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What Results Does A Leader Get?

In the previous postings we looked at the personal attributes and the behaviors of effective leaders.  Of course, no combination of these matter much unless the leader actually achieves results.  The primary metric by which law firms measure their results …

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What the #*?%@ is “Leadership”?

A managing partner of a large firm called me into his office one day and said, “Kathleen, what the #*?%@ is all this talk about ‘leadership’?  Why should I invest in developing my leadership skills or the skills of my …

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Making the Business Case for Leadership Development

Lawyers in today’s marketplace have to learn new skills.  It is no longer sufficient for them to be solely skillful practitioners or individual contributors to their firms.  They must also be leaders – leaders of their firms, their practice groups, …

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