Dere Street Barristers, in conjunction with Armstrong Watson and Lloyds Bank would like to invite you to the third in our regular series of Breakfast Briefings for the Legal Services Market in York. These events are designed to provide Partners, Directors and other decision makers at local firms the opportunity to hear from experts on topics designed to be of interest to practice managers as well as to provide a networking opportunity for senior Solicitors in York.
HOW TO HERD CATS
The presentation will look at a practical guide to getting your partners to work as a team. It focuses on the essentials of creating a great team and the importance of this for running a successful business. Delegates will be given practical ideas to try with their own partners or within a departmental team.
Speaker Profile
Purple Performance: Purple Performance is a business consultancy which focuses on helping professional service firms to embed a performance culture. They use their own Review | Reshape | Reward methodology developed by combining innovative thinking with solid management techniques, thus enabling business owners to achieve the rewards they deserve. Jed and Lis bring the rare combination of a strategic thinker and business growth expert with the practical experience of a former law firm owner who successfully overcame a number of business challenges.
Elisabeth Bellamy
Lis is the former managing partner of a successful medium sized law firm and has previously worked for larger firms including Baker and McKenzie in Singapore. Lis combines the insight of an experienced fee-earner with many years of law firm management. She is also a member of the Law Society Professional Standards and Ethics Committee.
Jed Hassid
Jed is a Business Growth expert, experienced in working with board-level decision makers to define and implement key business strategies and so drive shareholder value. His main areas of expertise include Strategic and Business Planning. He specialises in working with service firms in general and professional service firms in particular.