ANATOMY OF A FOUNDER
“It’s a love that lasts forever, it’s a love that has no past”. DON’T LET ME DOWN. THE BEATLES. When people talk about founders, founding fathers or similar concepts there is a special spark [...]
DEVELOPING PARTNERS, WHILE DEVELOPING CULTURE
“You’ve got to admit it’s getting better, it’s getting better since you’ve been mine”. GETTING BETTER. THE BEATLES. In my I&P 72 about a year ago (“Are you developing your partners talent?”) [...]
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YARDS BEHIND THE LINE: WHERE SHOULD LEADERS STAND IN THE FIRM?
“Just like me, they long to be close to you”, (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU, CARPENTERS. Being a leader in the law firm is not an easy task. Lawyers are trained to act as individuals. They are [...]
BETTER WASH THE DISHES AFTER DINNER: THE COST OF UNSPOKEN CONVERSATIONS
“I love you ‘cause you tell me things I want to know”, ASK ME WHY, THE BEATLES. Human and personal communication has never been a strong suit for lawyers. The famous paper of Larry Richard [...]
CAN WE GET RID OF OUR SPELL? EIGHT PROBLEMS THAT COMPENSATION SYSTEMS SHOULD TRY TO SOLVE
“Otra vez mi boca insensata vuelve a caer en tu piel”, LABIOS COMPARTIDOS, MANÁ. It never ceases to amaze me how captivating the topic of compensation system is for partners in law firms. No [...]
ABOUT RAINMAKERS AND TWISTERS
“Me encantaría quererte un poco menos, cómo quisiera poder vivir sin ti”, VIVIR SIN AIRE, MANÁ. It will not take too long for a conversation with any partner in a Latin American firm to end in [...]
ARE YOU DEVELOPING YOUR PARTNERS’ TALENT?
“You’ll say you’ve seen seven wonders and your bird is green, but you can’t see me, you can’t see me” AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING. THE BEATLES. When partners in Latin America talk about talent [...]
IN A UNIQUE YEAR, THE NEED TO REDISCOVER OUR UNIQUENESS
“You have your own special way of turning the world so it’s facing the way that I’m going”. Your own special way, GENESIS. We won’t forget 2020. The year we had to stay home most of the time. The [...]
THE DREAM OF BEING MARADONA AND OUR EGO TRAPS
“Diego nunca te vas a morir, ya lo sabe el mundo entero; Diego sólo te quiero decir que en el corazón te llevo”. Amando a Maradona, Alex Batista. Last week Diego Armando Maradona passed away. His [...]
PURPOSE, MEANING AND STORYTELLING
“Can you feel the love tonight? It is where we are; it’s enough for this wide-eyed wonderer that we got this far”. Can you feel the love tonight, Elton John. Purpose has become a central topic in [...]