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(386.1Kb) LAW SECTOR: What you need to know about the legal profession
Summary of talks given to potential clients, referrers and business partners to the legal profession
(43.1Kb) LAW SECTOR: Realistic tips for making 2010 a success
American Women Lawyers in London. Realistic tips for making 2010 a success.
(0bytes) LAW SECTOR: Sara Dixon quoted in Law Society Gazette
How Law Firms can use Social Networking to Stay Ahead of the Pack October 2009 http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/how-law-firms-can-use-social-networking-stay-ahead-the-pack
(4,312.9Kb) LAW SECTOR: ILUA conference review
Link to extracts from Sara Dixon's session Winter 2009 http://www.legalsupportnetwork.co.uk/resources/ILUAConference09Review.pdf
(410.9Kb) LAW SECTOR: Norfolk and Norwich Law Society September 2009
Why lawyers can be good business owners - and harness the opportunities of the future
(102.9Kb) CHARITY AND LAW SECTORS - pro bono initiatives
There are some basic questions to answer before you embark on such projects
(148.3Kb) CHARITY/MULTI SECTOR: What is civil society?
Slides from a talk Sara Dixon gave to third sector leaders
(142.5Kb) MULTI SECTOR: How to identify and manage stakeholder relationships
Identification and management of these relationships is critical. Your stakeholders can make or break you.
(70.8Kb) MULTI SECTOR: Joined up management
Assess the effectiveness of your business functions and the communication between them
(112.0Kb) LAW SECTOR Sara challenges reality of 'the glass ceiling'
A link to, and copy of, the interview which Sara gave to The Glass Hammer (a website focusing on women in financial services, law and business) in which she challenges the reality of 'the glass ceiling' and the legal industry in the UK. http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2008/09/11/legal-industry-in-the-uk/
(123.9Kb) LAW SECTOR: Why lawyers are well placed to harness opportunity
Conference paper presented by Sara Dixon at the Network of Leading Law Firms conference June 2008 If you think like a lawyer, you will think like a business person - there is no difference...
(71.4Kb) MULTI SECTOR: 10 tips to prepare for that business trip abroad
(110.8Kb) MULTI SECTOR: 10 questions to ask as interviewee at interview
(93.9Kb) MULTI SECTOR; Before you work with Americans or British...
A summary of Kehrela's talk to the Firm Elite dinner in February 08. A US lawyer in the UK gives her insight into cultural differences and how they impact on how we do business together.
(225.3Kb) MULTI SECTOR: Running a successful awayday
Do it well and it will lead to a good ROI. Do it not so well and you have thrown good money away. A brief overview of how to approach such events.
(31.4Kb) MULTI SECTOR: When avoiding change can be a good thing
A quirky article which appeared in ACEVO's (Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations)'Leader to Leader' newsletter