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Dec 2022
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For this episode, let's revisit a Strategy Skills classic where we explain how leadership is defined at great firms like McKinsey and BCG, and how we also manage leadership transition at FC. It will surprise you to see how different the mindset can be and that we think about these issues all the time. 

The most important role of a partner is to leave the firm in a better place than when she/he joined, and to hand over a client relationship to a newer partner. The ability to maintain this cycle is critical. 

If the mechanism is not there, even proud and great firms suffer during leadership changes. You want to avoid that. The cycle must be continuous. 

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