Strategy

Legal case study – Anatomy of a law firm merger (Ross & Craig and DMH Stallard)

In 2015 I interviewed David Leadercramer, the former managing partner and senior partner of Ross & Craig solicitors http://www.rosscraig.com/ about his firm’s decision to merge with DML Stallard http://www.dmhstallard.com/ to gain insight into the merger decision and process. The original interview is below. David was kind enough to reflect recently Read More

2017-09-27T09:33:11+01:00September 27, 2017|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Strategy|

Book review: How to become the firm of choice by Robert J Lees and August J Aquila (strategy development)

This book review of "How to become the firm of choice" on strategy development in PSFs appeared in Professional Marketing magazine in the September 2017 edition. This book tells a story. In the form of a case study. It joins a mid-sized (21 partner) law firm on its two year Read More

2024-04-16T20:48:06+01:00September 4, 2017|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Property, Strategy|

Developing a private client practice – 10 insights (July 2017)

In July 2017, I presented another of the successful MBL sessions on “Developing a private client practice”. As the nature and interests of the delegates – and the most pressing issues in the legal market – vary at each workshop, so the key points change. Here are the topics that Read More

2021-04-03T16:46:41+01:00August 2, 2017|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Marketing, Social Media, Strategy|

Cross-selling – The Big Questions

At a recent cross-selling and referrer management course we tackled: Cross-selling – The Big Questions. What are you trying to achieve? – Most firms have cross-selling initiatives. Many firms repeatedly launch new initiatives to improve cross-selling. However, the starting point has to be to set some clear goals about what you Read More

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