Listen as host, Ray D'Cruz and guest, William Johnson, discuss the three key leadership tasks for every equity partner: exemplifying the brand, embodying the culture and ensuring the legacy.
November 18, 2021
My guest on S3 Ep 2 of the Performance Leaders podcast is Leadership Expert, William Johnson.
In this conversation, William draws on 30 years' experience developing leaders in the world's leading consulting and professional services firms. He distills the three key leadership tasks for every equity partner:
The discussion takes place in a dynamic context for many firms: the unfolding nature hybrid working and the consuming war for talent.
William Johnson has been advising firms on aligning behaviours with strategy for over 30 years. His firm, The Openside Group, works with some of the world's leading consulting and professional services firms.
William’s interest in learning and leadership theory began when he was commissioned in the fleet air arm of the Royal Navy, where after frontline service, he became involved in aircrew training.
William holds a Masters in Experimental Psychology from Oxford, is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He also has an MBA from Warwick Business School and is a graduate of Harvard's Leading Professional Services Firms program.
He joins us on the Performance Leader's podcast to discuss the three roles of a partner in a high performing firm, exemplifying the brand, embodying the culture, including nurturing it in a hybrid environment and ensuring the legacy. We also draw on William's experience of how to give feedback and how to deal with High-Performing yet toxic partners.
William is a great writer. His articles on The Openside Group website are highly insightful for anyone working in a professional services firm. His passion for leadership, culture and legacy shines through this podcast and all of his work.
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