Joel Barolsky, Principal of Beaton Research & Consulting, is speaking today at the Conference of Regulatory Officers (CORO) in Melbourne – http://www.coro.com.au/. He will be speaking on the topic of outsourcing and its impact on legal regulation together with Eve Johnson of CPAGlobal and Geraldine Chin-Moody of Baker & McKenzie.

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Read George Beaton’s views on the re-structuring of the Australian legal industry in The Australian (2 July 2010, Legal Affairs page 33, or via link below). Supply-side responses to the ‘new normal’ environment are happening thick and fast. No law firm in the top 40-50 in Australia is immune. The opportunities are as plentiful as the threats. The next 12-18 months will see a dramatic divide between winning and losing law firms. If ever the saying ‘watch this space’ was true, it’s NOW!

Read more below:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/britains-ashurst-seeks-a-piece-of-the-action-in-australia/story-e6frg97x-1225886865451

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Maximising the business development capabilities of practitioners is a substantial challenge for all professional service firms. For most it is also their biggest opportunity. In this easily read, well researched and instantly useful text Laurie Young marshals lessons and shares proven experience. While the work is based on the legal profession, the application is universal. ‘Business Development for Lawyers: Principles and Practice’ by Laurie Young may be purchased from Amazon.

Click on the link below for more information:

http://www.beatonglobal.com/pdfs/coverContent_excSummary.pdf

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Beaton Research and Consulting and MPF have worked together on the third annual listing of the world’s largest professional firms. The MPF Global 500 Annual Report provides a snapshot into the world’s top firms and includes global fees and headcount, country of HQ and sector for each of the largest 500 professional firms worldwide.

 Click here to download the report…

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Beaton are once again sponsoring the Managing Partners Forum Awards in London.

The MPF European Practice Management Awards is the only competition to focus on the contribution of different disciplines to managing a professional firm.

Practice Management Awards were first introduced by the MPF in 2002 to showcase the contribution of different disciplines (marketing, HR, technology, finance, facilities, KM etc) in managing a professional firm. Judging is the responsibility of a panel of senior management consultants and experts based in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia.

See website below for more details

http://www.mpfglobal.com/awards/index.aspx

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In October 2010, Joel Barolsky, Principal of Beaton, will be presenting the Professional Services Management subject as part of the Melbourne Law Masters program at the University of Melbourne.

Why is the subject being offered?

Most legal and professional service practitioners take on more managerial and leadership responsibilities as they progress in their careers. A significant part of Partner or In-house Executive’s role is about leading others, managing clients, coordinating resources and supervising operations. This subject is aimed at giving lawyers and other professional specialists further insights, conceptual frameworks and practical tools in the disciplines of management.

Who should enrol?

The subject is aimed at all individuals working within a professional services context, be it a law firm, an accounting firm, an in-house legal team or any other type of business advisory practice.

Click here for more information regarding the rationale, content and timing of the subject.

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Beaton has recently joined forces with Managing Partners’ Forum (MPF), a London based body in an initiative to bring together leaders of professional bodies worldwide to tackle barriers to effective management through campaigns and other activities. Professional Body Leaders, an elite and closed LinkedIn group was formed for the purpose of this initiative.

Professional Body Leaders is an elite group for CEOs of professional bodies. We seek to facilitate knowledge sharing and networking among professional bodies on a global scale. The collective expertise of CEOs of professional bodies from around the world will grow cross-cultural knowledge, enable exchange of ideas, challenges and experiences, encourage benchmarking amongst professional bodies and provide opportunities to improve and develop best practice.

We would like to invite CEOs of professional bodies to participate in this initiative by enrolling into the group in this link: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2487815 

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People Productivity Planet ™ Australia’s most broad- reaching study into business sustainability

We’ve profiled the attitudes of over 10,000 leaders and employees of Australian businesses towards sustainability reporting and their experiences with this emerging imperative.

Click below to download the report.

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