Great post by Bruce MacEwen (author of the extraordinary Adam Smith, Esq.) on the Business Week article highlighting the performance of Nucor. The full Business Week story is here. The numbers tell an amazing story: a 387% return to shareholders over the past 5 years, handily beating almost all other companies on the S&P Index. Here’s… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: April 2006
Discipline of Execution, Responsiveness–Keys To Success
Posted in Client ServicePicture this: I’m driving to dinner with my four kids. My wife is at her book club. Desperate for a sound other than gameboys, I turn on NPR’s Marketplace program. The host, Kai Ryssdal, is interviewing Anne Mulcahy, the CEO of Xerox. She had been with the company for 30 years when she was unexpectedly… Continue Reading
A Compliment That We Should All Strive For
Posted in Client ServiceI was reading the “In-House Counsel” feature of The National Law Journal of April 10, 2006. The featured lawyer was Andrew A. Merdek of Cox Enterprises, Inc. In the section about his legal team and outside counsel, Merdek had this to say about his law firm, Washington-based Dow, Lohnes & Albertson: “We don’t have their phone… Continue Reading
Associates Required To Bill 8,760 Hours Per Year
Posted in Leadership and ManagementAnd 8,784 in leap years. (If my math isn’t clear, its 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, plus another day every four years.) After reading Gerry Riskin’s post “The Wall Street Journal Blasts Law Firms Salaries Arms Race” and Bruce MacEwen’s post “Associate Salaries: The Great Debate,” I couldn’t resist weighing in on… Continue Reading