Leadership for Lawyers with H.R. Huntsman

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In this episode, Alay and H.R. discuss:

How leadership impacts a law firm.
Creating a vision for the firm.
Setting and holding expectations.
Caring for your employees.

Key Takeaways:

Leadership is influence and the ability to move people in a direction – this can be for good or for bad.
Money isn’t as important of a motivator once you get above a certain income level.
Nobody is going to care about your law firm as much as you. You need to find out what people want to keep them invested.
People feel disconnected – you need to take the time to have regular check-ins and connections with your team. Your firm is too valuable not to have them.

Tweetable Moments:

“Whether it’s 1 or 20 or 2000 or 2 million, traits of good leaders start with vision. The ability to see a preferred future, and then the ability to communicate well and move people in that direction, to inspire, to motivate, not to necessarily use sticks or whips to get people there.” — H.R. Huntsman
“We were talking about the things that money could potentially do for somebody.” — Alay Yajnik
“What I’ve noticed what great leaders do is they really tap in and they connect with those people really well and they identify what drives them and what motivates them.” — H.R. Huntsman
“Connection precedes direction. Connection precedes performance. People want a voice in their own success. They want a voice in the direction. They want a place that has meaning.” — H.R. Huntsman

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About H.R. Huntsman:

HR Huntsman is the founder of Leader’s Edge. He is also a business and leadership keynote speaker, organizational strategist, author, business executive coach, and business leadership consultant. HR founded Leader’s Edge to be able to invest in leaders, especially young leaders. His passion stems from his backstory of overcoming early childhood struggles and then going on to build successful and impactful organizations.