Burnout Is Going to Cause a Wave of Turnover Among Law Firm Leaders | The American Lawyer - The American Lawyer

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• Analysts say law firm leaders are just as susceptible, or perhaps even more susceptible, to burnout and fatigue.
• The same elements and stressors affecting Big Law staff and lawyers, as well as firm growth in general, could soon cause a wave of turnover at the top, and shorter leader tenures in general.
• Big Law leaders and analysts say confiding in peers, and bringing more people into the leadership fold, can help.

It’s not just the rank and file who are burning out of Big Law. Law firm leader burnout is also at an all-time high, industry analysts say, and is likely to cause not only a wave of turnover at the top in the next year, but shorter reigns in general for the next generation of firm chairs.

That prediction is catalyzed by many of the same factors driving law firm performance during the pandemic, including unprecedented demand, an unrelenting search for talent to deliver on it, and ongoing uncertainty about if and when things will revert to “normal.”

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