Managing for Success

Managing for Success is the quarterly magazine of the Law Management Section and focuses on a wide range of practice management issues.

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment Notice board A matter of opinion (one-stop legal shop) A world of opportunities (international law) Balancing the scales (equality and diversity) The management six: financial management The world of imagination What do managing partners do? (roles) Wide horizons (sole practitioners) What's the problem? (finance) In Practice (client care) - Getting to know you In Practice (coaching) - Coaching partners In Practice (IT) - It'll never happen - not to us anyway! In Practice (Lexcel) - Focus on benefits In Practice (marketing) - Strategic giving In Practice (quality) - Planning for financial success In Practice (risk) - Invest in your people

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Notice board The future of competition The price is tight - part II (finance) Innovation diffusion (e-strategy) Flexible norms (flexible working) Long distance information (distance selling) Exit route planning (succession) The management six: client experiences Regime modification (tendering) What's the problem? (coaching) In Practice (client care) - Building the bedrock In Practice (IT) - The voice of the future In Practice (Lexcel) - Introducing E-Lexcel In Practice (marketing) - Have you got mail? In Practice (risk) - Holiday headaches

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Chair A matter of opinion (Managing for Success 2005) Notice board Meeting the agenda (meetings) Knowledge management Help from the helpline (trainees) The price is tight (finance) The management six: staff Putting the 'e' into strategy What's the problem? (client care) In Practice (coaching) - Constructive complaints In Practice (IT) - Best in show In Practice (Lexcel) - Continuity checking In Practice (marketing) - Think shiny, act new In Practice (risk) - Privilege how to manage the risk In Practice (quality) - Understanding performance

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Voice from the Chair Proactive pastoral care (HR) Which suits you? (long-term strategic options) Bridging the GAAP (taxation of professional partnerships) Clementi and alternative business structures Looking online (IT and Lexcel) Are we going all we can? (cross referrals) Surfing safari (LMS website) In Practice (coaching) - Coaching your clients In Practice (client care) - Absolutely flawless In Practice (IT) - Another day, another acronym In Practice (Lexcel) - The way to Lexcel In Practice (marketing) - It pays to be positive In Practice (risk) - New year's risk solutions In Practice (quality) - Do you know where you're going? Book review (Women in the Law)

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