by Robin Dicks | Mar 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
As a judge in the recent Managing Partner Forum awards in this category I was pleased to see some of the efforts being made by firms in this area. There is no doubt that many firms are recognising that more informal, judgemental forms of performance management, that...
by Robin Dicks | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
I think one of the key future activities which will define the continued health of any professional services firm is its ability to gather client knowledge and to use it. We’re hearing a lot about “big data” for good or ill, but what are the inputs...
by Robin Dicks | Oct 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
The time to think strategically about future profitability is now. Phil Gott (a colleague in the Winning Firm Alliance) and I spoke during LawNet’s Practice Finance Management day on 16th October – if you’d like to access the slides and some of the...
by Robin Dicks | Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today, in most professional and financial services sectors, firms need to outperform their peers in order to grow not just revenue but profit as well. Unless you have unique technical skills that others cannot replicate, you must do the right things (i.e. have the...
