Accelerated Best Practice: Implementing Success in Professional Firms

by F. Westwood

Overview

The professional services market is under continuous pressure to change. Some firms have responded well, many have tried and failed. Professionals prefer to analyze and debate, rather than decide and act. Implementation and speed of response within professional firms remains a key problem. Whilst many management books focus on strategic change, few tackle it in the context of professional service firms. This book provides practical tools to harness the intellect and energy of professionals to implement holistic change successfully.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403933348
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/10/2004
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

FIONA WESTWOOD worked as a solicitor for twenty years before setting up Westwood Associates in 1994, a management and training consultancy specializing in strategic development for professional service. She writes regularly for business and professional publications, including The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland and the English Law Society Managing for Success.

Table of Contents

Introduction Achieving Best Practice: The Model for Success Tackling Current Challenges Sustaining Effective Leadership and Management Maximising our Resources: Implementation and Achieving Results Building Valuable Client Relationships Choosing the Correct Development Option Shaping up for Success Putting It into Practice

Editorial Reviews

'This book should almost be regarded as mandatory reading for anyone involved in law firm management, and anyone who provides advice to law firms, be it management consultancy or financial. It is well written and combines structured analysis with highly perceptive personal views...' - Andrew Otterburn, The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland

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