OK. We’ve made the business case for leadership development to the managing partner, and we’ve had a long chat about who leaders are, what they do, and the results they get. He is convinced. Now comes his real challenge as …
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 …
In the last posting, we talked about “who” a leader is. Equally important to a leader’s effectiveness, is “what” he actually does. Business scholars have actually been able to measure the types of leadership behaviors that result in superior organizational …
Any leader jumps into the fray with a bundle of attributes, all of which impact her ability to influence others and get things done. Among the attributes that contribute to one’s leadership ability are: her values — what’s important to …
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 …