About Patrick Mckenna:

A seasoned law firm strategist and leading management advisor, Patrick McKenna is a partner in Edge International, a consultancy serving law firms worldwide. McKenna did his MBA graduate work at the Canadian School of Management, is one of the first alumni of Harvard University 's Leadership in Professional Service Firms, and holds professional certifications in both accounting and management.

He co-authored one of the first text's on law firm marketing, Practice Development: Creating a Marketing Mindset (Butterworths, 1989), recognized by an international journal as “one of the top-10 books that any professional services marketer should have on their bookcase”.

His subsequent work includes Herding Cats: A Handbook for Managing Partners and Practice Leaders (1995); and Beyond Knowing: 16 Cage-Rattling Questions To Jump-Start Your Practice Team (2000), both of which achieved recognition as management top 10 bestsellers. One of the profession's foremost authorities on practice leadership, his co-authored text, First Among Equals: How to Manage a Group of Professionals (The Free Press, 2002) topped business bestseller lists in the United States, Canada and Australia; has been translated into nine languages; is currently in its sixth printing; and received an award for being one of the best business books of 2002. In 2005, the book Management Skills (John Wiley/Jossey-Bass) named McKenna among one of the leading thinkers in the field of management; and in 2006, his e-book First 100 Days:

Transitioning A New Managing Partner (NXTBook) earned glowing reviews and has been read by leaders in 83 countries. His published articles have appeared in over 50 of the leading professional journals, newsletters, and online sources; and his work has been featured in such publications as Fast Company, Business Week, The Globe and Mail, The Economist, Investor's Business Daily, The Financial Times and Managing Partner Magazine.

Since 1983 he has worked with the top management of premier law firms internationally to discuss, challenge and escalate their thinking on how to manage and compete effectively. He has served at least one of the top-10 largest law firms in each of over a dozen different countries on issues associated with creating differentiation, improving profitability, client service excellence, and effective firm management.

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