Our strategy work with law firms is focused on planning for the future. Three to five years ago our strategy work often involved developing a 2020 vision and strategy – 2020 had a nice ring to it. Now we have arrived in 2020 and the future is today.
We continue to see firms use a variety of approaches in setting strategy. These approaches vary along two principal dimensions: 1) level of partner input and 2) level of organizational process applied.
Based on our experience, there are at least three different paths to a national strategy, depending on a firm’s practice position, practice mix, and client base.
Law firms must seek out more rigorous tools to measure and evaluate each partner’s qualitative contributions.
Every firm likely has a sacred cow or two or three. The challenge, and the opportunity, is to make sure those sacred cows continue to serve the firm well over time.