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Just how hard is it to prove breach of non-solicitation?
1 May 2012Every business has information that it considers both integral and invaluable to its ongoing success. Restricting the use of this information by employees after they have left your employment may be vital to the protection of your business or customer contacts. A former employee who has knowledge of your technology, strategic information or clients may [...]
Read MoreDeveloping a Competency Framework
1 May 2012The term ‘competence’ is used to describe what people need to do to perform a job and is concerned with effect and output rather than effort and input. ‘Competency’ describes the behaviour that lies behind performance, such as critical thinking or analytical skills, and describes what people bring to their role. A ‘competency framework’ is [...]
Read MoreTeams beat individuals
1 May 2012One reason why law firms may seem dysfunctional is that they act like a collection of competing individuals rather than acting like a team. We all know from the world of sport that a well organised and coordinated team will beat an opposing team which may have more talented individuals who do not play together. It is [...]
Read MoreThere is a silver bullet
1 May 2012This is a difficult time for all legal businesses. The UK economy is not helping you to thrive. The deregulation of the market makes everything you thought you knew about competitors redundant. The pace of change is increasing and you do not know who you will be competing with or what they will be doing. [...]
Read MoreLawyers must plan carefully before packing their bags
26 Apr 2012Overseas relocation can be lucrative but also has its costs, writes Tom Welsh of City Am A Survey by Laurence Simons, the legal recruiters, recently found that 67 per cent of lawyers would consider relocating abroad as their next career move. Reasons included a tightened job market in London and a perception that practising law [...]
Read MoreHow Well Do You Develop Your People?
26 Mar 2012Training and Development is key to an effective team When you manage a team, how well it performs often depends on how well you’ve trained and developed your people. Individuals need ongoing training and development to help them become more effective, and take on bigger and more significant challenges. More than this, they need help [...]
Read MoreGiving and Taking Feedback
21 Mar 2012Giving feedback effectively is a skill. And like all skills, it takes practice to build your confidence and improve your technique. Many managers save up comments and notes on a person’s performance and then spring a year’s worth of “constructive criticism” on them in their annual review. The process of giving feedback to employees is [...]
Read MoreAnother delay in ABS implementation but it will come
21 Mar 2012A news report this week indicates that the much heralding deal between law firm Parabis and private equity house Duke Street will not be completed on time due to delays in obtaining regulatory approval from the SRA. Similar problems have also reportedly affected the deal between Silverbeck Rymer, AIM-listed Quindell Portfolio. Is anyone surprised? Implementation [...]
Read MoreLateral Hires – Business Plan or Following? The difference is….
20 Mar 2012When we introduce a senior candidate, whether through a retained search or not all law firms ask the question: “Do they have a following?” In the current climate this is a reasonable and understandable question to ask. But step back a second. If a lateral partner hire brings that magical “following”, does that really add [...]
Read MoreIt’s not just lawyers who prosper in law
20 Mar 2012Our Chairman, Phil Jepson, comments on advancement opportunities opening up within Law for City AM – London’s daily business paper. LAW is bigger business than ever. Freshfields employs 5,000 people and has twenty-seven offices in sixteen countries. Linklaters also has twenty-seven offices in twenty countries. Its revenues in 2010-11 were £1.2bn. Of course, this is good news [...]
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