![]() ![]() Bonuses, deferred compensation, retention payments and even more. ![]() I heard “best practice” after best practice. How do we retain people? All I could see was every partner in the place holding a mirror and asking the same question as Maleficent. I was at a recent Firm Management conference and sat in a partner round table discussion about the growing retention problem in our profession. The scariest part was that we had just had a day of an expert pointing out all of the generational differences in our firms but yet the conclusions of this group sounded vaguely familiar. What incredible stories and relatable to where we are today. Two stories, two witches and two similar views of themselves. That view of self always getting in the way! Thinking that she is the most important, she casts a spell on the new born child for not being invited to the party. Maleficent is depicted as the beautiful but evil witch in the movie. In another wicked witch story, Sleeping Beauty, the Wicked Witch, Maleficent, is not invited to the christening. But Snow White is a thousand times more beautiful than you." ![]() But, when Snow White reaches the age of seven, she becomes as beautiful as the day and even more beautiful than Queen Grimhilde and when Queen Grimhilde asks her mirror, it responds: "My Queen, you are the fairest here so true. Every morning, Queen Grimhilde asked the Magic Mirror the question "Magic mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land?" The mirror always replies: "My Queen, you are the fairest in the land." Queen Grimhilde is always pleased with that, because the magic mirror never lies. The Magic Mirror is owned by the Evil Queen also know as Queen Grimhilde, in the story of Snow White, and has been depicted in different versions of the story as either a hand mirror or a mirror on the wall. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in this land is fairest of all? " That is the most common memory of the story, but for the purist, it is the Magic Mirror. ![]()
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