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Our global work with professionals
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Some Managing Partners and CEOs we have advised
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Nations we have worked in
New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Mauritius, United Kingdom, Europe and United States of America
Professions we have worked with
Accounting, actuarial, legal, engineering, architecture, planning,  management and environmental consultancy, technology, finance, investment banking, insurance, health, education, science, biotech and more....
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Pamela Young, Managing Director, growthcurv: professional firm specialist, author, presenter, speaker
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Pamela Young presenting to BoardAgender in Singapore, Sponsored by Telstra Australia
Moving up your growth curve
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A firm's journey is rarely a straight line
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Your leadership, structure, technology and culture must evolve at each stage of your journey to align with your strategic direction and goals. Sometimes firm growth is interrupted by unexpected hurdles. We help you remove obstacles enabling you and your firm to adapt...while keeping your 'professional firm values' in tact.
Many have travelled the path before you...
Where is the firm going? 
  • Responding to the pandemic. Being sustainable. Thriving to 2030. What market position do you need to occupy?

How do we drive business growth? 
  • How united is the leadership? Is the plan agreed? Are organisation elements aligned on the growth curve?

What do we need to be successful?
  • Every firm says is has 'great people'. But have you got a 'great team', latest technology, progressive service.

How do we get partners to follow?
  • Do you use a carrot or stick? How do you organise and reward them? Culture is absolutely, ultimately critical.

What is the secret to motivating employees?
  • Employees see through rhetoric. You need their trust and belief, to get their best.  To keep the best. 
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Philip Pillai, Chairman, Shook Lin & Bok, Singapore
'Pamela provided Partners with welcomed direction for change, in light of fast changing market conditions in Singapore at that time. These developments took the firm towards its long term goals and greatly improved both our focus and our effectiveness.  This is turn brought benefits to the firm and its partners.'
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Evelyn Bourke, Group CEO Bupa, UK
'I was impressed by Pamela’s detailed attention to the strategic and commercial aspects of the business…She demonstrated that she can motivate a team of people to work closely with her... one of Pamela’s greatest talents is a sustained focus on seeing a project through to its proper conclusions.'
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What size firms do we work with?
​How do we charge?

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All professions, large and small
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​Global and National Firms 
We have advised global partnerships in Australia including PwC (management consultancy) and Coffey Group (engineering) and in London including KPMG (management consultancy), Tillinghast Towers Perrin (actuaries) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer (legal).

We have also advised smaller national partnerships like PKF in Australia (accounting), Bell Gully in New Zealand (Legal), and Shook Lin & Bok in Singapore (Legal).

Single Office Firms 
We have worked with single office, owner-operated firms like Katz & Associates in the USA (PR & communications), Icona in the United Kingdom (IT consultancy) and Kingett Mitchell in New Zealand (Environmental Consultancy).

Private and Public Sector
In the health sector we have worked with small private practices like Medlab and hospitals like Mercy Hospital in New Zealand.

​In the education sector we have worked with leadership and academics of early childhood (NZ Free Kindergarten), secondary schools (Diocesan School for Girls (NZ) and several tertiary education institutions (University of NSW,  University of Southern Queensland in Australia and Australian Technology Network). 

We have also worked with scientists in government agencies like CSIRO in Melbourne, Australia and DSIR in Auckland New Zealand...and engineering departments within Local Councils.

Large Firms, standard fee. 
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Small firms, discounted fee
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We want to work with you, so we adjust daily rates  according to your size and the value we contribute to your growth and bottom line.
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Ian Terry, Global CEO and Managing Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer, UK
'Pamela is dynamic and innovative. She is passionate about change and achieving success for the businesses she advises. She brings a wealth of experience to bear on issues and is a pleasure - and challenging - to work with.'
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Sean Larkin, Managing Partner, Minter Ellison, Australia
​'Pamela is one of those unique people - knowledgeable, a strong sense of values, always enthusiastic and full of inventive ideas on how to improves one's business or professional practice. A real passion for helping others and organisations grow and succeed.'
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Growth issues we help to resolve
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Professionals, their firms, training bodies and industry associations...
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Evolving your firm requires precision and passion.
Let us help with...


- Clarity on vison, strategy and planning
- Risk assessment

- Rising competition, diminishing edge 
- Growth hurdles, removing obstacles
- Leadership challenges and CEO/MP coaching
- Changing cultures that impede progress
- Partner versus associate divide
- Productivity and profitability issues
- Partnership structure and succession
- Merger negotiations, due diligence, post-merger integration
- Cross-cultural management issues

Opportunities we have explored and delivered

- Repositioning and differentiating firm services
- Transformation delivery and digitisation support
- Boosting gender and cultural diversity
- Partner and lawyer development, branding and profiling
- Marketing education for lawyers
- Better practice management 
- 'Commericalising' professional firms
- Resolving inter and intra team conflicts ​

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Professional Services Culture Circuit

Firms are made up of professional people…who gain qualifications from industry training bodies…and who join industry associations. Each group has its own culture and your people adopt values and behaviours from each.

By the time people join your firm, they have already formed opinions and attitudes that shape their behaviour. Similarly, each firm or association they belong to in their career, adds to the evolutionary process that shapes what kind of partner or leader they will become. 

As culture impacts directly on firm performance and profitability, it's important to know the values of other players in your Culture Circuit. To change your firm's behaviours, you may need to get them to change theirs too.

The Culture Circuit is a growthcurv proprietary framework. We show you how to use it to capture market share, renew growth, improve service quality and achieve your targets.
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Kathryn Roberts, Tax Partner, PricewaterHouse, New Zealand
'Pamela's great strengths are her energy and enthusiasm. She relates well to people and has great personal charm. When added to her experience and commitment to high standards of service, these personal skills make for a very talented individual with an ability to succeed in any endeavour and market.'
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Sara Katz, Founder and CEO, Katz & Associates, USA
'I hired Pamela to help us formulate a new strategy to take us forward. Her broad experience was evidenced by her quick grasp of our business operations and issues. I asked her to return a few years later to investigate the ‘stress fractures’ that had arisen due to the growth; she again provided solutions that allowed us to move forward with sure footing.'
About Pamela Young
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Executive Firm Leadership Plus Extensive Management Consulting Experience 
Pamela Young, Managing Director growthcurv; professional firm specialist, culture change expert, author, motivational speaker

Pamela has held many executive leadership roles in professional service firms (Managing Director and Principle of management consulting firms, Executive Director of a law firm,  and Director of Strategy & Transformation for a listed global engineering firm - see bio below).

She also has a broad, high-profile global career as a management consultant
supporting CEOs and Managing Partners of professional services in all corners of the world.

Review Pamela's global journey and bio

Hear Pamela in media interviews and events
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Pamela's book Stepping Up: Lead Culture Change for Diversity and Growth in the Asian Century is a leadership book that includes research with 100 leaders from 16 cities and 26 industries across Asia-Pacific.

​Chapter One is FREE to read.
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Email Pamela now

Managing Partners,
Firm CEOs and
Chairmen


30 minutes free consulting time
for qualified CEOs, Managing Partners or Chairman of a professional service firm or group.

We can explore options 
by Zoom from anywhere in the world.



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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • My global journey
    • Global clients
    • Client testimonials
  • THRIVE2030
  • CEOAssets
  • ADVICE
    • Growth strategy
    • Aligning Cultures >
      • CEO&culture
      • Case Study
    • Transformative Change
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Professional Services
    • CURRENT ISSUES
  • STEPPING UP
    • What's in it?
    • 100 LEADERS INTERVIEWED
    • Quotes from Book
    • Endorsements
  • MEDIA & EVENTS
    • Going Global or Accessing Asia
    • Singapore Book Tour
    • Video Drafts - thrive