Regardless of your role within a company, these quotes concerning management and leadership are most definitely thought provoking! “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~John Quincy Adams “Don’t confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but doesn’t make any progress.” […]
What attributes make an ordinary leader a great leader? Certainly it’s an ability, often innate, to inspire others while in some way helping to enable them to achieve their best. But is there more? In today’s world a leader not only has to have a great strategic vision along with the willingness to move forward rather than […]
Stress and Stress Management Tips! Imagine for a second that it’s 1 PM Thursday and deadlines loom, reports are due, deals have to close, quotas need to be met and the team that you manage is about to go off the deep end due to the enormous level of stress! On second thought, it’s likely […]
Debate is passionate on both sides of the argument concerning whether for some jobs categories, if a $15 minimum wage is warranted or is excessive and punitive to owners! And nowhere is this divide in opinion over a $15 and hour minimum wage greater than in the fast food industry. Owners claim that the spike in payroll […]
As a title insurance firm, data security and the protection of non-public information are both key components of our privacy pledge to clients and partners, much as it is for companies across the business spectrum! But with the prevalence and ever-increasing sophistication of the bad guys when it comes to trying to infiltrate the technology […]
For any of us who own a business, we face a variety of known and unknown risks that can range from simply presenting a hiccup all the way to an event that might potentially impede our ability to move forward as a going concern! Hopefully none ever come to fruition but, the question still remains […]
When entrepreneurs are going to open a business much thought will typically go into the name of the establishment, service or product! After all, what a business is called is going to be the brand name by which it is known locally or perhaps even globally. The same holds true for an established brand that […]
In life, as in sports, we are constantly making decisions! Sometimes we learn after the fact that we were right, sometimes that we were wrong and sometimes, both we as well as others simply cannot understand why the hell we did what we decided to do! And no, for those who may be wondering, this […]
Unlike some of the Biglaw issues that bankrupted Dewey & LeBoeuf, small and solo law practices have their own unique set of operating issues! And these issues concerning leadership are not necessarily unique to the practice of law as most any owner or C-Suite occupant of a small business can attest. So what are some of […]
Dewey & LeBoeuf, a New York-based law giant, made the wrong kind of history in 2012 when it became the largest law firm in US history to fail! White-Shoe Firm Defined – ‘The most prestigious firms in professions such as law, investment banking and management consulting. White-shoe firms typically have a blue-chip clientele, acquired over the several […]
