Since it seems like the entire country will be shopping today, I thought I’d post some gift ideas for your favorite lawyer. As you may (or may not) know, my background is in patent litigation and I am a patent attorney, so I was thrilled to see Dennis Crouch’s Patently-O post on Ten Ways to Spend […]
We cannot solve problems with the same level of consciousness that created them. — Albert Einstein This is one of my favorite quotes. It is, at least for me, a truism that I must change my perspective, my way of thinking, my approach to a problem before I can possibly solve the problem. Another great […]
Leadership Development for Lawyers Mark Beese, the “marketing guy” at Holland & Hart, shared a firm’s approach to establishing a leadership development program on his aptly named blog Leadership for Lawyers. Two points from his post struck me particularly, as follow: 1. There is not an outcry from lawyers for leadership development. Many partners already see […]
As those who frequently reads this blog know, I’m a proponent of planned disengagement from work to facilitate full engagement while working. Tomorrow will be a regular working day (complete with client meetings and the regular Tuesday Shorts on the blog) but the rest of the week will find me cleaning, cooking, and spending time […]
As the title of David Maister’s forthcoming book Strategy and the Fat Smoker suggests, the problem isn’t that we don’t know what to do, it’s that we know and choose to ignore. Based on a series of articles written and posted online, Maister’s latest offering promises a dose of “real” strategy: “Real strategy lies not […]
Thanks to Stephanie West Allen’s Idealawg, I’ve been mulling over a couple of interesting articles that connect neuroscience with the law and with leadership. First up is a Wall Street Journal article titled, Except in One Career, Our Brains Seem Built for Optimism. Research suggests not only that the human brain is predisposed to an […]
Work/life imbalance stereotypes: Tom Stern, a Fast Company expert blogger on work/life balance issues, has posted a list of the Top Ten Work/Life Balance Turn-Offs. This list of stereotypical characters (who may show up just in time to destroy your work/life balance) is both amusing and a good warning for those evaluating potential co-workers and […]
I recently read executive search consultant James M. Citrin’s The Dynamic Path, which promises “access [to] the secrets of champions to achieve greatness through mental toughness, inspired leadership, and personal transformation.” In brief, the book examines the paths taken by numerous sports champions to find the common thread that allowed them to progress through the […]
I’m out of town this week (as I have been most of the last month) and decided this morning to order room service for breakfast. I ordered scrambled eggs and rye toast. What I got was scrambled eggs (but no salt and pepper) and wheat toast. Mildly annoying, right? I noticed the error, of course, […]
There is such a thing as a bad client… Tom Kane’s Legal Marketing Blog inquires, Are Bad Clients Keeping You Up At Night? If you have bad clients (or wonder whether you do), the answer is surely yes. Tom draws from a post on the Bootstrapper blog to help identify bad client characteristics and to […]