wants to talk strategy. And when we say "strategy," we know what we mean, but then why do we never...
December 2, 2024
Testing Your Strategy for Differentiation
Major law, accounting, and consulting firms find themselves in a unique moment in time. While the pandemic remains unpredictable, one thing...
August 8, 2024
It’s Time to Get Rid of the Black Box Model
That said, not all pay-for-performance models are created equal, either. Despite freeing up partners to focus on revenue generation, many large firms...
