Collaborative Growth™
Turning silos into strengths by connecting
strategy, collaboration, and business development.
Collaborative Growth™
Turning silos into strengths by connecting
strategy, collaboration, and business development.
My CREDO
I help law and professional services firms achieve Collaborative Growth™—turning silos into strengths and fragmented efforts into focused strategies and initiatives. By connecting strategy, collaboration, and business development, I help leaders unlock greater value and growth for their firms, empower their professionals, and deepen client relationships. I also equip marketing and BD teams to lead the charge.
CEO and Founder, CREDO Consulting
Solutions to Accelerate Your Growth
Strategy Solutions
Strategy Solutions
Strategy Solutions
Foundational strategies for sustainable, collaborative growth and competitive advantage:
Strategic Growth Planning
"Compete from the Core" Sector Selection
Practice Group and Industry Sector Strategic Planning
Key Client Management Programs
Coaching Services
Strategy Solutions
Strategy Solutions
Proven methods to build consistent and collaborative business development (BD) habits — connecting strategy to execution:
Group Attorney BD Training Programs
Individual Attorney BD Coaching
Coach-the-Coach Training for BD Teams
CMBDO Advisory
Signature Programs
Strategy Solutions
Signature Programs
Collaborative Growth Assessment
Pinpoint the barriers that are holding back firmwide collaboration and growth.
Marketing & BD Team Assessment
Evaluate the capability of your MBD team to drive your firm’s strategy, foster growth, and deliver impactful services.
Team Facilitation
Harness my facilitation expertise to help committees, teams or offices gain concensus on growth issues and strategies.
Firm Retreat Presentations & Workshops
Customized sessions to educate, engage, and inspire your lawyers to work together for lasting growth.
FEATURED THOUGHT LEADERSHIP - IN THE AMERICAN LAWYER
Inspired by One of the Greatest Investors of All Time—Stop Managing Your Client Portfolio Like an Index Fund
Peter Lynch—the legendary manager of Fidelity's Magellan Fund — used Active Portfolio Management with relentless discipline. The article outlines six principles from Lynch's playbook that law firm leaders can implement to move beyond "average" results and unlock sustained, above-market growth.
Published in The Legal Intelligencer | August 15, 2025
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Key Client Relationship Partners: Growth Drivers or Bottlenecks?
In a time when law firms are searching for sustainable ways to grow, it's time to reexamine whether your client relationship partners are truly set up to direct and lead—or merely expected to manage and grow their individual books of business.
Published in The American Lawyer | April 16, 2025
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featured RESOURCE
Priorities-on-Page Template
The CREDO Priorities-on-Page Template - unvieled for the Legal Marketing Association - is a simple yet powerful one-page framework that helps leaders define, align, and communicate their strategic growth priorities with clarity. Designed both as a strategic exercise and an executive presentation tool, it ensures coherent thinking, collaborative alignment, and prudent use of limited resources.
FEATURED RECOGNITION
Clinton Gary, CEO, recognized in 2025 Lawdragon Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting
Clinton Gary, CEO, elected in 2025 as Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management (COLPM)
client Work Examples
Firmwide Strategy and Collaboration
Regional Midsize Law Firm – Collaborative Growth Strategic Initiative
Designating it the "Year of Collaboration," a leading regional firm wanted to improve the integration and collaboration of their talent across their footprint and drive their new strategic plan. This included a firmwide Collaborative Growth Assessment and identification of initiatives and KPIs. Presentations and facilitated workshops were performed virtually with the entire firm and in-person at their annual retreat.
Am Law 75 Firm – Marketing & BD Team Capabilities Assessment
Performed one of the industry’s most comprehensive marketing and BD function reviews using the CREDO Assessment Framework. Delivered strategic recommendations for team structure, budgeting, planning, martech, and KM.
Practice, Industry & Client Teams
Am Law 200 Firm – Practice Group Performance & Planning
Led practice group assessments and workshops to improve leadership effectiveness, planning discipline, reporting, and partner BD accountability.
Coaching & Business Development Programs
Am Law 100 Firm – BD Coaching Program & Integration Post-Merger
Developed and delivered the CREDO Attorney BD Coaching methodology based on the GrowBIG® "Give-to-Grow" model. Conducted a coach-the-coach program for the BD Team to scale coaching across high-value partners—serving as the foundation for integration following major M&A.
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