Tackling Partner Underperformance - Angus Lyon

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Résumé :
The issue of underperformance at partner level remains incredibly agonising and sensitive in law firms. Low demand for legal services has been compounded by an increase in the competitive forces both inside and outside the legal profession. Life has become even more difficult for partners, for whom performance demands have increased at the same time as the availability of work has tailed off. Underperformance continues to affect law firms in many ways, not least of which are diminished profitability, loss of opportunity, the disaffection of high performers, challenges to the firm's values and falling morale. What is more, underperformance has to be seen not just in terms of productivity but also in terms of a more holistic approach to a firm's standards. Drawing on original and academic research from the past 8 years, and featuring contributions from law firm performance experts including Edwin Reeser, Angus Lyon, and Patrick McKenna, author Nick Jarrett-Kerr's highly anticipated Tackling Partner Underperformance 2nd Edition covers topics including: *Trends in partner performance *Understanding why partners underperform or are underproductive *Judging, rating and evaluating partners *Aligning performance with partner compensation and rewards *Supporting and rehabilitating underperforming partners *Stress and mental illness impact on performance *Systems for partner performance management *Underperformance culture *Governance, communication and conflict management *And more. Tackling Partner Underperformance 2nd Edition is arguably the most comprehensive study ever undertaken into partner underperformance in law firms, and those firms (regardless of size and location) who utilize and implement the information, advice and practical strategies for addressing this issue, will see significant differences in their productivity and ultimately profitability....

Biographie:
By Nick Jarrett-Kerr...

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Chapter 1: Introduction and trends Chapter 2: Clarifying and managing expectations of partnership Chapter 3: Understanding why partners underperform or are underproductive Chapter 4: Judging, rating and evaluating partners Chapter 5: Adapting business metrics to fit law firms By Edwin Reeser, president of Edwin B. Reeser and former managing partner of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP Chapter 6: Aligning with partner compensation and rewards Chapter 7: Supporting and rehabilitating underperforming partners Chapter 8: When lateral hires fail Chapter 9: Stress and mental illness - a wicked legal problem? By Angus Lyon, co-founder and director of Catalyst Counselling CIC and former partner of Mears Hobbs & Durant Chapter 10: Systems for partner performance management Chapter 11: Performance management in medium-sized progressive law firms - a study of UK law firm Taylor Vinters Chapter 12: Managing underperformance Chapter 13: Options for coping with underperformers Chapter 14: Lost causes and other thorny issues By Patrick McKenna, internationally recognized author, strategist, advisor and lecturer Chapter 15: Avoiding an underperformance culture Chapter 16: Governance issues Chapter 17: Communication and conflict management...