Through consulting and coaching, I help law firm leaders and lawyers connect strategy to execution—by developing strategies and aligning people, plans, and priorities to strengthen collaboration, sharpen business development, and drive firmwide growth.
Clinton Gary | Founder and CEO, CREDO Consulting
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
Proven methods to build consistent and collaborative business development habits — connecting strategy to execution:
Group Business Development Training Programs and Workshops
Individual Collaborative Business Development Coaching
Coach-the-Coach Training for Business Development Teams
Collaborative Growth Firm Assessment
Pinpoint the barriers that are holding back firmwide collaboration and growth.
The Collaborative Growth Firm Initiative
A comprehensive program to align your firm’s people, structure, and strategy for greater growth.
Firm Retreat Presentations and Workshops
Customized sessions to educate, engage, and inspire your lawyers to work together for lasting growth.
Conducted growth assessments for small, medium, and large firms, identifying barriers to collaboration & growth. Presented findings at retreats and facilitated workshops to drive solutions & best practices.
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 an firmwide assessment and identification of initiatives and KPIs.
Developed a business development program and coached the BD team to support their efforts of conducting an internally led coaching program to drive revenue of new and lateral partners.
Performed one of the largest assessments of a firm’s marketing and business development functions using the CREDO Marketing Assessment Framework. Identified areas for improvement, including organizational design, strategic planning, budgeting, team utilization, KM & martech/data management.
Led assessments and workshops for practice group leaders to improve leadership, operational performance, reporting, planning, and partner BD accountability.
Developed a collaborative growth program using whitespace analysis to target high-potential clients. Provided 1-on-1 coaching for partners to align client needs with collaboration opportunities.
Successfully relaunched the firm’s industry program, aligning it with practice teams and key account initiatives for enhanced growth.
Leading an annual “Collaborative Associate” BD coaching program incorporating the GrowBIG BD principles and the Smarter Collaboration Accelerator™ Strengths Assessment into growth plans, skill-building workshops, and personalized coaching.
Lead Commitee in the development of a Go-to-Market strategy in support of new Managing Partner. MP utilized this as opportunity for seeking broad insights in facilitated sessions and retreat presentations with new practice leaders and in preparation for desired acquisitions.
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