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Adaptive mindset: How business services professionals are changing law
New capabilities in law The Legal Business 100 always provides useful insights into the legal marketplace. Together with the publication’s Global 100, released earlier in
Totum Talks: Recruiting trends in law firm business services
LATEST NEWS & EVENTS 5 minutes with Roisin Ashmore Our HR consultant Roisin Ashmore shares her thoughts on recruitment trends in HR, as well as
Broad horizons: Looking further afield for great talent in law
In a fast-changing legal environment, law firms are more interested than ever in exploring new sources of talent from other sectors. Likewise, talented candidates are
The price is right: The growth of the legal pricing function
The growing size, influence and demand on business service professionals in corporate law firms over the past decade has resulted in a significant evolution in
Presenting Totum’s ‘How to guides’: Recruiting key roles into your leadership team
Totum Partners has created comprehensive ‘How to guides’ to assist law firms in their search for critical leadership roles across business services functions. They have
Totum report: Recruiting trends in law firm business services
As specialists in business services in the legal sector, we know roles across management functions in law are on the rise. We have also seen
5 minutes with Roisin Ashmore
What is your background? Well, I was into all sorts of things when I was younger and I went to drama school. I knew that
The innovation conundrum: Interviews with Alex Smith, Reed Smith and Justin North, Janders Dean
Innovation in law may be the talk of the legal profession of late but what it really means in terms of legal service delivery is
Raconteur’s Legal Innovation report: The future of law
Predicting futures Raconteur’s special Legal Innovation report, featuring Totum, has been published today (Tuesday 27 November 2018) in The Times newspaper and The Times tablet/iPad edition. It is full
Pricing for enhanced profitability: Interview with Stuart Dodds
Pricing is a huge focus in today’s legal industry – and not surprisingly. As legal pricing expert Stuart Dodds explains in this interview with Totum
Career transitions roundtable: How L&D teams can support partner retirement
Totum Consultants Laura McNair and Roisin Ashmore, who recruit across all levels of HR roles, as well as broader positions in general management, recently hosted a breakfast
Raconteur report: A day in the life of the future lawyer
‘Being connected through the internet of things means stepping from home to car to office is a seamless data process of arranging the day’s agenda,
Project managing legal business: Interview with Kevin O’Sullivan, Baker McKenzie
Legal project management (LPM) has come a long way in a short time. Already, law firms are seeing a wide variance in the types of
Totum Talks: Pricing and the innovation conundrum
LATEST NEWS & EVENTS The innovation conundrum: Interviews with Reed Smith and Janders Dean How law firms can get to the heart of real innovation.
How to find the best business leaders in law
Talent at top Leadership roles are always tricky to recruit because organisations all need different qualities from their most senior staff. But it is arguably
The future workplace
Seminar highlights Business services roles in law have been growing in status for some time. Today’s most senior roles are truly leadership positions, with Director-level
Root and branch: Getting to the crux of real change in law
Law firms want to be their clients’ trusted advisors. But will clients spending millions in annual legal fees ever really trust a law firm whose
Totum Talks: Interviews, client relationships and the future workplace
LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Getting ready for interview If your new year resolution was to find a new job, then you might now be looking
Totum named in 2019 Timewise Power 50 awards
The Timewise Power 50 We are delighted to announce that one of our Founding Directors Deborah Gray has been recognised in the latest Timewise Power
5 minutes with Dee Deol
Tell us something people might not know about you? Too many to record here! Apart from wearing bear costumes when walking the recent 15-mile Marsden