ICON Lead: Strategy concepts and tools BDMC leaders can use to contribute to, and lead, firm strategy.

In this online workshop Joel will outline key strategy concepts and tools BDMC leaders can use to ensure they are contributing to, and leading, a firm's strategy. These include:

• Strategic alignment – how aligning the marketplace strategy, brand, operating model, culture and leadership is a foundation for sustainable success.
• Power mapping – how understanding where and how power is distributed across the firm is critical to strategy formulation and execution.
• Strategic framing – the art of framing issues and opportunities to derive strategic insight and craft a winning game plan.

Speaker:

Joel Barolsky

Barolsky Advisors

Joel Barolsky is one of Australia’s top strategy consultants to law, accounting and other advisory firms. He is a specialist adviser to managing partners, executive teams and practice group leaders on issues of strategy, culture, governance, partner remuneration, succession, pricing and capability development. Joel has advised over 100 leading law, accounting and advisory firms. Around 70% of his clients are repeat clients or come directly from referrals from existing relationships.

Joel is a Principal of Edge International, Managing Director of Barolsky Advisors, a Senior Fellow of the University of Melbourne Law School and Chair of the Managing Partners Forum. He has written over 40 opinion pieces for the Australian Financial Review Legal Affairs section. Previously Joel was head of the strategy practice of Beaton Research & Consulting. 

Event Details:

Date: 29 April 2026

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Adelaide

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm: New Zealand

10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Perth, Hong Kong, Singapore

Please note this event is held under the Chatham House Rule and will not be recorded.