McKenna's International Review Magazine - Fall 2014

International Review is my 24-page glossy, printed magazine distributed to over 1600 law firm chairs and managing partners throughout North America. 

Our Fall issue begins with a piece entitled, Perspectives On Firm Strategy which contains seven thought-provoking ideas on everything from becoming distinctive to quantifying and communicating real value to clients.

In our First 100 Days program (see back cover) we introduce new firm leaders to the monumental task of taking the reins of leading their firms.  When Firm Leaders Transition provides prescriptive counsel and specific steps to both the departing firm leader and their successor on what they need to do to facilitate an effective transition.

Once again, my good friend and colleague Ed Reeser joins me in The Question of Partner Compensation Guarantees cautioning how, while providing guarantees can be a legitimate transitioning tool for incoming laterals, these same guarantees can also present firms with some real problems when best intentions and future forecasts don’t materialize.

Finally, Create Your Stop Doing List is some straight-forward guidance on how to keep the urgent from crowding out the important, while Integrating Laterals provides pragmatic advice on how to best integrate the key talent that you have spent so much time, effort and expense attracting to your firm.

As always, I sincerely hope that you find practical ideas, tips and techniques here that you can put to use immediately.  Please send me your observations, critiques, comments and suggestions with respect to any of these articles.

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