organizational culture

Leadership Development for Professional Services Firms

Leadership Development for Professional Services Firms

In a 2017 article for the Stanford Law Review, Harvard Law School professors Scott A. Westfahl and David B. Wilkins stressed the importance of leadership skills for future lawyers because such skills will deepen their impact and enable them to be leaders and connectors of ideas, people, and possibilities (Westfahl & Wilkins, 2017). In a recent article for The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist magazine, an official, peer-reviewed publication of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Breakthrough’s founder, Mark Roy, shows professional services firms how to create leadership development programs tailored to meet the needs of any firm’s unique culture.

Group Dynamics and Trust

Group Dynamics and Trust

The best leaders I work with as an executive coach enjoy bringing talented people together and helping them achieve their best work. They tend to do this by creating a compelling vision; clearly communicating that vision; modeling their organization’s values, which often includes transparency around setting goals and holding themselves and their team members accountable to them; and empowering their people to deliver results.

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Good-Hearted Good Business

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Good-Hearted Good Business

What percentage of the global workforce do you think Microsoft’s Work Trend Index found is considering leaving their current employer this year?

A. 15%

B. 25%

C. 40%

If you answered C, you win! Your prize? Read the rest of this post to find out why and what employers can do about it.

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Leadership Shadow Boxing

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Leadership Shadow Boxing

According to Senn Delaney Chairman Dr. Larry Senn and Jim Hart, Heidrick & Struggles senior advisor, “To become effective leaders, we must become aware of our shadows and then learn to have our actions match our message.” As presidential candidates vie for the position with arguably the longest leadership shadow in the world, I’ll be watching for what type of shadow they cast.