January 10, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal
Preparation and Use of Personal Attorney Business PlansPersonal goal-setting has become a popular and effective management tool that has been implemented by partners and associates in many successful law firms.
By Joel A. Rose
8 minute read
March 01, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
How to Approach a Law Firm Merger or AcquisitionMany more law firms — of all sizes and types — believe that their future organizational and financial security is linked to growth and diversification.
By Joel A. Rose
8 minute read
November 02, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal
Motivating Profitable Lawyers To Stay With Your FirmHigher compensation as the primary reward for an individual's performance will reinforce the 'me' rather than the 'we' attitude.
By Joel A. Rose
7 minute read
December 19, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer
The Making of a PartnerPartners and associates alike should understand what criteria will be considered at partnership selection time."
By Joel A. Rose
7 minute read
June 12, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Three Proven Short-Term Strategies to Sustain and Grow Future ProfitsLaw firms are not static organizations. They evolve with changes in leadership, personnel, market position and market demand.
By Joel A. Rose
7 minute read
June 04, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer
Simple Strategies to Train Your Law Firm's Next GenerationFailure to train younger lawyers as managers in both the business and the practice of law can have disastrous results.
By Joel A. Rose
5 minute read
July 18, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer
Defining the Role and Development of a New Managing PartnerA partner of a mid-sized Norristown-based law firm, recently elected to chair his firm's newly constituted management committee, called me to talk about how he may learn about his newly acquired job of managing his firm. "It is humbling and a privilege to
By Joel A. Rose Special to the Legal
9 minute read
September 11, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
A Newer Approach for Compensating Non-Equity PartnersDuring recent consulting assignments, managing partners of several law firms of all sizes have expressed their frustration with the fact that every year the total cash compensation paid to non-equity partners — those longer-tenured attorneys on track to become equity partners and those attorneys the firm is desirous of retaining but who do not satisfy all of the objective and subjective criteria to become equity partners at the present time — continues to increase, yet the latter's productivity and contributions to revenue remain about the same.
By Joel A. Rose Special to the Law Weekly
7 minute read
May 01, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer
Transforming Practice Areas into Profit CentersMany larger firms have had long experience in systematically managing practice areas and are now focused on optimizing profitability from each area with the aid of enhanced benchmarking tools and business intelligence software.
By Joel A. Rose
6 minute read
July 17, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer
Five Symptoms of Poor ManagementToo many lawyers in private practice are frustrated in achieving their personal and professional objectives because of the absence of sound management and administration of their firms.
By Joel A. Rose
7 minute read
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