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Up, Out, Wait or Quit: Associates Weigh in on Staying and Leaving their Firms

Tantalizing, treacherous, business development fears and the Prize. This is how associates describe making partner. It's a high-stakes game where the outcome is binary — make partner or face an undefined future. A few firms are publicly downplaying junior associates’ importance. The reality is law firms need strong senior associates…

BTIConsultingApril 3, 2024

The Mad Clientist

What Celtics Legend Larry Bird Can Teach Law Firms About the Big 4

After any timeout in a close playoff game, Larry Bird would tell the player guarding him exactly who would shoot the ball — usually Larry himself — and from where. Most players either didn’t believe him, became unnerved, or took umbrage with Mr. Bird’s implication about the inability to stop…

Michael RynowecerMarch 9, 2022

The Mad Clientist

Hybrid Workplaces Are Here to Stay — This Is What Your Clients and Associates Want Most

50% of clients want to work 2.4 days remotely. 50% of associates want to work 2.5 days a week remotely. We will call this a match. And, there is one more big thing on which they agree will drive the successful hybrid workplace. Both groups are adamant about selecting their…

Michael RynowecerFebruary 23, 2022

The Mad Clientist

8 Reads for Your Summer Book List

At some point in the summer, it’s time to sit down with a good book. You may have started last July 4th weekend or this week. Maybe you are planning ahead. I share the following 8 recommendations for the summer and beyond: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art…

BTIConsultingJuly 7, 2021

The Mad Clientist

Only 17% of Associates Love New Salaries – Others Not So Much

Law firms are throwing money at associates in the hopes it eases the pain and makes them happy. More importantly, it will make them want to stay and deal with the soaring workload. But, compensation is only number 3 on the list of things associates really want in their law…

Michael RynowecerJune 30, 2021

The Mad Clientist

Now Clients Want the Inside Skinny: How Exactly Do You Train Your Associates?

Clients have a whole new set of substantive questions for their law firms—especially the ones they are thinking about hiring. And it could just be a sleeping game changer. Clients want to know exactly how you train your associates. Not just surface-level answers and statistics. They are looking for content,…

Michael RynowecerFebruary 5, 2020

The Mad Clientist

Making Better Associates Faster

Associates want more than money. They want some recognition—not much, but some—and they want to feel like they have a future. A big part of this sense of future is feeling like their firm is investing in them. Law firms can take immediate steps to make the future more obvious…

Michael RynowecerOctober 3, 2018

The Mad Clientist

The Law Firms with the Best Associates

“Let’s face it, most firms I know and deal with hide their associates behind a big wall of partners. It’s like they think we don’t know they’re there and do the work,” said an EVP and General Counsel at a Large Financial Institution BTI spoke with during our annual survey.…

Michael RynowecerAugust 2, 2017