ARTICLES & PRESENTATIONS
Stephen is a well-respected advisor and speaker within the Canadian legal community. In addition, he is a prolific writer. His articles on leadership, marketing, practice transitioning, and other topics have been published in a variety of legal industry periodicals.
Here is a selection of Stephen’s articles.
A Roundtable with Millennial Lawyers:
Let's Hear Their Perspective -
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Stephen Mabey, July 2017
Pricing Innovation: Legal Innovation Now -
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Stephen Mabey, June 2017
More than Ever The Time is Now for Female led Leadership in both Legal Departments and Law Firms -
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Stephen Mabey, March 2017
Seven New Year's Resolutions for Law Firms -
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Stephen Mabey, December 2016
Hard as I Try, I Can't Make this Square Peg fit in this Round Hole -
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Stephen Mabey, November 2016
Life Time Achievement Award presented to the Legal Profession — Challenge Management -
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Stephen Mabey, November 2016
The Barbarians have passed the Gate -
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Stephen Mabey, July 2016
How to tell if your Firm's Compensation is Aligned with its Strategic Direction -
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Stephen Mabey, May 2016
How to straighten out your jumbled financial records -
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Stephen Mabey, February 2016
Definitely Mabey: A Different Perspective on Strategy -
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Stephen Mabey, November 2015
Observations from the Inaugural MPF
Leadership Academy -
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John Remsen, JR, Stephen Mabey, Karen MacKay, October 2015
Definitely Mabey: Questions that should be asked and answered by partners -
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Stephen Mabey, July 2015
Definitely Mabey: The other diversity -
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Stephen Mabey, July 2015
Speaker's Corner: OTLA's ABS submission couches own interest as protecting the public -
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Stephen Mabey, March 2015
Definitely Mabey:The Legal Profession's Impersonation of Milli Vanilli -
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Stephen Mabey, January 2015
50-Cent Dollars Are in Vogue Again
Stephen Mabey, January/February 2015
Definitely Mabey: Attitude is everything when combatting stress in law firms -
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Stephen Mabey, December 2014
Definitely Mabey: Culture — glue or repellent — your choice -
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Stephen Mabey, December 2014
Definitely Mabey: Communication, communication, communication -
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Stephen Mabey, October 2014
Definitely Mabey: Client focused cost controls -
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Stephen Mabey, September 2014
Definitely Mabey: Heard about the high margins and so you want to invest in a law firm? -
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Stephen Mabey, August 2014
Definitely Mabey: Measuring legal department metrics -
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Stephen Mabey, July 2014
Definitely Mabey: Leadership — Has It Ever Been More Important? -
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Stephen Mabey, June 2014
Definitely Mabey: Law firm management by the numbers
Stephen Mabey, June 2014 -
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Definitely Mabey: Mothballing traditional marketing approaches
Stephen Mabey, May 2014 -
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Definitely Mabey: Three universal truths raised by the Heenan Blaikie story
Stephen Mabey, April 2014 -
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Definitely Mabey: You may get paid on revenues but you spend profits
Stephen Mabey, March 2014 -
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Definitely Mabey: Pricing: too critical to be left to the accountants
Stephen Mabey, February 2014 -
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Definitely Mabey: Let's learn about legal process mapping
Stephen Mabey, January 2014 -
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See articles archived 2013 to 2012, 2011 to 2010 or 2009 & older.
See articles archived 2013 to 2012, 2011 to 2010 or 2009 & older.
PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
& HANDOUTS
The MPF 2017 Leadership Conference -
May 2017 - Atlanta, GA
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The MPF 2015 Leadership Conference -
May 2015 - Atlanta, GA
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The MPF 2014 Leadership Conference -
May 2014 -
Atlanta, GA
Managing Partner Forum Leadership Conference: Tackling the Really Tough Issues - Bad Behaviour and Underperformance
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