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Laura shares updates about her research into professional organizations.

Professions at risk

As the traditional professions face new challenges to their status and legitimacy, in this podcast I ask: is it time to rethink what it means to be a professional?

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Insecure overachievers on the record

Senior professionals speak frankly to me on my BBC Radio 4 documentary about insecurity, the ‘drug’ of achievement, the mental health costs, and the way ahead.

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Waiting for the Golden Ticket

Why para professionals can feel 'trapped'. Read my article for Harvard Law School's The Practice.

What does it mean to be a professional?

Should professional service firms ditch their grandiose purpose statements and reconnect with a more profound commitment to what it means to be a professional?

Podcast from New York launch of Leading Professionals

Oxford University Press interviewed me about my research, how I do it and why I wrote the book.

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If you’re so successful, why are you still working 70 hours a week?

In my recent Harvard Business Review article I discuss overwork, insecurity, and social control in professional organizations.

Governing the ungovernable

I discuss the key themes of my latest book, Leading Professionals: Power, Politics, and Prima donnas, in Legal Business.

Leading Professionals: Power, Politics, and Prima Donnas

My latest book was launched in the UK on 4 October 2017 at Cass Business School, London.

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Myths of Management

Management writer Stefan Stern interviewed me for his recent 2017 book Myths of Management: What People Get Wrong About Being The Boss.

Leadership dyads: The ideal leader is two people

In this article for Thomson Reuters I talk about the dual-leadership model, or leadership dyad, that is common in professional service firms.

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