Strategies for whatever future holds (AFR op-ed) - the current legal boom a one-off or the start of glory days?

State of the Legal Market - 2018 Peer Monitor Melbourne Law School report, co-authored with Eric Chin

The evolution of the rocket model (AFR op-ed) - the strategic impact of adopting new process technology

Measurement matters more than money - why the dollar is no substitute for effective leadership

EY's acquisition of Riverview Law (Lawyers Weekly op-ed) - a strategic disaster in the making

Better together (ALPMA guest blog) - 10 reasons collaboration is a good idea

Getting clarity on the CRP role - 10 ways to describe the client relationship partner role

The end of the club (AFR op-ed) - why many collegiate full-service mid-tier firms will fail

Get your practice group strategy right (Law Management Hub) - make sure each practice is playing its part

What's the right price (Acuity Magazine) - the 5-step approach to pricing professional services

Transitioning your low-profit clients - five strategies to make unprofitable relationships more sustainable

Is your firm a club or a one-firm firm? - my 2018 take on the Maister classic

The accountants re-enter legal. Meh! - the Big 4 are not going to have it all their own way

What are your 2018 experiments - your personal, practice and public agendas

Is the demand for legal booming - what if reported market data is fake news

7 key enablers of smart collaboration - how to go from being collegiate to truly collaborative

Advancing the retreat - tips to get more from strategy off-sites, conferences and retreats

Top 20 workshop facilitation tips and secrets - some practical ideas to run better workshops

From pyramids to rockets to ecosystems - the evolution of the professional service firm delivery model

There are two words in “strategic plan” - some practical advice on how to make strategic plans more useful

From collegiate to collaborative - why collaboration is hard and what to do about it

A professional services value chain - 12 ways a firm can improve its profitability and competitiveness

The 2-5-3 method of pricing professional services - a simple method to smarter pricing and capturing more value

Five 5-year predictions - where the SME legal market is going (ALPMA blog guest post)

Six strategic shifts and implications for HR - the expectations of the HR function are getting higher and higher

The state of the legal market - conclusion from the 2017 Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor MLS Report

Are your practice groups primed to win? - getting all the parts to sum up to something more

10 questions for your plan B - implications on technology change on law firm structure, strategy, style and skills

Firm purpose. Seven Options - alternative ways of thinking about your firm's purpose or reason for being

Pirouettes or Death Spirals - Op-ed on the Australian mid-tier legal market from The Australian Financial Review, 30 June 2017

People, relationships, data: a focus for boards - an article in CPA Australia’s IN THE BLACK, 1 May 2017

The business case for diversity in law firms - Op-ed from The Australian, 20 October 2017

10 reasons culture eats strategy for breakfast - how a positive and productive culture generates profits

Success = Ability + Stability + Agility - how to become a more agile and innovative firm while retaining core strengths

Blockchain: earthquake or rose planting - the impact of the blockchain on in-house legal teams (first published in the Australian Corporate Council Journal, Autumn 2017)

Innovation for sceptics - how to innovate when your firm is filled with smart sceptics

Two-speed firms: the problem and solutions - dealing with differentials in partner commitment and contribution

Five steps to becoming a more agile firm - creating the right foundations to innovate

Culture fit, or do you mean no misfit - don't confuse misfits with cultural catalysts

Is 2017 the year the fat smoker quits? - the forces for change might finally be overwhelming the constraints

Five lessons from five years going solo - insights from the first few years as a freelance management consultant

The Taxi Taxonomy - client analysis on the run

Butcher butcher's paper - innovating with Google Docs in strategy workshops

Getting true client commitment - co-authored with Jon Huxley of Beca on the critical role of leadership in CRM

Norton Rose Fulbright and LawPath - stress testing a NewLaw and BigLaw venture

Is your board focused on strategy or operations - getting your board to pay attention to really important issues

Stress test your client strategy - five categories of client strategies for you to stress test your key account plans

What’s your sneaker strategy - getting clarity on how you will outrun your competitors

Adding adding value - a fresh way to communicate the value you offer to key clients

5 takeways from teaching management at the Melbourne Law School - the best way to learn is to teach

The market test - assessing your firm's strategic health as an external investor would

Redefining shared services - getting more from HR, IT, finance and marketing

The keys to cross-selling - some practical ideas to improve product knowledge across the firm

10 things to do different - making sure your plans are not just more of the same

From MY client to OUR client - why client hoarding is still such an issue and what to do about it

What’s wrong with the sales pipeline - adapting the McKinsey 3 Horizon Growth Model to key account management

Top 10 differentiation tips - an article from the APSMA PSF Journal on how to differentiate your firm

Smarter relationship pricing - co-authored with Colin Jasper covering the merits of incentivised retainers

Can you handle the truth - introducing the Barolsky Barometer cultural mapping tool

Your loyalty levers: head, heart and ego - moving beyond client satisfaction to drive client loyalty

Reports of BigLaw’s death are magnified - article from The Australian on legal industry trends, 20 December 2013

Efforts made for clients define tier one firms - article from The Australian on how top-tier firms manage their key clients, 24 July 2014

What’s your mantra - getting clarity and consensus of your firm’s strategic intent with each key client

Two slides of the client loyalty coin - the importance of getting a good rap AND a good dollar from your clients

Do you know your client’s KPIs - the power of understanding what truly drives client behaviour

Taking the Maister trust equation to a new level - a new formula for building trusted B2B relationships

Facilitating a strategic dialogue around key clients - getting everyone on the firm to share insights around key clients

Are you client-focused or client compelled - recognising the importance of asserting your rights as a supplier

The power of unsolicited proposals - the discipline of consistently thinking how else you could help your client

Don't just set and forget - the keys to ongoing key client governance

So you're ranked your key clients. Now what? - making clear distinctions between your different tiers of clients

The problem of share-of-wallet as a KPI - finding better metrics to assess your key client relationships

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