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June 25, 2010
Happy weekend, Teacups.
Bang bang. Any warriors out there? Ambition? Heart? Gospel?
"Who's the hunter, who's the game?" Half the people you meet live from one day to the next in a state of such fear and uncertainty that about half the time they doubt their own sanity. Their boats are rocking so badly that all they want to do is get level long enough to think straight and avoid the next nightmare. --HST, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Get off your knees. Lead.
Stop whimpering, groveling, and apologetically asking employees to do their jobs.
Make yours moxie. It's your business, and your rules. Get off your knees. Demand things first of yourself--and then of others. (1) What are you doing this week at your firm? (2) What are your employees doing for you and your partners this week? (3) What did you all do together for customers, buyers and clients?
It's time for lawyers and other service providers to lead. At your shop, refuse to be a slave to lawyer-centric and employees-first popular cultures. Stop whimpering, groveling, and apologetically asking employees to do their jobs. Don't bargain with them. Show them. Lead.
Put customers, buyers and clients first. Let go of the notion that you and other lawyers--your partners, your adversaries, and your competitors--are special and in a special club. You are not special. Clients are special. Make customers, buyers and clients your club. Clients still wait for us to evolve into their trusted partners and advisors. And to lead.
Follow me, stereo jungle child
Love is the kill...your heart's still wild. --P. Smyth
Posted by JD Hull at 11:21 PM | Comments (0)
Congress: New financial rules would cover Wall Street to Main Street.
AP: New Financial Reform Package is Comprehensive:
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama declared victory Friday after congressional negotiators reached a dawn agreement on a sweeping overhaul of rules overseeing Wall Street.
Lawmakers shook hands on the compromise legislation at 5:39 a.m. after Obama administration officials helped broker a deal that cracked the last impediment to the bill -- a proposal to force banks to spin off their lucrative derivatives trading business. The legislation touches on an exhaustive range of financial transactions, from a debit card swipe at a supermarket to the most complex securities deals cut in downtown Manhattan.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 01:22 PM | Comments (0)