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Leading transformation in law firmshow top leaders unlock performance to win the future /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Leading transformation in law firmsby Madeleine Bernhardt.
Reminder of title:	how top leaders unlock performance to win the future /
Author:	Bernhardt, Madeleine.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025.
Description:	xii, 204 p. :ill. (chiefly col.), digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Law firms.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98653-6
ISBN:	9783031986536$q(electronic bk.)

Leading transformation in law firmshow top leaders unlock performance to win the future /
Bernhardt, Madeleine.

Leading transformation in law firmshow top leaders unlock performance to win the future /[electronic resource] :by Madeleine Bernhardt. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xii, 204 p. :ill. (chiefly col.), digital ;24 cm. - Law for professionals,2662-1428. - Law for professionals..

1 Introduction -- Part I - Organizational Level: 2 Applying Systems Thinking to Align Strategy and Execution -- 3 Shaping an Adaptive Culture to Build a Future-ready Firm -- 4 Mastering Polarities to Lead Strategic Conversations that Propel Transformation -- Part II - Team Level: 5 Fostering Psychological Safety to Unlock Team Performance -- 6 Guiding Transformative Learning to Enable Growth for People and Teams -- 7 Building Teams that Drive Transformation with Collaboration and Emotional Foresight -- Part III - Individual Level: 8 Embracing a Growth Mindset to Fuel Opportunity-driven Transformation -- 9 Adopting Multiplying Behaviors to Inspire Exponential Performance -- 10 Uncovering Hidden Competing Goals to Overcome "Resistance" to Change -- 11 Conclusion.

The legal profession is at a pivotal moment. Rapid technological advances, rising competition from unexpected directions, shifting client demands, and changing expectations from top talent are reshaping the legal profession right before our eyes. To stay ahead and thrive, law firm leaders must build future-ready firms-organizations that proactively lead transformation and respond to disruption with agility. This book is a practical, research-backed guide to unlocking peak performance and driving transformation across the entire firm by focusing on the most overlooked success factor: the people who shape and drive the firm's future. Leaders who successfully empower people to adapt to and actively drive transformation will shape the future of the legal profession. Drawing on over 20 years of experience advising top law firm leaders, 35 in-depth interviews with managing partners, COOs, CHROs, and other senior leaders, and three decades of research in behavioral, human, and business sciences, Prof. Dr. Madeleine Bernhardt, LL.M., introduces a structured, science-based framework covering nine critical areas leaders must address to achieve successful transformation. Together, these areas enable the development of a strong and adaptive law firm culture-the key to leading transformation effectively and future-proofing the firm. This book helps leaders in the legal profession to: lead transformation at three levels-firm, team, and individual unlock human potential for performance, empowering individuals and teams to unlearn old habits, embrace new ways of working, and drive transformation build a strong and adaptive culture across the firm-essential to any strategic transformation future-proof their firms, enabling them to thrive in a time of high complexity and dynamic change. Whether managing partner, COO, CHRO, or senior leader, readers will find in this book the proven concepts and methods needed to lead with impact in times of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA)-and to build future-ready firms that actively shape and adapt to a fast-paced environment. Today more than ever, a firm's success depends on its leaders' ability to skillfully lead people, teams, and the entire organization through transformation-to win the future.

ISBN: 9783031986536$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-98653-6doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

534138
Law firms.

LC Class. No.: K120

Dewey Class. No.: 340.023

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