Overview
For new Partners to be well-equipped to face the challenges of a rapidly changing professional services environment, they must demonstrate the key skills, behaviours and mindset to guarantee the continued success of the firm and to secure its future.
Some professionals appear to have been promoted for technical expertise and excellence. Often, they have not had the opportunity to develop the key skills and behaviours required to be an effective leader, and to fully understand the impact of their individual contribution to the broader interests and future success of the firm.
The programme includes personal assessment and feedback, a series of training modules with follow-up coaching sessions to ensure that participants have the opportunity to develop and refine the core skills, behaviours and mindset essential for success.
Woven into the programme design is an understanding of the dynamics of a professional services partnership-based environment and the need to align the way that Partners represent the firm externally, embody the culture internally and create a legacy to ensure the future success of the firm. Each topic will be explored in the context of its interaction with the external environment (clients and experts) as well as the internal environment in respect of relationships with colleagues, team members and more senior colleagues.
Questions answered in the programme modules
Exemplifying the Brand
What does it mean to be a Partner in terms of representing the firm?
What is the impact of the ‘firm’s brand’ on our culture?
How can I improve all my relationships?
How do I find meaning in my work and in my collaboration with others?
Which skills underpin self-awareness and self-regulation?
Embodying the Culture
How do we align our behaviour and relationships at all levels – internally as well as externally?
What drives me to achieve more and how do I allocate time and energy?
What are the key elements of emotional intelligence?
What is the connection between empathy, trust and authenticity and does it matter at work – with clients and colleagues?
Ensuring the Legacy
Why do I need to develop my coaching skills as a Partner?
What are the most effective things to remember when giving feedback?
What can Neuroscience do to help me manage my stress levels and improve resilience?
What our clients say
“Debbie, I have loved the programme. I have, over the past 30 years at the firm, participated in many programmes, and as I said in my feedback, and I meant it, yours was the best!”
Big Four
Partner“William certainly gave the Partners a lot to think about during his presentations and challenged their thinking. The feedback was so positive.”
Global Accounting Network
Marketing & Business Development Director
Why clients choose this programme
Common themes in the transition to Partner, based on 3 years of research with Partners in a European Law Firm:
• From safeguarding the firm’s brand → to establishing their own identity and projecting that in the market.
• From balancing workload → to actively building and guiding teams, keeping them engaged and resilient in a demanding environment.
• From building a baseline portfolio → to proving credibility and visibility, growing business in a competitive, price-sensitive market.
Aims
- Exemplifying the brand, embodying the culture and ensuring the legacy of your firm
Participant Level
New Partners, Managing Partner, Senior Manager, Partner, COO, CEO
Delivery Methods
- Face-to-face
- Virtual
- Webinar
If you would like to find out how our approach to Partner Development can refocus your senior leadership team to create a lasting legacy for your organisation.
Client stories
Programme Stats (all attendees to date)
83%
in Management Consulting
99%
Senior Leaders
82%
from Europe
95% attendance
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