James McCormick on Making the Employee to Employer Transition

In Chapter 18 of 21 in his 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, legal search and consulting firm executive James McCormick answers "How Are You Learning to Better Manage and Motivate Teams?" As a young partner at his growing firm, he shares the importance of being patient and being conscious of what motivates others as he makes the transition from employee to employer. He learns on the go from more senior partners and the feedback they provide him. James McCormick is a Partner at Empire Search Partners in New York City. Previously, he practiced law as an employee benefits and executive compensation attorney for Proskauer Rose and Jones Day. He earned a JD at Tulane Law School and a BA in History at the University of Michigan. 

 
 

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