By Kristy Bourgeois Nearly everyone working in a law firm, from a Millennial just a year or two into her or his career, to a seasoned lawyer with more than 50 years in practice, can agree that the practice of law is fast-paced, high pressure, demanding and requires constant focus. The best lawyers I’ve met…
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The Challenges of a Multi-Generational Workplace are No Surprise
By Kristy Bourgeois For the first time, the U.S. workforce includes substantial representation from five distinct generations. Today, Baby Boomers (those born from 1946 to 1964), Generation X (1965 to 1981), Millennials (1982 to 1997) and Generation Z (1997) work side-by-side in businesses – including law firms – across the United States. Finally, in the…
What They Did Not Tell You in Law School About Building Your Brand – Part I
By Kristy Bourgeois Chances are, many of the leaders of your law firm or legal department are members of the Baby Boom Generation (born between 1946 and approximately 1964) or Gen X (1965 to approximately 1984). As I have written in previous columns, the values, work preference and communication styles of the Boomers and Gen…
What They Did Not Tell You in Law School About Building Your Brand – Part II
By Kristy Bourgeois As you may recall, in my column last month I discussed characteristics of Baby Boomers, Gen Xers and Millennials in the legal profession. The values, work preferences and communication styles of these generations can differ greatly, and create gaps or worse, dysfunctional relationships between the generations. In turn, this creates serious, possibly…
In Today’s Booming Economy is Your Company’s Culture Helping or Hurting You?
(American Management Association Quarterly Column) By Jeffrey Dunn So this morning, the morning of August 27th, 2018, I looked up the U.S. unemployment rate. According the United States Department of Labor, the unemployment rate for July 2018 was 3.9 percent, down from 4.0 percent in June. The numbers for April and May of this year…