Strategy or Just a Collection of Opinions?
Hereโs the reality in many law firms: Every Partner has a different version of strategy, for example:
- Oneโs chasing profile
- Others focused on operations
- Someone else is all about fees
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
Strategy starts with clarity. It lives or dies by consensus and commitment.
- Do your Partners agree on what success looks like?
- Are you speaking the same language when it comes to growth?
- Or is strategy just a word that means something different to everyone?
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง? They align, they act, and they bring their people with them.