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Practical, cost-effective, sustainable solutions
I am committed to helping clients achieve their business objectives. I work closely with clients to identify and analyze the challenges they face and then craft practical, sustainable, cost-effective solutions. By treating clients as partners in the process, I get to know them well. That way my advice is consistent with the client’s unique culture, values and strategic goals.
Whether resolving a problem, starting a new initiative, or improving existing practices, my approach is to:
- Understand and define the client’s needs and objectives
- Study, define and frame the issues presented
- Develop the most appropriate ways to meet the intended objectives
- Provide recommendations, including suggested courses of action
- Generate firm wide support for the client’s chosen strategies and programs
- Support implementation
- Assess outcomes
I recognize that my clients’ time is valuable, so I work as expeditiously as possible. I also know that lawyers work under intense demands that often interfere with their responsibility to manage others. So my recommendations focus on:
- Clearly defined and measurable objectives
- Efficient use of time and other resources
- Flexible designs that require minimal structure
- Acquisition of necessary skills
- Adequate leadership and administrative support
- Feasibility and likelihood of success
Ida Abbott is the Dean of the College of Lawyer Professional Development. Our firm engaged her to advise us when we undertook to upgrade from a training function to full-scale professional development. Ida was patient, accommodating, pleasant to work with, and super-knowledgeable about...

