Describes the approach and the innovations introduced into management development in one of the leading global law firms. Outlines the introduction of a “top‐down” approach and its growth that, over time, created a culture where development was seen as a necessary, positive and welcome...

Our view of leadership is affected by the subconscious impact of the literal meaning of the words “boss” and “leader”. Changing that view to COGAL (Creator of Growth and Learning) will improve our leadership approach. Research into the actions effective leaders take provides a working...

Before we can grow those we lead, we need to learn how to grow ourselves. This article focuses on how we achieve that through building our self‐confidence, using both affirmative statements and the ring of confidence; developing our awareness and ability to take constructive action; overcoming...

We can be adaptive or innovative in our cognitive thinking styles, and both are required for effective change management. Differences are not viewed positively and where key individuals diverge greatly from the group norm, they tend to leave, increasing the probability of corporate failure....

Perception gaps between the leader and follower demotivate the follower, impair the business relationship between them and reduce the business performance of both. There are two gaps in perception. The first is between the conscious intent of the leader and the manifestation of that intent. Key...

Purpose – The reasons for writing this paper are to enable the reader to understand: why delegation and co‐ordination are the core development competencies; how organisations can deliver a competitive edge, i.e. increase their profitability faster than the competition by focusing their...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate to the reader that those organisations, which develop a complete explicit organisational paradigm and the strategy to implement it, will guarantee themselves a competitive edge in both short and long‐term profitability....

Purpose – The paper seeks to demonstrate in detail precisely how any city law firm can transform its profitability. Part 1 considers relevant concepts – change preference, paradigms and different approaches to creativity. Design/methodology/approach – The four change preferences are...

Purpose – The purpose of part 1 of this paper is to provide the reader with the definition of the preferences on the four Jungian dimensions and the nature of suppressions and repressions so that they can determine their true preferences and hence psychological profile....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enable the reader to recognise that from each natural preference on the four Jungian dimensions flow opposite beliefs, behaviours and language; that difference initially is perceived negatively; and to provide strategies that will create real value from...