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The real leadership lessons of Steve Jobs – for legal leaders – PART THREE

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Business Leader, Culture, Law Firms, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Frames, Legal Profession, Management, Strategy, Vision

As highlighted in PART ONE and PART TWO of this series, there are real leadership lessons for legal leaders from the career, achievements and life of the late Steve Jobs – who in just two stints of 9 and 14 years, founded and then transformed Apple Computer into the world’s most valuable company. These were the lessons… Continue Reading

The real leadership lessons of Steve Jobs – for legal leaders – PART TWO

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Business Leader, Law Firms, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Frames, Legal Profession, Management, Vision

Last week I posted PART ONE of a short four-part series on the real leadership lessons of Steve Jobs, based in part on an HBR article (subscription required) of a similar title by Walter Isaacson, author of the Steve Jobs autobiography. We continue the theme today! A number  (but not all) of these provide great leadership and management… Continue Reading

The real leadership lessons of Steve Jobs – for legal leaders – PART ONE

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Culture, Law Firms, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Frames, Legal Profession, Management, Strategy, Vision

Walter Isaacson, author of the Steve Jobs autobiography, commented in an April 2012 Harvard Business Review article ‘The real leadership lessons of Steve Jobs‘ (subscription required), that following the publication of his book many writers have tried to draw management lessons from Steve Jobs, however, most of them, incorrectly, became fixated rather on the “rough… Continue Reading

Lex Africa – the first and largest network of African law firms – 20 years on

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Brand, Legal Profession, Strategy, Uncategorized, Vision

Lex Africa, the first and largest network of African law firms, is holding it’s annual general meeting in April 2012 in Maputo, Mozambique. I thought I would mention Lex Africa in case readers ever need assistance in Africa and want a referral to a reputable firm. I am also delighted to be attending the AGM… Continue Reading

Leadership Frame #6: Challenge your vision and strategy

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Law Firms, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Frames, Legal Profession, Management, Professional Service Firms (PSFs), Strategy, Vision

Challenging one’s vision and strategy somehow seems counter-intuitive, especially when so much time, effort and thought has gone into putting it together. But strategy is about achieving a competitive, and ideally a dominant positioning, and challenge it you must. Professional Service Firms (PSFs) find determining and reviewing vision and strategy a real bind. A necessary… Continue Reading

Thought leadership, pricing, knowledge management and challenges for lawyers – Q&A

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Law Firms, Leaders, Leadership, Legal Profession, Management, Strategy, Uncategorized, Vision

Questions on thought leadership, pricing, knowledge management & future challenges for lawyers were put to fellows of the College of Law Practice Management for the COLPM Futures Conference in Chicago recently and published in a special issue of InsideLegal’s Thought Leaders Digest last week – below are the questions & my responses: Q1 – Thought leadership… Continue Reading

Leadership Frame #3 – leaders must understand the strategic implications of Social Media

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Law Firms, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Frames, Legal Profession, Strategy, Vision

At first blush social media would not seem to be the domain of leadership. It is however important that leaders understand enough about such developments, particularly where growth has been explosive and the impact wide-ranging, to appreciate potential strategic implications for their firms. In this third Leadership Frame (introduced a few posts ago), I talk to… Continue Reading

Leadership Frames – essential skills and styles for leadership

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Frames, Legal Profession, Management, Strategy, Vision

Leadership Frames – essential skills, techniques, processes, understandings, thinking and behavioral styles for leadership. I intend to deal with 25 to 30 of these frames over future blog posts, the first, on Emotional Intelligence, starts today. Many leaders ‘wing it’. They rely on their innate ability and don’t develop their leadership skills and learn key skills and… Continue Reading

8 leadership tips for legal leaders from business leader

By Sean Larkan on Posted in Business Leader, Change, Emotional Intelligence, Humility, Leadership, Management, Trust & Respect, Vision

I talked on leadership tips and frames at a keynote at the annual Boss of the Year Awards Convention in South Africa in August 2011. Brand Pretorius, recently retired former head of Toyota and McCarthy Motor Holdings in South Africa and a recognized ’captain of industry’, also delivered a keynote drawing on his extensive leadership experience, with some… Continue Reading