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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Stefan Stern reviews "Leading Professionals"
Management writer Stefan Stern has written a lively review of my latest book for "Jericho Times". He says the book "shines a bright light into a previously under-explored world".
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Two podcasts from my 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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Governing the ungovernable
I discuss the key themes of my latest book on leadership – power, politics, and prima donnas – in a ‘Perspectives’ feature for the December/January issue of Legal Business magazine.
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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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Myths of Management
Management writer Stefan Stern interviewed me for his recent 2017 book ‘Myths of Management: What People Get Wrong About Being The Boss’
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Insecure overachievers? You are perfect for the job
The Financial Times management columnist Andrew Hill discussed chapter six of my new book "Leading Professionals" in his column.
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Crossing the research–practice divide
I discuss how academics can make a difference and what are the rules of engagement with professionals.
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Steering law firm strategy
I am interviewed for Harvard Law School's "The Practice" on how strategy has evolved in law firms and who is driving it.
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The Oxford Handbook of Professional Service Firms
With the publication of this Oxford Handbook, Professional Service Firm scholarship came of age. Now it’s available in paperback.
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How do professionals work together to create leadership?
A video based on my presentation at the 2017 ESADE Research Day on high-performance/high-impact organizations.
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Leadership dyads: The ideal leader is two people
In this article for Thomson Reuters I talk about the dual-leadership model, or leadership dyad, that is common in professional service firms.
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What is professionalism?
My video interview for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) explores what it means to be a professional.
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