Leadership For Lawyers

Leadership for Lawyers focuses on issues of leadership, practice management, and marketing for professional service firms.

Author: Author Mark Beese is a legal marketer for Holland & Hart.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Firms • Legal Marketing & Consulting

Recent Posts from Leadership for Lawyers

Visioncasting in Turbulent Times
These are tough times for law firm leaders. Many firms have had one or more rounds of layoffs. Attorneys are pressured to bill more hours and bring in more work. Staff are being asked to…
Legal Marketing Conference Announces Speakers for Denver 2010
I am pleased that the 2010 Legal Marketing Conference will be held in Denver, Colorado from March 10-12, 2010. This year the program will be a bit different from previous conferences. American Conference Institute (ACI)…
What's in the Marketing Budget for 2010?
Greenfield Belser asked CMOs at Amlaw 200 firms what they are planning for next year. Here's a summary. Read the full article here. The top two marketing/business development projects are investing in social media (92%)…
The Integration Imperative
Suzanne Lowe has recently published her new book, The Integration Imperative: Erasing Marketing and Business Development Silos - Once and For All - in Professional Service Firms. In it, she featured a dozen case studies…
Four Strategies to Thrive in a Downturn
The Boston Consulting Group has four videos on "Winning in a Downturn, Accelerating in the Upturn" on the Wharton @Knowledge site. The focus on (1) Generating Cash, (2) Finding Strategic Opportunities, (3) Managing in Turbulent…
Preparing Associates to Sell
The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog has an insightful post on "Do Law Firm Associates Fear Rainmaking?" It articulates the paradox of associates (and perhaps most lawyers) reluctance to engage in sales and the obvious…
Good Lawyers, Good Leaders?
I want to thank Janet Ellen Raasch for her article on lawyer leadership, based on my keynote address for the Legal Marketing Association's Rocky Mountain Chapter in September. Janet is a legal ghostwriter that reports…
Leadership Lessons from Senator Bennet
The Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation held its annual Leadership Forum for alumni of their various programs, including Leadership Denver. United States Senator Michael Bennetspoke on the topic of leadership, calling on his experience in…
Eight Ways Admin Staff can Participate in Business Development
While the burden of business development falls primarily on attorneys, staff members such as secretaries, administrative assistants, paralegals, technologists, librarians and directors can and should make significant contributions to the firm’s business development efforts. Here…
How Essential is a CMO?
In today's AMLaw Daily, reporter Zach Lowe posits the question,"How Essential is a CMO?" While his article doesn't attempt to answer the question, here are my two bits: In many companies, the CMO (Chief Marketing…