The Bigger Picture: Driving Client Value Through Collaboration
Published on 1. December 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
100 pages
978-1-78358-258-7 (ISBN)
Description
When lawyers collaborate, work is made more profitable, client relationships are strengthened, and individuals are more engaged. In a shrinking market where law firms are increasingly looking for new ways to further client development and boost revenues, collaborative efforts to expand the collective pie have become a strategic imperative.
The Bigger Picture: Driving Client Value Through Collaboration examines the multiplying effects of collaboration on value. It provides practical advice on how to encourage and break down the barriers to internal and external collaboration and teamwork, and how to reward desired behaviors.
The book includes case studies from firms that are already benefiting from firm- and practice-group-wide collaboration initiatives, and lessons learned by law firms and law departments that have developed successful partnerships.
Those firms who truly collaborative both internally and externally with clients, will drive innovation, streamline processes, deliver greater value, and ultimately see the considerable - and quantifiable - benefits to be had from taking a collaborative approach to legal work.
When lawyers collaborate, work is made more profitable, client relationships are strengthened, and individuals are more engaged. In a shrinking market where law firms are increasingly looking for new ways to further client development and boost revenues, collaborative efforts to expand the collective pie have become a strategic imperative.
The Bigger Picture: Driving Client Value Through Collaboration examines the multiplying effects of collaboration on value. It provides practical advice on how to encourage and break down the barriers to internal and external collaboration and teamwork, and how to reward desired behaviors.
The book includes case studies from firms that are already benefiting from firm- and practice-group-wide collaboration initiatives, and lessons learned by law firms and law departments that have developed successful partnerships.
Those firms who truly collaborative both internally and externally with clients, will drive innovation, streamline processes, deliver greater value, and ultimately see the considerable - and quantifiable - benefits to be had from taking a collaborative approach to legal work.
The Bigger Picture: Driving Client Value Through Collaboration examines the multiplying effects of collaboration on value. It provides practical advice on how to encourage and break down the barriers to internal and external collaboration and teamwork, and how to reward desired behaviors.
The book includes case studies from firms that are already benefiting from firm- and practice-group-wide collaboration initiatives, and lessons learned by law firms and law departments that have developed successful partnerships.
Those firms who truly collaborative both internally and externally with clients, will drive innovation, streamline processes, deliver greater value, and ultimately see the considerable - and quantifiable - benefits to be had from taking a collaborative approach to legal work.
When lawyers collaborate, work is made more profitable, client relationships are strengthened, and individuals are more engaged. In a shrinking market where law firms are increasingly looking for new ways to further client development and boost revenues, collaborative efforts to expand the collective pie have become a strategic imperative.
The Bigger Picture: Driving Client Value Through Collaboration examines the multiplying effects of collaboration on value. It provides practical advice on how to encourage and break down the barriers to internal and external collaboration and teamwork, and how to reward desired behaviors.
The book includes case studies from firms that are already benefiting from firm- and practice-group-wide collaboration initiatives, and lessons learned by law firms and law departments that have developed successful partnerships.
Those firms who truly collaborative both internally and externally with clients, will drive innovation, streamline processes, deliver greater value, and ultimately see the considerable - and quantifiable - benefits to be had from taking a collaborative approach to legal work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Globe Law and Business Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-78358-258-7 (9781783582587)
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Person
Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD
Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD is a Legal Lean Sigma Black Belt and a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
Dr Bob Murray
Founder and principals of Fortinberry Murray
Dr Alicia Fortinberry
Founder and principals of Fortinberry Murray
Paul Williams
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon (based in Kansas City)
Jill King
Jill King is a business writer and commentator, having spent over 20 years working in the professional services sector. She is interested in what makes people tick, how to unleash potential and creativity, and in the fundamental changes affecting the professions. As a leading HR professional, specialising in people and communications, Jill has experience in the fast-moving consumer goods, retailing, engineering, accountancy and legal sectors. She has led regional and global HR, L&D, and knowledge and communication teams, as the HR director at KPMG, Hogan Lovells (formerly Lovell White Durrant) and most recently, Linklaters. Jill can be reached via email or at her website.
Heidi K. Gardner
Heidi K. Gardner, PhD, is a distinguished fellow in the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School. Her research focuses on leadership and collaboration in professional services firms. She has authored or co-authored more than 50 book chapters, case studies, and articles in scholarly and practitioner journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Harvard Business Review. Her first book Leadership for Lawyers: Essential Strategies for Law Firm Success was co-edited with Rebecca Normand-Hochman (2015) and her latest book Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos was published in 2017 by Harvard Business Press. Heidi works extensively with professional services firms and in-house professional departments in corporations around the globe. In addition to advising senior leadership teams, boards, and executive committees on strategic issues, she has addressed more than 10,000 professional firm partners in more than 20 countries on the theme of smart collaboration. Heidi has lived and worked on four continents, including positions with McKinsey & Co. and Procter & Gamble, and as a Fulbright Fellow. Presently she serves on the board of directors for The Second Step, a non-profit agency in the Boston area focusing on survivors of domestic violence.
Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD
Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD is a Legal Lean Sigma Black Belt and a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
Dr Bob Murray
Founder and principals of Fortinberry Murray
Dr Alicia Fortinberry
Founder and principals of Fortinberry Murray
Paul Williams
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon (based in Kansas City)
Jill King
Jill King is a business writer and commentator, having spent over 20 years working in the professional services sector. She is interested in what makes people tick, how to unleash potential and creativity, and in the fundamental changes affecting the professions. As a leading HR professional, specialising in people and communications, Jill has experience in the fast-moving consumer goods, retailing, engineering, accountancy and legal sectors. She has led regional and global HR, L&D, and knowledge and communication teams, as the HR director at KPMG, Hogan Lovells (formerly Lovell White Durrant) and most recently, Linklaters. Jill can be reached via email or at her website.
Heidi K. Gardner
Heidi K. Gardner, PhD, is a distinguished fellow in the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School. Her research focuses on leadership and collaboration in professional services firms. She has authored or co-authored more than 50 book chapters, case studies, and articles in scholarly and practitioner journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Harvard Business Review. Her first book Leadership for Lawyers: Essential Strategies for Law Firm Success was co-edited with Rebecca Normand-Hochman (2015) and her latest book Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos was published in 2017 by Harvard Business Press. Heidi works extensively with professional services firms and in-house professional departments in corporations around the globe. In addition to advising senior leadership teams, boards, and executive committees on strategic issues, she has addressed more than 10,000 professional firm partners in more than 20 countries on the theme of smart collaboration. Heidi has lived and worked on four continents, including positions with McKinsey & Co. and Procter & Gamble, and as a Fulbright Fellow. Presently she serves on the board of directors for The Second Step, a non-profit agency in the Boston area focusing on survivors of domestic violence.
Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD is a Legal Lean Sigma Black Belt and a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
Dr Bob Murray
Founder and principals of Fortinberry Murray
Dr Alicia Fortinberry
Founder and principals of Fortinberry Murray
Paul Williams
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon (based in Kansas City)
Jill King
Jill King is a business writer and commentator, having spent over 20 years working in the professional services sector. She is interested in what makes people tick, how to unleash potential and creativity, and in the fundamental changes affecting the professions. As a leading HR professional, specialising in people and communications, Jill has experience in the fast-moving consumer goods, retailing, engineering, accountancy and legal sectors. She has led regional and global HR, L&D, and knowledge and communication teams, as the HR director at KPMG, Hogan Lovells (formerly Lovell White Durrant) and most recently, Linklaters. Jill can be reached via email or at her website.
Heidi K. Gardner
Heidi K. Gardner, PhD, is a distinguished fellow in the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School. Her research focuses on leadership and collaboration in professional services firms. She has authored or co-authored more than 50 book chapters, case studies, and articles in scholarly and practitioner journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Harvard Business Review. Her first book Leadership for Lawyers: Essential Strategies for Law Firm Success was co-edited with Rebecca Normand-Hochman (2015) and her latest book Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos was published in 2017 by Harvard Business Press. Heidi works extensively with professional services firms and in-house professional departments in corporations around the globe. In addition to advising senior leadership teams, boards, and executive committees on strategic issues, she has addressed more than 10,000 professional firm partners in more than 20 countries on the theme of smart collaboration. Heidi has lived and worked on four continents, including positions with McKinsey & Co. and Procter & Gamble, and as a Fulbright Fellow. Presently she serves on the board of directors for The Second Step, a non-profit agency in the Boston area focusing on survivors of domestic violence.
Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD
Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD is a Legal Lean Sigma Black Belt and a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
Dr Bob Murray
Founder and principals of Fortinberry Murray
Dr Alicia Fortinberry
Founder and principals of Fortinberry Murray
Paul Williams
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon (based in Kansas City)
Jill King
Jill King is a business writer and commentator, having spent over 20 years working in the professional services sector. She is interested in what makes people tick, how to unleash potential and creativity, and in the fundamental changes affecting the professions. As a leading HR professional, specialising in people and communications, Jill has experience in the fast-moving consumer goods, retailing, engineering, accountancy and legal sectors. She has led regional and global HR, L&D, and knowledge and communication teams, as the HR director at KPMG, Hogan Lovells (formerly Lovell White Durrant) and most recently, Linklaters. Jill can be reached via email or at her website.
Heidi K. Gardner
Heidi K. Gardner, PhD, is a distinguished fellow in the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School. Her research focuses on leadership and collaboration in professional services firms. She has authored or co-authored more than 50 book chapters, case studies, and articles in scholarly and practitioner journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Harvard Business Review. Her first book Leadership for Lawyers: Essential Strategies for Law Firm Success was co-edited with Rebecca Normand-Hochman (2015) and her latest book Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos was published in 2017 by Harvard Business Press. Heidi works extensively with professional services firms and in-house professional departments in corporations around the globe. In addition to advising senior leadership teams, boards, and executive committees on strategic issues, she has addressed more than 10,000 professional firm partners in more than 20 countries on the theme of smart collaboration. Heidi has lived and worked on four continents, including positions with McKinsey & Co. and Procter & Gamble, and as a Fulbright Fellow. Presently she serves on the board of directors for The Second Step, a non-profit agency in the Boston area focusing on survivors of domestic violence.
Content
Chapter 1: Smart collaboration - Why breaking down silos is critical for law firms
Chapter 2: The neuroscience of collaboration and altruism - How the latest science can boost client and team engagement
Chapter 3: The synergistic value of collaboration
Chapter 4: Creating client value through collaboration
Chapter 5: Developing law fi rm compensation systems to encourage and reward collaboration
Chapter 6: Collaboration in high performance teams
Chapter 7: Collaborative improvement - Using Lean Six Sigma to deliver greater value, increase effi ciency, and enhance relationships
Chapter 8: Taking a collaborative approach to containing legal spend
Chapter 9: Case study on law fi rm-client collaboration through the managed legal network
Chapter 2: The neuroscience of collaboration and altruism - How the latest science can boost client and team engagement
Chapter 3: The synergistic value of collaboration
Chapter 4: Creating client value through collaboration
Chapter 5: Developing law fi rm compensation systems to encourage and reward collaboration
Chapter 6: Collaboration in high performance teams
Chapter 7: Collaborative improvement - Using Lean Six Sigma to deliver greater value, increase effi ciency, and enhance relationships
Chapter 8: Taking a collaborative approach to containing legal spend
Chapter 9: Case study on law fi rm-client collaboration through the managed legal network