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Publications

Shannon & Manch consultants and counselors have written extensively on all aspects of law firm management and lawyer recruitment, development, and retention. Following are some our publications and articles:
     
Maximizing Law Firm Profitability   Maximizing Law Firm Profitability: Hiring, Training and Developing Productive Lawyers
  Sue Manch and Marcia Pennington Shannon
 
The 23 chapters of our comprehensive desk reference address virtually every aspect of developing a firm’s most valuable resource — its lawyers — covering topics including: development of lawyer training programs and training curricula; effective recruitment techniques; teaching lawyers how to manage practice groups; developing an effective performance evaluation system; peer and upward reviews; supporting diversity; retaining top-notch lawyers; and addressing the human factors in a law firm merger.
     
Lawyer Development Series   Lawyer Development Series
Sue Manch and Marcia Pennington Shannon
This series offers high-end e-learning courses addressing important development topics such as Mentoring, Preparing for Fall Recruiting and Providing Effective Feedback. These short, but substantive, training programs allow for total flexibility while high quality information.
     
Partner & Practice Group Acquisition   Partner & Practice Group Acquisition: A Primer on Management & Administrative Practices
Sue Manch
Whether your firm is considering hiring one partner laterally or a group of partners, the way the hiring process is managed can have a critical impact on the success of your firm. This primer provides succinct, smep-by-step advice on every stage of the process: strategic and cultural planning for the acquisition; choosing a team to oversee the process; selection criteria; where to look for candidates; all aspects of the interview process; selling the firm; announcing the decision within and outside of the firm; orientation issues; and more. Sample forms and policies provide added tools for a successful acquisition process.
     
Recruiting Lawyers   Recruiting Lawyers: How to Hire the Best Talent
Marcia Pennington Shannon & Sue Manch
The greatest asset to any law firm is its intellectual capital-the lawyers. How can your practice locate and hire exceptional associates in a competitive marketplace? You'll find the answers in Recruiting Lawyers: How to Hire the Best Talent. Recognizing the importance and complexity of lawyer recruitment, authors Shannon and Manch have thoroughly researched law firm hiring practices and its many shifts over the past 30 years. Recruiting Lawyers is the culmination of their efforts and shares practical searching and screening strategies, smart and ethical hiring practices, and constructive ideas that law firms can immediately incorporate into their recruitment procedures. This invaluable resource addresses the myriad needs of a variety of law office environments.
     
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Articles

 

Associate Training & Development

 
  Charting a Course for Satisfaction and Success in the Legal Profession
  Marketing Training From the Ground Up
  Rethinking Partnership: A Generation X-er Perspective
  The Quest for Balance
  Training Lawyers: The Toughest Audience
  Too Many Lawyers?
  Using the MBTI to Improve Communication, Performance, and Productivity
  Involving Associates in Business Development
  Helping Employees Create Career Development Plans
  Designing Your Firm's Professional Development Program
  The IPBA Women Lawyers Conference in India
  Stay Active and Career-Smart During a Down Economy
  Building Your Network Takes More than Business Cars and Cocktail Reception
  Heads Up! Pitfalls Ahead: Think Before Applying Orientation Advice and Information
  Relationship Building Is Crucial
  Young Attorneys Want to Change the Workplace—Not Settle
   

Management & Supervision

 
  The Art of Motivating Others
  Basic Management Skills for Partners
  The New Partnership Criteria: The Personality of Success
  Resolve to Become a Better Supervisor
  Does the Schoolyard Bully Work in Your Firm?
  Resolve to Become a Better Supervisor: One Year Later
  The Art and Science of Delegations
  Making Room for Dreams at Work
  Reducing Stress in Your Workplace
  Turning Conflict Into Opportunity
  What's Your EQ?
  Making Alternative Work Schedules a Win-Win
  How to Create a Genuine Partnership with Your Assistant
  Multitasking in an Information-Overloaded World
  Welcoming Your New Associate to the Firm
  Leadership Development Programs: What They Are and How to Start One
  Take Time to Make Time
   

Mentoring

 
  Can You Train Partners to Be Good Mentors?
  The Mentoring Makeover: A Model for Repair and Renaming
  The Mentoring Program Makeover: A Model for Retention and Professional Development
  The Relationship Between Mentoring and Retention
  The Evolution of the Mentoring Movement
  The Emerging Role of Counsel
  On Becoming a Professional
  Reach Out: Find the Courage to Give Feedback and Reap Its Powerful Benefits
   

Performance Appraisal

 
  High Tech Evaluation Systems
  'Tis the Season - Turning a Chore into an Opportunity to Develop Associates
  Training Attorneys to Conduct Effective Evaluations
  Re-Evaluating Evaluations
  The Power of Informal Feedback
  Making Associate Evaluations Worthwhile
  First Competencies, Then Merit
   

Outplacement

 
  Attorneys in Transition
  Making a Graceful Exit
  OP & Career Transition Counseling
  Assignment Difficult: The Termination Decision
  High Spirits + Energy = Better Job Search
   

Preservation of Firm Culture

 
  Culture Clash - A Problem of Titantic Proportions
  Considering the Human Element in Law Firm Mergers
  Recipe for Success: Merging Firm Cultures
  Creative Alternatives When the Partner Class is Too Large
  Enhancing Your Firm's Internal Communication
  Establishing Your (Positive!) Brand
   

Recruiting

 
  Rules for a Great Summer Program
  Swimming with the Sharks: The Challenges of a Small Firm in Today's Recruting Market
  The Great Debate: Entry-Level vs. Lateral Hiring
  Training Your Recruiting Team
  Strategic Planning for a Successful Summer Program
  Secrets of Success for Fall Recruiting
  Firm Fit: Who Survives
  A Quick Course in Hiring Your First Associate
  Using Law Schools in Your Recruiting Strategy
   

Retention

 
  Attorneys Retention: Making a Case for a Systems Analysis
  Preserving Your Assets
  The Post Greedy Years: The State of the Legal Nation
  The Relationship Between Mentoring and Retention
  What Course When the Economy is Tight
  Partnership Decisions in an Uncertain Climate: Choices and Creative Initiatives
  Retaining Your Firm's Greatest Assets
   
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