"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out." Anton Chekhov By the time Addleshaw Sons & Latham and Booth & Co merged to form Addleshaw Booth & Co in February 1997, the two firms had been planning the merger for some two years.   Paul Lee was the managing … [Read more...]

“I hate quotations.   Tell me what you know.” Ralph Waldo Emerson  "Journals"  1849 Let me start with an anecdote that actually pre-dates me becoming involved in professional services firm management. Many years ago I acted for the General Manager of a business in an employment tribunal … [Read more...]

  "Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble." Sydney J Harris   Over the years a number of friends and colleagues have told me that there was a book in my head waiting to be written.   My usual response was to enquire why on earth anyone would want to … [Read more...]