All Leadership and Management articles – Page 31

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    Feature

    Creating a ‘great place to work’: the key to talent attraction and retention

    2016-04-14T10:04:00Z

    Creating ‘a great place to work’ is a key element of talent attraction and retention. Julie Harrison explains the challenges and provides a taster of her session at the LMS annual conference on 27 April

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    Feature

    The 007 approach to cyber-attack

    2016-02-26T10:29:00Z

    Law firms have now largely woken up to the dangers of cybercrime, but even firms that have done their utmost to secure their IT systems are vulnerable to a new threat, explains Stuart Poole-Robb

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    Feature

    Managing absence in law firms

    2016-02-24T15:49:00Z

    Joanne Perry explains the main causes of absence and provides a taster of her session at the LMS HR forum on 16 March

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    News

    Buy your copy of the Financial Benchmarking Survey 2016

    Widely regarded as the leading annual health check for mid-sized firms, the LMS Financial Benchmarking Survey’s 16th year brings together the results of 200 firms to provide a comprehensive analysis of their comparable financial health.

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    Feature

    Growing your bottom line in 2016: Is LinkedIn worth YOUR time? Part 2

    2016-02-18T14:40:00Z

    In part 2 of their guide to using LinkedIn as a business tool, Emily Miller and Susan Kench explain how to build and engage with your network 

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    Feature

    How to attract and retain the best talent for your firm

    2016-02-18T11:01:00Z

    Deborah Gray explains where firms go wrong in recruitment and provides a taster of her session at the LMS HR forum on 16 March

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    Feature

    How do you do?

    2016-02-10T10:43:00Z

    The Law Management Section’s 2016 Financial Benchmarking Survey suggests a generally positive outlook, but, warns Andy Harris, some firms may be slipping back into bad habits 

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    Feature

    Full steam ahead

    2016-02-10T10:36:00Z

    A new Law Society report predicts what the future might look like for the legal sector. Three members of the Law Management Section committee outline their own approaches to future-proofing your firm in an uncertain market

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    Feature

    Much obliged

    2016-02-10T10:33:00Z

    Outcomes-focused regulation was intended to offer firms greater flexibility, but many now cite compliance obligations as a significant burden. Leading commentators and practitioners talk to Lucy Trevelyan about trends in regulation, and offer their top tips for effective compliance.

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    Feature

    Come back fighting

    2016-02-10T10:32:00Z

    Five years ago, ELS Legal was hit by scandal: one of its partners had defrauded a client of millions of pounds. Partner Richard Spector talks to Duncan Wood about the firm’s comeback, and how it has innovated to succeed.

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    Feature

    All the answers

    2016-02-10T10:32:00Z

    Tom Wagstaff talks about the story behind his firm’s award-winning knowledge management system and shares his top 10 tips for delivering a successful knowledge management project

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    Feature

    A flying start

    2016-02-10T10:31:00Z

    What are your new year’s resolutions for your business in 2016? Top of the list should be analysing and managing profitability, according to John Playfair . He provides his top five tips for improving law firm profits, to ensure you realise your full potential

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    Feature

    The generation game

    2016-02-10T10:29:00Z

    Today’s law firms have up to five different generations in their workplace, each with its own values, motivations, needs and wants. And traditional law firm management needs to change to accommodate a multigenerational workforce, says Rachel Brushfield

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    Feature

    First impression

    2016-02-10T10:29:00Z

    What does it take to manage a small firm successfully? Sally Azarmi, the new chair of the small firms committee, looks at how the Small Firms Division supported its members in its first year, and outlines its plans for 2016.

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    Feature

    Fund of information

    2016-02-10T10:28:00Z

    Lending to law firms has changed significantly in recent years, from the old traditional funding market, to a ‘new norm’ with a more sophisticated range of products to suit different parts of the sector. Barry Wilkinson investigates.

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    Feature

    Conversion rate

    2016-02-10T10:28:00Z

    Do you know which of your firm’s business development activities translate into the most high quality enquiries? How well do you convert those enquiries into instructions? Sue Bramall provides a beginner’s guide to maximising conversion

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    Feature

    Cloud of suspicion

    2016-02-10T10:26:00Z

    The legal sector is clearly sceptical about cloud services – only 15 per cent of law firms currently use the technology. But, says Nigel Wright, the rest are missing out on real benefits to their business, people and clients.

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    Opinion

    Get with the programme

    2016-02-10T10:24:00Z

    Law Management Section chair Robert Banner provides an update on the Section’s work and upcoming events