What Would Lawyers Say?

There's a great deal written about leadership. You've probably read lots of it.

This article by Professor Nigel Nicholson of London Business School illustrates the challenge that we face within a law firm. It's not that the article is wrong, it's just that most of it is entirely unapplicable to a typical law firm. Can you imagine a typical partner's response to being told:

"Leaders should be unafraid to tell people how they forge meaning, hope and belief out of such times. You have to do so with authenticity - speaking about your own feelings, learning, foibles, biases and so on, in a way that reveals enough of your own fallibility to bring you close to them but not so much as to shake their confidence."

You can read the whole article here