My father is a master conversationalist. He follows the first rule of a gentleman: Don’t talk about yourself. I’ve observed my Father over the years, and he is very effective at deflecting questions. That’s not to say that he won’t answer questions, but he always gets back to listening to others more than talking about…

In my travels to law firms across the country, I have come across two types of law firms. The first type is law firms that embrace creating articles, alerts, and blogs and then we have the second type, law firms that merely tolerate article writing and content creation. Here is one comment from a partner…

Law firms are creatures of habit. The successful firms that have been around for a long time have figured out a model that allows them to handle a large volume of legal work at a very profitable hourly rate. But what if things change in the future? Are they prepared to evolve? A bigger question…

This morning my friend Michelle Golden posted the story about an individual named Heather Bussing that deleted her Linkedin account because she disagreed with the terms of services. You can see the entire post here: Why I Killed My Linkedin Account. The author of the post is not happy with the draconian terms of service or maybe…

(3 minutes to read) Let me start out by saying I was wrong—I’ve been wrong about things before. The new research coming out from Buffer.com on this post shows that we may be writing blog posts that aren’t quite long enough: The Ideal Length of Everything Online, Backed by Research Some of the research here…

For years me I’ve been encouraging professionals to connect with alumni from their law schools as well as the universities where they attended undergrad. Linkedin has now made significant changes to the way they organize alumni that make it easier for you to find old colleagues. The biggest change is that as an alumni of…