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The Leadership Vector | Lessons on Leadership
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About Dr. James Bailey. Jun 10, 2015. But not all things conform to the form, and leadership is one of those things. Leadership is not one dimensional. It doesn’t run from one end to the other, great to good to bad. The force and direction of leadership–in physics, its vector–is paradoxical. Leadership can be great and good, one but not the other, or neither. But great leadership also accounts for much of humanity’s suffering. While it ignites collective action and stirs passion, its direction&...Good le...
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Leading the Business of Law Firms | Lessons on Leadership
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About Dr. James Bailey. Leading the Business of Law Firms. Feb 1, 2015. More jokes have been told about lawyers than any other professionals. But the business of law firms is no joke. $250 billion a year in the US, and Washington gets more than its fair share of the bounty. Rooted in traditions molded by longstanding munificence, law firms are, well, reluctant to change. But circumstances demand it. Other professional service firms have adapted by adopting best business practice. Why not law ...Think mor...
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The Law Firm Crisis: Changing Business Models | Lessons on Leadership
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About Dr. James Bailey. The Law Firm Crisis: Changing Business Models. Nov 17, 2014. The 2011 Client Advisory from D.C.-based Hildebrandt Baker Robbins finds that this new reality is stubbornly entrenched. Law firms, it seems, are subject to the same winds that lift or level other businesses. This crisis demands that law firms rethink their leadership and begin acting like businesses. What can law firms do to remain viable and vital? Although law firms have modest overhead expenditures, the costs associa...
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About Dr. James Bailey. Beneath the Floor: Bringing Best Leadership Practices to Congressional Offices. Nov 22, 2014. Congress is often accused of failing to execute the business of the nation either effectively or efficiently. This might be true when it comes to matters of legislation, but I’m not here to critique the machinations of party politics. A critical and yet overlooked. The Law Firm Crisis: Changing Business Models. Nov 17, 2014. By James Bailey & Carl Lenord. Oct 15, 2014. Sep 22, 2014. Conve...
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The Stress, the Switch, and the Sources of Renewal | Lessons on Leadership
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About Dr. James Bailey. The Stress, the Switch, and the Sources of Renewal. Jun 15, 2015. Barra may not have created these problems, but she did inherit them. And she lives with them. Surely they crowd her every thought and dictate her every action. Nothing can cross her mind that isn’t filtered through these indignities. Every move has to be carefully calculated in light of them. Barra is surely in a spotlight where everything she thinks and does matters. Big time. Stress is a bit of a double-edge sword...
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Beneath the Floor: Bringing Best Leadership Practices to Congressional Offices | Lessons on Leadership
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About Dr. James Bailey. Beneath the Floor: Bringing Best Leadership Practices to Congressional Offices. Nov 22, 2014. One reason for the dysfunction? None has had an answer. Private sector firms go to great lengths to develop a precise strategy and mission, assigning elements to whoever is best suited, and reviewing progress throughout the year. This way, those firms stay on course. You have to know where you’re going in order to get there. A solid appraisal process enables benchmarking against key stand...
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Finding the Next Generation of Leaders | Lessons on Leadership
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About Dr. James Bailey. Finding the Next Generation of Leaders. Jan 10, 2015. Economics tells us that supply swiftly follows demand. If we need something, free enterprise ramps up to provide it. The operation of markets is a wonderful thing to behold. Efficient and effective, the system fills voids in a true and timely matter. We’ve traditionally looked to two sources. 4) They are cognitively complex. They grasp the dynamic flow of many inter-related variables, simultaneously played. As any fan w...Socie...
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Great Leaders & Their Environments | Lessons on Leadership
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About Dr. James Bailey. Great Leaders & Their Environments. Mar 11, 2015. Is leadership the product of the person or the place? One camp says it’s the force of the individual. Through a combination of genetics and experience, some are leaders. And leaders act upon circumstances, make the market, revolutionize the industry, jump the trend. The leader makes the times, the times make the leader. Which is it? The answer lies, curiously enough, in evolutionary theory. The giraffe’s neck makes the case. If...
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The New Normal | Lessons on Leadership
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About Dr. James Bailey. By James Bailey & Carl Lenord. Oct 15, 2014. Continuing to charge exorbitant fees, often in excess of $1000 per hour in a price-sensitive environment is dubious practice. Who’s making this money? On the other hand, quantifying compensation for newly minted J.D.’s, with beginning annual salary packages often exceeding $150,000, not including bonuses, is, well, problematic. Gauging an associate’s contribution is at best guesswork. But the heavy lifting of transforming freshly minted...
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James Bailey | Lessons on Leadership
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About Dr. James Bailey. Learning from Adversity: One Obstacle at a Time. May 26, 2016. Adversity happens. Our instinct in the workplace when adversity does arrive is to deny its importance, attribute it to a person or event outside of our control, or, even better, to ignore it. Frustration and failure are unavoidable, so the question for us is what can. Apr 22, 2016. Making plans for summer vacation? Pathfinding the Future of Business Schools. Jan 5, 2016. Sep 11, 2015. Jun 15, 2015. Imagine the eighteen...
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