Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Change is happening faster than ever in the industry (and) the navigation of industry change requires different leadership skills. Law firms are looking to leaders with proven leadership and management experience rather than relying on long and deep success in law practice as leadership criteria.
— Kirsten Keegan Vasquez, a partner and vice president with legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey and Africa, in comments given to the American Lawyer, on the new types of leaders who are being appointed at the top of Biglaw firms across the country. “Bottom line, the set of law firm leaders who have been in place for the last five, 10 and in some cases 20 years or more are transferring the laboring leadership oar to a wave of proven leaders with proficiency in managing a multi-generational workforce, rapid change, and new buying behavior on behalf of law firm clients and prospective partners,” Vasquez concluded.
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