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  • ick Petry, former trial attorney and adjunct law professor, speaking at a podium at Mitchell Hamline School of Law
512, 2021

Lawyers and Leaders, Winning Too Much Can Cause You to Lose

As a lawyer or leader of a law firm, you are always thinking about ways you can measure and continuously improve your results. That’s true whether you're looking at ways to improve litigation results, negotiate deals, close transactions or lead your team. When it comes time for straight talk to candidly look at what you set out to do, what actually happened, why it happened and what you plan to do next time to produce a better result, there’s nothing that produces measurable results like the After Action Review (“AAR”). 

1708, 2016

3 Ways the Crystal Ceiling Blocks Your Growth

The qualities that made you successful can actually hold you back. In your own entrepreneurial life, have you achieved a certain level of success, then hit a plateau?  Do you spend most of your time putting out fires or sitting in meetings? Does your head hurt?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’ve likely hit what I call the “crystal ceiling.” 

2411, 2021

How Lawyers Can Use an After Action Review to Measure Results and Make Improvements

As a lawyer or leader of a law firm, you are always thinking about ways you can measure and continuously improve your results. That’s true whether you're looking at ways to improve litigation results, negotiate deals, close transactions or lead your team. When it comes time for straight talk to candidly look at what you set out to do, what actually happened, why it happened and what you plan to do next time to produce a better result, there’s nothing that produces measurable results like the After Action Review (“AAR”). 

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