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FollowLaura has dedicated almost 30 years to researching professionals and the professions, funded through a series of prestigious government awards. Her research encompasses themes as diverse as:
She is committed to translating her academic research for a practitioner audience, so alongside her directorship and professorship at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) and Research Fellowships at Harvard Law School and Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, she advises many of the world’s leading professional organizations. She also acts as a
non-executive director and governmental advisor.
My initial move into academia was inspired by my work as an investment banker and a strategy consultant, and my frustration with the poor leadership I experienced in these sectors. I wanted to make sense of my own experiences and to understand better why smart people do ‘stupid’ things.
I remain fascinated by studying professional organizations because they flout many conventional rules of management and leadership, thriving on complexity, ambiguity, and paradox. Over the years, I have maintained my commitment to using insights from my academic research to help professional organizations, and the people who work within them, address some of their most challenging problems.
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