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Professional Service Firms
Leadership insights for impact-driven professional service firms: on partner alignment, team dynamics, decision-making, and what it takes to lead consulting firms, advisory practices, and knowledge-intensive organizations effectively.


Leadership in Impact-Driven Consulting Firms: Authority, Expertise, and the Leadership Paradox in Professional Services
In professional service firms — consulting firms, advisory practices, law firms, and research and policy labs , leadership teams often struggle with alignment, decision-making, and authority. This is often the result of a structural tension between expertise, autonomy, and collective leadership. This story of the Managing Partner of a global impact finance consulting firm is a good example of how this plays out on a day-to-day basis. She expected the hard part of her day to b
Nazly Frias
8 min read
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