Should judges sentence you to the Army?

By Rick Colosimo / January 30, 2009 / Comments Off on Should judges sentence you to the Army?

In response to this WSJ law blog post, I provided the following comment: Almost loathe to comment on such a complex issue. First: I am a former Army infantry officer who directly led troops; my own leadership/discipline resume includes enlisted infantry basic training, officer candidate school, airborne school, Ranger School, and a few others. There…

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How to train your boss

By Rick Colosimo / January 28, 2009 / Comments Off on How to train your boss

I recently wrote a 30Seats post on the parallels between applied behavior analysis techniques commonly used in treating autistic children and “handling” a boss who can be difficult. Today, Seth Godin writes a more colorful post addressing one of the key points — not reacting to bad behavior at all — in the context of…

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Clean up your writing by eliminating deadwords

By Rick Colosimo / January 23, 2009 / Comments Off on Clean up your writing by eliminating deadwords

Eliminate words no one uses from your writing to make it flow more smoothly.

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UPDATE to: Law Firms as Ponzi/MLM Schemes

By Rick Colosimo / December 10, 2008 / Comments Off on UPDATE to: Law Firms as Ponzi/MLM Schemes

This is an update to my post on law firms as Ponzi/MLM schemes. In the wake of the turmoil in the financial world, there have been a variety of articles discussing whether different governance structures (entirely different, not just better corporate governance) would have perhaps made a difference. Of course, it all comes back to…

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