Serving at the Pleasure of My Partners: Advice to the New Firm Leader provides straightforward guidance about your tenure as manager – your leadership style, compensation, time management, and responsibilities – and the people you manage. Benefit from the cumulative experience of a select group of law firm leaders, the Managing Partner's Leadership Advisory Board, who came together to help create this book. Find answers to tough questions, such as:
- How do you follow a well-loved and successful firm leader?
- When your firm is under duress, how do you keep up morale?
- How do you overcome an “us and them” mentality within the firm?
- What kinds of performance standards should be in place?
- How can you better manage your time?
- How do you deal with complacency or a chronic complainer?
Features of this title include:
- Content built around real-life issues and questions
- Action-focused advice
- A survey that details where and how new leaders spend their time and a list of a dozen quick tips