ARTICLES & PRESENTATIONS
NEW The Power of a Positive Culture in a Law Firm
Stephen Mabey, March 2024
A Focus on Profitability
Stephen Mabey, February 2024
Strategic Issue Thinking Is In – Strategic Planning Is Out
Stephen Mabey, January 2024
Loyalty: The Most Non-Budgeted Expense
Stephen Mabey, December 2023
The Digital Age is the Great Equalizer
Stephen Mabey, November 2023
Executable Strategy
Stephen Mabey, October 2023
Succession Planning: The Myth & The Threat
Stephen Mabey, August 2023
Talent Wars: Half Time - The battleground has shifted
Stephen Mabey, August 2023
Attracting and Retaining Clients Today
Stephen Mabey, August 2023
The Increasingly Important but Dreaded Collection of Client Accounts
Stephen Mabey, July 2023
Explaining Compensation Gap Analysis
Stephen Mabey, July 2023
Client Information Overload Solution:
Trust and Confidence over AI
Stephen Mabey, May 2023
The Side Effects of Covid
Stephen Mabey December 2022
Four-Day Workweek
Stephen Mabey October 2022
Recession Proofing - An Update
Stephen Mabey June 2022
Continuous Cycle of Leadership Evolution
Stephen Mabey and Michael Mabey, November 2021
Dealing with the escalating level of mental health challenges due to COVID
Stephen Mabey, September 2021
An Alternative Exit Strategy
Stephen Mabey, February 2021
You Cannot Predict Results - You Can Control Behaviours
Stephen Mabey, January 2021
Business Development in a Pandemic – It's All about the Relationship
Stephen Mabey, December 2020
Five Lessons from 2020 for a Stronger Law Firm
Stephen Mabey & Mia Hempey, Dec 2020
Pandemic KPI – Some new, some old but all relevant
Stephen Mabey, September 2020
Top Positive Developments Arising from the COVID–19 Pandemic
Stephen Mabey, June 2020
Law Firms' Parallel Phases During the Coronavirus
Stephen Mabey & Mia Hempey, April 2020
A COVID-19 Financial Survival Kit for Law Firms
Stephen Mabey, March 2020
The Impact of COVID–19 on How Law Firms do Business When it is Just a Memory?
Stephen Mabey, March 2020
Can Anything Good Come from the Outbreak of COVID–19?
Stephen Mabey, March 2020
Wishes for Canadian Law Firms in 2020
Stephen Mabey, December 2019
Out with the Old... In with the – High Risk Strategy
Stephen Mabey, September 2019
Key Performance Indicators Revisited
Stephen Mabey, March 2019
Kicking the Can Down the Road – Again
Stephen Mabey, November 2018
Recession Proofing – An Update
Stephen Mabey, July 2018
Don't Shoot the Messengers - Change Them!
Stephen Mabey, June 2018
The small-firm advantage - Legal Innovation Now -
pdf
Stephen Mabey, March 2018
Recession Proofing — Why Now?
Perhaps the Better Response is Why Not?
Stephen Mabey, February 2018
Seven Year's Resolutions for Canadian Law Firms -
pdf
Stephen Mabey, January 2018
Why Firms Must Move from the Traditional Governance Model
Stephen Mabey, August 2017
A Roundtable with Millennial Lawyers:
Let's Hear Their Perspective
Stephen Mabey, July 2017
Pricing Innovation: Legal Innovation Now
Stephen Mabey, June 2017
More than Ever The Time is Now for Female led Leadership in both Legal Departments and Law Firms
Stephen Mabey, March 2017
Seven Year's Resolutions for Law Firms
Stephen Mabey, December 2016
Hard as I Try, I Can't Make this Square Peg fit in this Round Hole
Stephen Mabey, November 2016
Life Time Achievement Award presented to the Legal Profession — Challenge Management
Stephen Mabey, November 2016
The Barbarians have passed the Gate -
pdf
Stephen Mabey, July 2016
How to tell if your Firm's Compensation is Aligned with its Strategic Direction
Stephen Mabey, May 2016
How to straighten out your jumbled financial records
Stephen Mabey, February 2016
See articles archived, 2015 to 2014, 2013 to 2012, 2011 to 2010 or 2009 & older.
Articles by Key Topics
- Business Development & Marketing
- Finance & Pricing
- Leadership & Management
- Human Resources
- Compensation & Partnership
- Governance & Culture
- Client Service
- Challenges & Strategic Planning
Articles by Date
- Current - 2024 to 2016,
- 2015 to 2014,
- 2013 to 2012,
- 2011 to 2010 or
- 2009 & older.
PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
& HANDOUTS
Canadian Bar Association - June 14th Stephen was a panelist in a session of the CBA's new Solutions Series titled
"Managing Uncertainty in Today's Legal Environment: Preparing for and Embracing Change."
Managing Partner Forum 2022 Leadership Forum, Atlanta Ge- May 4
In addition to facilitating one of the groups of Managing Partners participating in the Managing Partner Information Exchange sessions, Stephen is a panel member speaking on
"Leadership in Action – Building Tomorrow's Law Firm - Executing Successful Growth Strategies."
The panel discussion will feature audience polling technology and tackle how firms have successfully attracted and retained talent to their firms.
November 4, 2020 - Stephen Mabey was a pannelist in "Which Key Performance Indicators ("KPIs") are best for your Law Firm?"
Go to the video on youtube or download the handouts.
MPF VIRTUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
October 1, 2020 - Stephen Mabey was a panelist for the financial section of this years conference themed 20 Top Strategies for '21 - see PP handout.
One of the most interesting sessions was Gerry Risken's talk on "Agility in the Face of Fragility". The elephant in the room which most of us ignore when we speak about the current pandemic and its impact on law firms and the practice of law is the impact on our mental health - both short and long term. It almost seems that if we do not speak to the very real issue, it will remain hidden or even better still go away. Gerry in a polite but direct manner calls "baloney" on our common response that we are doing "okay" when asked the question on how we are doing. By shining a light on the circumstances that do not make us "okay" in these times of uncertainty hopefully he sets the stage for more meaningful relationship conversations between ourselves and with our client.
The MPF 2019 Leadership Survey & Results - June 2019 - Handouts
The MPF 2017 Leadership Conference -
May 2017 - Atlanta, GA
Download the powerpoint Leading your firm in a changing world
or the MPF Law Firm
Leadership & Governance
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