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Tackling Partner Underperformance in Law Firms 2nd Edition

Tackling Partner Underperformance in Law Firms 2nd Edition

Author: Nick Jarret-Kerr
Publisher: Ark Group
ISBN: 9781783583256

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781908640017
Published In: March 2018
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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The issue of underperformance at partner level remains incredibly agonising and sensitive in law firms.

Low demand for legal services has been compounded by an increase in the competitive forces both inside and outside the legal profession. Life has become even more difficult for partners, for whom performance demands have increased at the same time as the availability of work has tailed off.

Underperformance continues to affect law firms in many ways, not least of which are diminished profitability, loss of opportunity, the disaffection of high performers, challenges to the firm’s values and falling morale. What is more, underperformance has to be seen not just in terms of productivity but also in terms of a more holistic approach to a firm’s standards.

Drawing on original and academic research from the past 8 years, and featuring contributions from law firm performance experts including Edwin Reeser, Angus Lyon, and Patrick McKenna, author Nick Jarrett-Kerr’s highly anticipated Tackling Partner Underperformance 2nd Edition covers topics including:

Trends in partner performance
Understanding why partners underperform or are underproductive
Judging, rating and evaluating partners
Aligning performance with partner compensation and rewards
Supporting and rehabilitating underperforming partners
Stress and mental illness impact on performance
Systems for partner performance management
Underperformance culture
Governance, communication and conflict management
And more.

Tackling Partner Underperformance 2nd Edition is arguably the most comprehensive study ever undertaken into partner underperformance in law firms, and those firms (regardless of size and location) who utilize and implement the information, advice and practical strategies for addressing this issue, will see significant differences in their productivity and ultimately profitability.

Chapter 1: Introduction and trends

Chapter 2: Clarifying and managing expectations of partnership

Chapter 3: Understanding why partners underperform or are underproductive

Chapter 4: Judging, rating and evaluating partners

Chapter 5: Adapting business metrics to fit law firms

By Edwin Reeser, president of Edwin B. Reeser and former managing partner of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Chapter 6: Aligning with partner compensation and rewards

Chapter 7: Supporting and rehabilitating underperforming partners

Chapter 8: When lateral hires fail

Chapter 9: Stress and mental illness – a wicked legal problem?

By Angus Lyon, co-founder and director of Catalyst Counselling CIC and former partner of Mears Hobbs & Durant

Chapter 10: Systems for partner performance management