Proprietary research
Improving attraction and retention of talent (PDF 557 KB)
How are professional service firms meeting the challenges of attracting and retaining their talented staff? This report discusses a range of attraction and retention strategies that have recently been tried by PSFs.
Leadership and management development survey (PDF 189 KB)
Beaton Consulting's survey of the leadership and management development practices and issues facing leading professional service firms today. This report outlines key findings and implications around three themes: the types of leadership and management development initiatives used, perceived effectiveness of these initiatives and challenges faced by firms in implementing initiatives.
Passionate about performance: partner performance management in leading law firms (PDF 63 KB)
How partner performance can best be managed and rewarded is an issue of major interest to many of Beaton Consulting's law firm clients. We are frequently asked whether it is possible to identify contemporary principles and guidelines for the development of effective systems for managing the performance of partners. This report addresses that question.