Academic | Author | Speaker | Advisor
Professor in the Management of Professional Service Firms at Cass Business School, London.
Director of the Cass Centre for Professional Service Firms
Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Law School's Center on the Legal Profession
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How to lead your fellow rainmakers
In my latest article for Harvard Business Review I present case studies of highly successful (and highly unsuccessful) leaders and outline five guiding principles for leading professional service firms.
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Interview at Oxford Business Book Festival
Stefan Stern interviewed me about my latest book, my career, and how I do my research. Our interview was recorded as a podcast.
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Big Four, Big Changes
I am currently Expert Advisor to the UK Government's Competition and Markets Authority and their Review of the UK Audit Market. Their proposals have just been published.
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Update: Will the Big Four really eat Big Law’s lunch?
Read two recent interviews with me for American Lawyer and Thomson Reuters. What can Big Law learn from the Big Four and how worried should they be?
"Leading Professionals" - First anniversary of publication
“The reason I found the book compelling is that it articulates and pulls together a lot of unspoken and hidden dynamics that can be observed within partnerships.”
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Professions at risk
As the traditional professions face new challenges to their status and legitimacy, in this podcast I ask: is it time to rethink what it means to be a professional?
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Insecure overachievers on the record
Senior professionals speak frankly to me on my BBC Radio 4 documentary about insecurity, the ‘drug’ of achievement, the mental health costs, and the way ahead.
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Stefan Stern reviews "Leading Professionals"
Management writer Stefan Stern has written a lively review of my latest book. He says the book "shines a bright light into a previously under-explored world".
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Two podcasts from New York launch of "Leading Professionals"
Oxford University Press and Thomson Reuters interviewed me about my research, how I do it and why I wrote the book.
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If you’re so successful, why are you still working 70 hours a week?
In my recent "Harvard Business Review" article I discuss overwork, insecurity, and social control in professional organizations
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Leading Professionals: Power, Politics, and Prima Donnas
My latest book was launched in the UK on 4 October 2017 at Cass Business School, London
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