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Over the course of my 25 years working in law firms, I have experienced first-hand the operational challenges that professionals face running professional services practices, the similarities and differences in the challenges that manifest themselves across the spectrum of firms - from traditional, conservative, full-service firms to dynamic, innovative, specialty focused firms - and the tools and characteristics it takes to overcome those challenges to cultivate efficient, effective, thriving professional services environments.
I now use that experience to provide outsourced operations management and support for professional services businesses that need operational support help part-time, intermittently or on a project basis. The types of challenges I most often help clients to overcome include:
Project management - system implementation, event planning
Phoenix
Legal, led by Karen MacKay, provides advice and support to law firms and the professionals
within them through their most critical transitions. Karen's practice is focused on leadership
and strategy, governance and management; compensation, assessment and development through to
succession planning and exit strategies. Further, Karen is a globally recognized expert on the
challenges, expectations and motivations of the generations at work in law firms today; the
management challenges around motivation, reward and retention of associates, of women and of
partners nearing retirement.
With excellent communication, presentation, facilitation and coaching
skills, Karen has more than 20 years of professional services experience combined
with an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto; a Certified
Human Resources Professional and licenses in a number of tools and assessments.
Karen writes
regularly for legal publications in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom
and Australia. She is a member of the Practice Management section of the American Bar
Association and is a member of the Editorial Board of Law Practice Magazine, an ABA publication.
In 2009, Karen was elected to become a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management in
recognition of her contribution to the law practice management profession.
As a successful practicing lawyer for 16 years, I experienced the struggles, challenges, and triumphs of trying to build a book of business at the same time as you are trying to achieve a standard of excellence in the work you already have! Now, for over seven years, I've put my firsthand knowledge to use as a business development advisor and coach to other professional services providers, helping them to enhance the quality and quantity of work in their portfolios, and to build strong, sustainable businesses that fulfill their professional and personal aspirations.
Supporting clients through the process of business development – seeing them not only find success, but emerge stronger, more confident and more skilled at creating meaningful, mutually rewarding professional relationships – is incredibly gratifying. Whether you're trying to take your book to the next level, navigating a transition or have simply gotten "stuck" somewhere short of your goals, I can help.
"In the five years that I have worked with Steve, I have always been engaged and challenged
in all the projects that we have undertaken." Susanna Duke, Knowledge Coordinator, Stewart
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