How do you “hold partners accountable?” It’s the beginning of the year, and many law firm leaders are still struggling to get their partners to complete some of the non-billable tasks that are vital to the firm’s success. In the past several weeks, I’ve spoken to a number of law firm leaders who have raised… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: February 2013
The Lawyer Personality: Why Lawyers Are Skeptical
Posted in Assessment, PersonalityI’ve been gathering data on lawyers’ personalities since the early 1980’s. Personality traits are typically measured on a percentile scale ranging from zero % to 100%. When large samples of the general public are tested, individuals’ scores on a given trait typically form a classic bell curve, with the mean average for any given trait… Continue Reading