Why leadership matters more than ever! The session will explore how the core principles of leadership are being redefined in light of the current talent and leadership challenges that the profession is facing. The panellists will engage the audience in an interactive exchange about how the increased competition for talent, difficulties to retain the best professionals and the profound changes in the younger generations of lawyers’ motivations and aspirations all demand new leadership styles and approaches. Like in other professional services industries, and more widely in all sectors across the globe, the command and control leadership culture and rigid performance management systems are being replaced with coaching, mentoring and ongoing feedback, making leadership skills among the most important capabilities to have in practice today.