Journey to Partnership - Leadership Insights for Professional Services

In the latest episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis hosts Ian Bloemendal - Partner at Clayton Utz, alongside Ian Walker (AGR Executive Chairman) as they discuss Ian's journey to partnership, a career within one of Australia's leading law firms and his practice responsibilities with Clayton Utz - a "Big Six" firm in Australia. Throughout, we'll speak through Ian's career and how (now as a Partner), he helps bring the next generation of professional services leaders through the profession. Across the discussion, he will provide his unique insights into the requirements for practitioners to build their individual practice groups, the evolution of the legal profession with the rise of technology, and highlights the industry's balance between the need for technical experts and client-focused approaches. Additionally, together, we'll discuss the metrics behind professional service firms and the frameworks partners of professional services firm should have in place for now and into the future. Whilst a concentration of the discussion focuses on the legal profession, Ian's insights can provide key takeaways for all those operating in leadership roles within the Professional Services industry. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For More information on this matter or anything else covered throughout our Building Your Business series, please contact the Archer Gowland Redshaw team on (07) 3002 2699 or via [email protected].