How well do you understand where your law firm, company, client or other organization is going, what its strategy is, what financial targets it has in place, and what your role as a lawyer and leader is or should be in moving the organization forward? Consider whether you understand and regularly use the buzz words and phrases, the industry standards, trends and metrics, or even know what people mean when they talk about strategic alignment.
Leadership expert Susan Colantuono discusses in this Ted talk how a lack of advice on developing business, strategic and financial acumen as a skill set prevents many women leaders from rising above middle management. In my opinion, regardless of whether you are a woman or a man, understanding the importance of this acumen for your career path and developing it would be time well spent.
What is the state of your business, strategic and financial acumen? How might it be holding you back from greater leadership roles or other success in your legal career? If it is, what will you do to develop it? And who can advise and teach you how to develop this skill set? Even greater still, how can you help this become an organic part of the cultivation of leaders within your law firm or company?
If you would like coaching on how to enhance your business, strategic and financial acumen, please contact me.