Office, 1719 | Public Domain | Wikimedia Commons You think about it when you contact the often ironically named “customer service” section of a major corporation. You think about it …
The Beatles and Decca Records and Opportunity
Monday, January 1, 1962 was bone-chilling cold across England. An aspiring musical group, the Beatles, jammed into a small car, wended their way through snowstorms from Liverpool to London. Their …
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Peter Kalis | Lawyers as Leaders
Peter Kalis is one of the top leaders in the American legal profession. He is emeritus chairman and global managing partner of K&L Gates. Mr. Kalis provides strategic advice to many of the …
Gregory Craig and the Demise of the Lawyer-Statesman Ideal
UPDATE: Gregory Craig was acquitted of felony charges. Skadden Arps reportedly reached a settlement with Ukrainian ex-prime minister Tymoshenko. Longtime Washington establishment lawyer Gregory …
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Thinkers and Talkers and Doers
How often have you heard something like the following? —I’m a doer. I don’t spend time on books or academic thinking or intellectual stuff. That’s just a distraction from getting things …
10 Leadership Lessons from Mozilla CEO Firing
This post, from a notable business event in 2014, continues to have resonance. There has been much celebration and consternation over the forced resignation of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich. Much of …
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