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Ditch The Billable Hour! Implementing Value-Based Pricing in a Law Firm


ISBN13: 9781914066443
Published: January 2024
Publisher: Hawksmoor Publishing
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Paperback
Price: £49.99



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  • Artificial intelligence is set to revolutionise how law firms charge clients. Hours of work will soon become mere seconds of computer processing time.
  • The move away from billing in ‘time’ to outcomes and client ‘value’ will become the norm.
  • Written by the UK’s top expert on the shift from the billable hour to value-based pricing

With generative artificial intelligence soon to create tidal waves in the legal industry – helping lawyers to create legal documents in mere seconds – the time-honoured billable hour is under threat more than ever.

In Ditching The Billable Hour!, Shaun Jardine explains how lawyers should move away from ‘time’ as the driving element of pricing, and focus on the results that clients want to achieve. In doing so, he shows why legal firms need to adopt Value-Based Pricing (VBP), and how to do so.

Ditching The Billable Hour! is an extensive and practical new book, from a former law firm CEO, that is filled with real world expertise, advice, and perspectives.

The practical book covers many areas of the change facing the legal industry including how to lead and implement the change to make Value-Based Pricing a reality, how to price and capture a share of that value, and how to create pricing options which give clients choice.

Shaun Jardine is a former CEO of a top 250 law firm and founded his consultancy business, Big Yellow Penguin, in 2021 with the aim of encouraging and helping lawyers and law firms to embrace the change in fee pricing that is coming down the track

Subjects:
Legal Practice Management
Contents:
INTRODUCTION
VALUE-BASED PRICING, WHY NOW?
HOW THIS BOOK WORKS
WHY ARE YOU READING THIS BOOK?
INTRODUCING THE 8 P POINT PLAN.
P#1 PARADIGM – THE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REQUIRED
P#2 PIONEERS – THE GROUP THAT EXPLORES THE NEW WAY OF WORKING
P#3 PLAN – DESIGNING THE PLAN, STRATEGY AND VISION
P#4 PROMOTE – COMMUNICATING AND GETTING PEOPLE BEHIND THE PROJECT
P#5 PERMIT – GIVING PEOPLE THE AUTHORITY TO ACT
P#6 PRIZES – CREATING SOME QUICK WINS
P#7 PERSEVERE – KEEP GOING
P#8 PASSION – CREATING THE NEW CULTURE
UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE BOOK!
BRACE YOURSELF FOR SOME HOME TRUTHS!
QUOTES
POSSIBILITY THINKING
HOW IT WORKS
THE BIG SURVEY QUESTIONS
WORDS WITH THE WISE
8. PPP PENGUIN LOGIC
SHINGLES LOGIC
GOLDEN RULES
CRIB SHEETS
THE VBP COLONY
APPENDICES TEMPLATES
P#1 PARADIGM: THE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REQUIRED
CREATE A SENSE OF URGENCY
DEFINE THE CHANGE GOAL
WHAT IS A VALUE-BASED PRICE?
WHAT ARE YOUR REASONS FOR THE PARADIGM SHIFT?
1. WHO OWNS PRICING?
BASE COSTS
GET A GRIP!
2. LAW FIRM BUDGET SETTING IS ILLOGICAL
CHARGEABLE HOURS PER DAY TARGET
HOW MANY HOURS A DAY ARE CHARGEABLE?
3. FINANCIAL ISSUES
4. TO CAPTURE MORE VALUE
YOUR CURRENT FIXED PRICES
5. SUCCESSION PLANNING
6. WRONG TYPE OF CLIENTS
TRUSTED ADVISOR STATUS
7. THE HOURLY RATE - ARE ITS DAYS NUMBERED?
WHY TIME RECORDING MAY BE USEFUL
CLIENTS DISLIKE HOURLY RATES
WHAT DO CLIENTS WANT?
VBP IS A MINDSET CHANGE
SOME HOME TRUTHS AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
THE MANAGEMENT TEAM’S ROLE
HINDERING THOUGHTS
POSITIVE THOUGHTS
CRIB SHEET
P#2 PIONEERS: THE GROUP THAT EXPLORES THE NEW WAY OF WORKING
THE PIONEER GROUP
THE BOARD
HOW MANY IN THE PIONEER GROUP?
PIONEER CHARACTERISTICS
CHANGE MANAGER AND PROJECT SPONSOR
TARGETS
NAYSAYER
PENGUINS/RESISTORS
FIRST PIONEER MEETING
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AND PERMISSION TO MAKE MISTAKES
PRICING CONFIDENCE SURVEYS
HINDERING THOUGHTS
POSITIVE THOUGHTS
CRIB SHEET
P#3 PLAN: DESIGNING THE PLAN, STRATEGY AND VISION
PART 1: KNOWLEDGE
WHAT DO YOU DO AT YOUR BUSINESS?
WHAT DO CLIENTS BUY FROM LAWYERS?
WHAT IS VALUE?
VALUE IS SUBJECTIVE
VALUE IS NOT RATIONAL
VALUE IS CONTEXTUAL
VALUE IS A FEELING
GIVE CUSTOMERS A CHOICE
CLIENT JOURNEY
YOU HAVE BEEN GOOGLED!
CLIENT SELECTION AND DESELECTION
NO TWO CLIENTS ARE THE SAME
CLIENT SEGMENTATION
CRM SYSTEMS
COMPETITORS
ONBOARDING SCRIPTS/DISCOVERY CALLS
CREATING ONBOARDING SCRIPTS
LAWYERS AND SOFT SKILLS TRAINING
SPEED IS BAD
FREE WORK
CRIB SHEET
PART 2: TOOLS
LAWYER SCORING MATRIX
ANALYSING THE OPPORTUNITY
PREPARING FOR THE VALUE CONVERSATIONS
BODY LANGUAGE
CREATE VALUE-BASED PRICE QUESTIONS FOR EACH PRACTICE AREA
THE IMPORTANCE OF ASKING ‘WHY’ AND ‘WHAT ELSE’?
QUESTIONS FOR THE LAWYER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CLIENT AND MATTER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTERNAL RESOURCING CAPABILITIES
VALUE PROPOSITION WORKSHEET
COMMERCIAL CLIENT AUDITS
FIXED-PRICE AGREEMENTS (FPA)
FEATURES OF THE FPA
DOING THE WORK
SCOPE CREEP – KEEPING MATTERS ON TRACK
VERSIONS AND OPTIONS
WHY OPTIONS ARE ESSENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL CONVEYANCING
WILLS LAWYERS
LITIGATORS
COMMERCIAL LAWYERS
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LAWYERS
EMPLOYMENT LAW SERVICE
NAMING OPTIONS
PRICING PSYCHOLOGY.
PRICE TAG PSYCHOLOGY
ESTABLISHING A PRICE
LAW IS NOT A COMMODITY
BASE PRICE
WHEN TO DISCUSS PRICE AND VALUE
PRICING HIGHER OR LOWER
PRICING LITIGATION – PEBBLES IN A POND
VALUE COUNCIL/TWO PAIRS OF EYES
CREATING A VALUE COUNCIL
PRESENTING OPTIONS
MEETING THE CLIENT
DEMONSTRATE YOU UNDERSTAND THE CLIENT’S PROBLEM
WHY YOU?
GUARANTEE
ASK FOR THE BUSINESS
AFTER-ACTION REVIEWS (AARs)
CRIB SHEET
PART 3: VISION
YOUR VISION
LEGAL WORK IS HARD
BRIDGE THE CURRENT REALITY TO THE NEW VISION
CREATE A SHARED VISION
MAKE THE VISION LIVE
PAINT A VIVID, ASPIRATIONAL PICTURE OF THE FUTURE FOR YOUR ORGANISATION
SET OUT THE STRATEGY FOR THE ROUTE TO ACHIEVE YOUR VISION
BUILD IN SHORT- AND LONG-TERM GOALS
CREATE A VISION STATEMENT
CLARITY IS KEY
ENSURE EVERY PERSON UNDERSTANDS
KEEP IT UNDER REVIEW
WHAT CAN YOUR FUTURE LOOK LIKE?
MANAGEMENT
CLIENTS
PRICING
CRIB SHEET
PART 4: PLAN
DESIGN A PLAN AND PROCESS
STEP 1 PARADIGM: DEFINE YOUR CHANGE GOAL
DEFINE THE GOAL
WRITING OUTCOMES
CONDUCT GAP ANALYSIS
OPERATING MODEL DIMENSIONS
DEFINE YOUR FUTURE STATE AGAINST OPERATING DIMENSIONS
GAP ANALYSIS EXAMPLES
FUTURE STATE EXAMPLES
HURDLES AND BARRIERS
STEP 2 PIONEERS: INITIATE THE CHANGE
SIMPLE PROJECT PRINCIPLES
INITIATION DOCUMENT
STEP 3 PLAN: CREATE A PLAN AND BUILD A BUSINESS CASE
CREATE A PLAN
KICK-OFF MEETING WITH YOUR PIONEERS
OUTLINE KICK-OFF MEETING AGENDA
HIGH-LEVEL PLAN TEMPLATE
RISKS AND ISSUES
BUILD A BUSINESS CASE
DESIGN AND DOCUMENT THE BBU PRICING PROCESS
THE IMPACT ON HR
COMMON HR ISSUES ARISING IN CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
TRAINING IS ESSENTIAL
CRIB SHEET
DEVELOP A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN
PROMOTE THE VISION
RESISTANCE
COMMUNICATION GUIDANCE FOR EACH STAGE OF 8 PPP
P#1 PARADIGM: THE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REQUIRED
EXTERNAL COMMENTATORS
P#2 PIONEERS: THE GROUP THAT EXPLORES THE NEW WAY OF WORKING
P#3 PLAN: DESIGNING THE PLAN, STRATEGY AND VISION
P#4 PROMOTE: COMMUNICATING AND GETTING PEOPLE BEHIND THE PROJECT
P#5 PERMIT: GIVING PEOPLE THE AUTHORITY TO ACT
P#6 PRIZE: CREATING SOME QUICK WINS
P#7 PERSEVERE: KEEP GOING
P#8 PASSION: CREATING THE NEW CULTURE
CRIB SHEET
P#5 PERMIT: GIVING PEOPLE THE AUTHORITY TO ACT
EMPOWER YOUR PEOPLE
EMPOWER THE TEAM
REMOVING OBSTACLES AND ROADBLOCKS
PRICING CONFIDENCE
PRICE SENSITIVITY METER
IF YOUR LAW FIRM WERE A SHOP
LACK OF CONFIDENCE: SURVEY RESULTS
BELIEVE IN YOUR PRICE
STOP AVOIDING THE CONVERSATION
HOW CAN YOU INCREASE A LAWYER’S PRICING CONFIDENCE?
PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS WANT TO BE MAGICAL AND ARE SUPERHEROES!
DEALING WITH OBJECTIONS
SERVICE GUARANTEE
WHAT IS YOUR HOURLY RATE?
NOT WINNING WORK IDENTIFIES A TRAINING NEED
CAPTURE THE KNOW-HOW
MAKE THE VBP VISION A PRIORITY
CRIB SHEET
P#6 PRIZES: CREATING SOME QUICK WINS
CELEBRATE SUCCESS
MEASURES OF SUCCESS
RESISTORS AND NAYSAYERS
CRIB SHEET
P#7 PERSEVERE: KEEP GOING
EMBEDDING CHANGE
ORGANISATIONAL CHANGES
PRICING STEERING GROUP.327
PIONEER PENGUIN GROUP.328
SALARIES AND BONUSES
TRAINING
ROLE MODELS
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL DATA
LEGAL PAPERWORK
EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENTATION
CLIENT DOCUMENTATION
MARKETING COLLATERAL
PARTNERSHIP/SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENTS
CRIB SHEET
P#8 PASSION: CREATING THE NEW CULTURE
CREATING A NEW CULTURE
CULTURE CHANGE COMES LAST, NOT FIRST
CLIENTS WILL BE THE MEASURE OF YOUR SUCCESS
CRIB SHEET
THE FINAL PART: SO, WHAT NOW? AND FAQS
EPILOGUE
A FINAL THOUGHT
APPENDICES
PEOPLE TO FOLLOW
FURTHER READING
FURTHER LISTENING
50. REASONS NOT TO CHANGE
ANSWER TO THE MATHS OF DISCOUNTING
SKILLS MATRIX/ KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
8. P POINT PLAN RACI TASK LIST