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By Mark Beese

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A Thanksgiving Story

Posted on November 27, 2008
When I was a boy, I went to the Mid-Winter festival on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, near Buffalo NY. Dan, one of the Boy Scout leaders in town, managed to get an invitation from the religious leader. Dan's adopted son...

An Outstanding Example of Sharing Vision

Posted on August 28, 2008

Denver Welcomes the DNC

Posted on August 24, 2008
The Democratic Party arrives in Denver today, along with 15,000 members of the media and countless corporate executives and lobbyists hoping to connect with the political elite during this historic week. It seems to me that the key word for...

A Russian Truck Driver and the Olympics

Posted on August 24, 2008
I once met a consultant who helps cities bid for the Olympic games. As part of the bid preparation, he conducted surveys of the general public to determine their attitudes and opinions about the Olympic Games and the prospect of...

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How do you get to be a better leader?

Posted on August 24, 2008
"Practice." That's what Jim Kouzes, co-author of The Leadership Challenge book and leadership development process said last weekend at the annual conference for LC facilitators and clients. Invoking Olympic tales and sports analogies, Kouzes said that leaders need to identify...

Naked Conversation Interview

Posted on April 06, 2008
Richard Levick interviews Shel Israel, co-author of Naked Conversations, a book about blogging and social media. Why is social media important? "When we wrote the book, blogging was social media. But now, if you?re a business, or an institution, or...

ABA LPM Magazine Focuses on Tech and Competitive Intelligence

Posted on April 06, 2008
The recent issue of Law Practice Management Magazine (available online) has some great articles, including 45 Tips for Competitive Intelligence by Ann Lee Gibson, Keeping Up with Marketing -Speak, by Sally Schmidt and a Roundtable on Competitive Intelligence Tools, by...

Green to Speak at LMA Event

Posted on April 06, 2008
Charles Green, co-author (with David Maister) will speak at LMA's Senior Roundtable in Washington DC in June. This is from the LMA website: "We are excited about this year?s program. Charles Green, co-author of The Trusted Advisor and Trust-Based Selling,...

Jim Collins to Speak in Denver, May 14th

Posted on April 06, 2008
Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, will make a rare speaking appearance in Denver on May 14th. The Community First Foundation is sponsoring his talk. I hear Collins speak last Fall, where he discussed new research on great companies....

"We're Not Going to Take It" - Association of Corporate Counsel

Posted on April 06, 2008
You could almost hear Twisted Sister "singing" "We're not going to take it...anymore" at the Legal Marketing Association's national conference last month when Susan Hackett, General Counsel of the the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Laura Stein, Chairperson of...

"We're Not Going to Take It" - Association of Corporate Counsel

Webinar on Succession Planning

Posted on April 05, 2008
Phyllis Weiss Haserot will be conducting a webinar on succession planning on April 9th at 12:30 PM EDT. Click here for more information. Phyllis is a wonderful speaker and insightful adviser. If you have not been to her website, it...

Web 2.0 meets Legal KM at JD Supra

Posted on April 05, 2008
Larry Bodine informed me that JD Supra is now online and firms from the AmLaw 200 to GP Solos are posting content. What is JD Supra? According to Bodine's website: "In order to get listed, the attorney must contribute a...

Patrick McKenna Launches Leadership Advisory Board

Posted on April 05, 2008
So, you are a managing partner facing a vexing issue and the usual advisers and articles leave you as confused as before. What's a MP to do? Edge Group Consultant Patrick McKenna teamed up with Managing Partner Magazine to help....

Diversity Call to Action Summit

Posted on April 05, 2008
This sounds cool. Several years ago, General Counsel from several hundred companies drafted and signed the Diversity Call to Action - a statement of principals and tasks to improve diversity in law firms and legal departments. Not a lot has...

Ballard hires Client Interviewer

Posted on April 05, 2008
Did you see this article in The Legal Intelligencer (also on law.com) about how Ballard Spahr hired a "non-lawyer" to interview clients with the sub-title, "Could this new form of communicating with clients lead to the end of law firm...

Speaking Gigs: Regional Marketing and CI

Posted on April 05, 2008
I'll be speaking at the following events: Regional Marketing and Business Development Strategies Webinar sponsored by Hildebrandt May 28, 2008 Noon EST Click here for more information Competitive Intelligence in the Modern Law Firm Sponsored by Managing Partner Magazine June...

Ukila nanasi, tunda lingine basi

Posted on April 05, 2008
Ukila nanasi, tunda lingine basi. In Swahili, it means, "Once you taste a pineapple, you''ll never go for any other fruit" Wouldn't it be nice for your clients to say this about your firm? What would it take for your...

Lessons from Terminal Five

Posted on April 05, 2008
London's Heathrow Airport opened Terminal 5 this week, reminding me of the troubled opening of Denver's International Airport more than ten years ago. Terminal 5 was slated to solve much of Heathrow's problems, including long security lines. The terminal was...

"We're Not Going to Take It" - Association of Corporate Counsel

Posted on April 05, 2008
You could almost hear Twisted Sister "singing" "We're not going to take it...anymore" at the Legal Marketing Association's national conference last month when Susan Hackett, General Counsel of the the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Laura Stein, Chairperson of...

Naked Conversation Interview

Posted on April 05, 2008
Richard Levick interviews Shel Israel, co-author of Naked Conversations, a book about blogging and social media. Why is social media important? "When we wrote the book, blogging was social media. But now, if you???re a business, or an institution, or...

ABA LPM Magazine Focuses on Tech and Competitive Intelligence

Posted on April 05, 2008
The recent issue of Law Practice Management Magazine (available online) has some great articles, including 45 Tips for Competitive Intelligence by Ann Lee Gibson, Keeping Up with Marketing -Speak, by Sally Schmidt and a Roundtable on Competitive Intelligence Tools, by...

Green to Speak at LMA Event

Posted on April 05, 2008
Charles Green, co-author (with David Maister) will speak at LMA's Senior Roundtable in Washington DC in June. This is from the LMA website: "We are excited about this year???s program. Charles Green, co-author of The Trusted Advisor and Trust-Based Selling,...

Jim Collins to Speak in Denver, May 14th

Posted on April 05, 2008
Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, will make a rare speaking appearance in Denver on May 14th. The Community First Foundation is sponsoring his talk. I hear Collins speak last Fall, where he discussed new research on great companies....

Medical Malpractice: Your Case Is On The Trial Calendar-Can Defense Lawyers Talk to Your Doctor?
Your New York attorney has notified the Court that your case is re...

Lawyers Work To Free Palestinian Family
On September 30, 2001, a Palestinian family, the Ibrahims, entered...

Holiday Gift Guide For Lawyers
My friend Reid Trautz is is the Director of the American Immigrati...