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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. Could I see the future as a projection of the strides I’ve been able to make, similar to what other women in business have done?

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

One outside manager of many endowments I spoke to confirmed to me that there has been “no mandate” from clients to be investing in the future of higher education. “I The business models of universities are being challenged, and it looks like the universities are out to lunch. I haven’t heard that at all,” was the quote.

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Law Firms’ Grueling Hours Are Turning Defectors into Competitors

Harvard Business Review

Axiom is an order of magnitude larger than most new models of legal practice, but it is not the only one nipping at Big Law’s heels. Counsel on Call was worth nearly $50 million as of 2013 , with over 900 lawyers; it serves one-third of the Fortune 100. They’ll steal your people – and your business.