Leading firms
Subtitle: how great professional service firms succeed and how your firm can too
By: David C. Kuhlman
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781590799574
Subjects: Service industries; Intellectual capital; Leadership; Management; Success in business
Description: "Author provides a roadmap for success to professional services firms looking to emulate the great firms in their industry. Covers firm strategy, the disciplines that serve as a foundation for the firm's success, key ways firms differentiate themselves, and ways to create a high-performing culture"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Why professional service firms are different; title: Why change in a professional service firm is hard; title: Finding the success formula; title: The basics of success; title: The formula for long term success; title: Creating an effective strategy; title: Professional disciplines that create a stable platform for success; title: The revenue cycle; title: Resource deployment; title: Profitability; title: Execution quality; title: Differentiating capabilities separate good firms from great ones; title: The growth engine; title: Brand synergy; title: The performance envelope; title: Talent flow; title: Practices that create a high-performing culture; title: Meritocracy; title: Successorship; title: Client values; title: Alignment; title: Afterword.