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De Novo Exclusive: “What Really Motivates People?” by IL Lt Gov’s Chief of Staff Charles Watkins

May 17, 2021
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When it comes to motivation, law firm leaders often think in terms of carrots and sticks. But Charles WatkinsChief of Staff for Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, knows from his long career in public service and politics that it takes more than just rewards and penalties to bring out the very best in people. Charles writes about how he motivates his team in an article for

“How to Build a Board of Directors — For Your Own Career” Appears in Forbes

May 13, 2021
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Deb Pickett's latest article for Forbes Business Council, "How to Build a Board of Directors — For Your Own Career," counsels leaders to seek guidance from a broad array of guides to help them make key decisions, especially people whose backgrounds and experiences might give them different perspectives. 

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Data Driven Off Course

May 1, 2021
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Is an Overreliance on Performance Metrics Steering Your Firm in the Wrong Direction? The last few years have offered any number of object lessons in how different people, faced with the same information, can come to radically different, even opposing, conclusions about what that information means. Still, as leaders, we frame our decisions as being “data driven” or “evidence based” as a way of signaling that they should be beyond dispute. The legal press is full of stories...