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LAW PRACTICE MAGAZINE
MAY/JUNE 2013 VOLUME 39 NUMBER 3
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FEATURES:
THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ISSUE
28Accelerated Strengths Development Implementing a new model for attorney training. By Scott Westfahl and Carrie Fletcher
When
employees
spend most of
their time working
in their areas of
strengths, we see
an improvement
in performance,
engagement
and retention.
—SCOTT WESTFAHL AND
CARRIE FLETCHER
36 Helping New Grads Be Better Lawyers Faster
Best practices for new lawyers to get off to a strong start.
By Grover E. Cleveland
40 Alternatives to the Partnership Track
Why, and how, law firms are offering choices other than partnership.
By Margaret A. Suender
44 Can We Talk?
Effective communications in law firms.
By Carol Fox Phillips
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48 Millennials: What Other Generations Say About You
…And what you can do about it.
By Lauren Stiller Rikleen
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52 Solving the Multimillion-Dollar C Player Problem
Using data to hire (and fire) better.
By Caren Ulrich Stacy and Jeanne M. Picht
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56 The Secret to Writing Persuasively
When you paint concrete word pictures, understanding and
sympathy abound.
By Gary Kinder
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