Leadership for Professional Service Firms - Lessons Learned

Introduction

Sometimes we aspire to leadership roles, but often they are thrust upon us.

While the first officer may have all the technical skills to fly the plane, it is only when you sit in the captain’s seat that the ultimate responsibility passes to you. How do you prepare yourself for that?

During this webinar, Philip Rodney will share the lessons that he has learned over nearly 25 years in leadership roles - sometimes from watching others and sometimes from the scars on his back when he got it wrong.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Am I good enough?
• The accidental CEO
• Transitioning
• Why the best leaders are interim leaders
• Authenticity and integrity
• Being prepared to be wrong
• Creating the best support team
• Culture - what you would die in the ditch for?
• Darwinism and leadership
• Strategy, operations and governance
• The vision thing - looking for inspiration
• Writing it down
• Leading by example
• Crisis management - Apollo 13 case study
• Knowing when to go

This webinar was recorded on 20th October 2021