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Strategic Planning for Legal Marketers: Your Critical Role in Strategy Development and Implementation
There are five key areas where legal marketing professsionals can contribute the most value to strategic planning committees for both firm and practice group strategic plans.
Four Myths About Lawyer Business Plans
Creating an effective individual laywer business plan is critical to growing your revenue, increasing your profitable work and building your book of business. Unfortunately, lawyers and firms have...
Mantra Legal Consulting – Q2 2025 Recap – Strategy and Management Considerations for Law Firm Leaders
We have crossed the midpoint of 2025, and law firm leaders find themselves in interesting times and a legal business environment filled with unprecedented uncertainty and incredible opportunity....
Using AI, Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics in Law Firm Strategic Planning
This year marks 25 years since my first law firm strategic planning project, and my, how things have changed. While I have always been an advocate for fact-based planning and attempted to arm...
Law Firm Retreats – Your Strategic Investment in Firm Culture and Growth
With law firm financial performance being put to the test in an uncertain economy, firms fighting to attract and retain talent, a renewed focus on culture as strategy and the desire to maintain...
What Makes a Law Firm Practice Group Succeed?
In nearly every law firm’s website and marketing materials, you will find a reference to the collaborative nature of the firm or the firm’s commitment to teamwork. Dig deeper into team performance...
Navigating Law Firm Strategy Amid Political Pressures
In an article written at the request of The Daily Journal, Marci Taylor discussed the strategic considerations for law firms given the current political environment and recent actions by the...
Mantra Legal Consulting Q1 2025 Recap – Strategy and Management Considerations for Law Firm Leaders
The opening months of 2025 have brought a jarring reminder of how quickly the legal landscape and global economic markets can shift. The Administration’s flurry of executive actions have had a...
Mantra Well-being Note – Toxic People In the Law Firm Workplace
Why do we tolerate toxic or abusive people in the law firm workplace? Whether it’s the person affectionately referred to as the 800lb gorilla or the partner who is visibly and vocally abusive, why...
Lawyer Generational Differences Chart
If your law firm is engaged in succession planning, considering generational differences in the development of your strategic plan, trying to improve your lawyer recruitment and retention or working...