http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F01%2F07%2Fthe-trusted-advisor%2F%23comment-&seed_title=The+trusted+advisor Dispatches from a legal profession on the brink Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:26:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F01%2F07%2Fthe-trusted-advisor%2F%23comment-1306&seed_title=The+trusted+advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 martin tilson Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:54:23 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1271#comment-1306 It was good of you to revisit David Maister and the valuable advice he has shared over the years. I had the pleasure of hiring David for a two day strategic planning sesion for our firm where I was also marketing partner. He is always candid and talks straight. None of the typical consulting mumbo jumbo. The session went so well that we invited`him to our annual partner's retreat and he was a hit. He simplifies the art of client service and business development, and he may be the best advisor of an indistry I have met. As our legal industry transitions in the next few years, and law firms have to adjust their business models to what the market demands in measureable , cost effective service, it would be wise to re-read David's books. Both a gentleman and a scholar, he deserves a delightful retirement but the profession will miss one of the brightest observers of best prcatices. What a pleasure to have worked with him and learned along the way. It was good of you to revisit David Maister and the valuable advice he has shared over the years. I had the pleasure of hiring David for a two day strategic planning sesion for our firm where I was also marketing partner. He is always candid and talks straight. None of the typical consulting mumbo jumbo. The session went so well that we invited`him to our annual partner’s retreat and he was a hit. He simplifies the art of client service and business development, and he may be the best advisor of an indistry I have met. As our legal industry transitions in the next few years, and law firms have to adjust their business models to what the market demands in measureable , cost effective service, it would be wise to re-read David’s books. Both a gentleman and a scholar, he deserves a delightful retirement but the profession will miss one of the brightest observers of best prcatices. What a pleasure to have worked with him and learned along the way.

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