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We love the story of the visionary leader - the bold executive who sees around corners, inspires teams, and drives results.
But the truth is, greatness doesn’t come from a single leader at the top. It comes from the collective effort of teams working together toward something bigger than themselves.
There’s plenty of data to back this up. McKinsey research shows that when organizations take a team-focused approach to transformation, they can unlock up to 30% efficiency gains. Another study from Deloitte found that 73% of employees do better work when they collaborate, 60% are more innovative and 56% feel more satisfied.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said it well in his 2025 letter to interns: “Never underestimate the power of the collective.”
If collaboration is so powerful, why do so many enterprises struggle with it?
The answer is familiar: silos, misaligned incentives and departments chasing their own KPIs instead of the organization’s broader goals. Marketing fights for budgets, operations pushes efficiency, procurement tightens costs – each optimizing for itself instead of the whole.
These tensions aren’t new, but they can quietly erode impact if left unchecked.
The good news: leading companies are finding new ways to make collaboration stick. Top-performing organizations don’t try to eliminate workplace tensions, they balance and harness them. Instead of asking “how do we avoid conflict?” they ask, “how do we use it to spark innovation?” That shift is fueling a rise of “team-of-teams” models and cross-functional groups who work closely to solve challenges together.
The Role of the Leader
Think about an orchestra – the conductor doesn’t play every instrument. Their role is to set tempo, create balance, and bring out the best in each section so the whole sounds better than any one part.
Successful business leaders are much the same. Their value lies less in having all the answers, and more in creating the best conditions for collaboration, shrinking silos, growing trust, and enabling teams to co-create effectively.
The strongest organizations are built by leaders who understand that success belongs to the “we,” not the “me.” The boldest strategies and greatest achievements aren’t born in isolation, they come from teams that trust, collaborate, and move forward together. Markets will shift, risks will rise, and priorities will change. But what doesn’t change is this: resilient organizations are built on teams that collaborate, adapt, and win together.
⧉ Cyber Incident Prevention: Best Practices for Law Firms
📝 By Megan Silverman, CIPP/US , Contributor
This article is an excerpt from Part 1 of the 2-part series “The Complete Guide to Reducing Cyber Incident Response Costs in the Legal Industry.” Download the complete guide here.
In our global, digital-first economy, cyberattacks are no longer isolated incidents targeting large organizations.
They are a very real threat to businesses of all types and sizes, and law firms are a common target of cyber criminals. It is not difficult to see why law firms are often targets of cyber-crime. The information collected by firms – from trade secrets, intellectual property, merger, and acquisition details to personally identifiable information and attorney-client privileged data – is particularly attractive to cyber criminals.
The American Bar Association (ABA) reports that 42% of law firms with 100 or more employees have experienced a data breach. What often gets underestimated is the cost of recovering from a cyber-attack. A recent IBM report found the global average cost of a data breach in 2024 was $4.8 million – a 10% increase over last year and the highest total ever.
How can law firms better safeguard their data and fortify their systems to help prevent cyber-attacks?
1. Firm-wide Best Practices
- Create clear policies for employees and contractors to follow when using communications.
- Control network access by establishing clear permissions and limiting entry points to critical systems.
- Set up firewalls to act as a first line of defense that can block unauthorized access and help monitor incoming and outgoing traffic.
- Use multi-factor authentication (MFA) to add an extra layer of protection.
- Apply network segmentation to enhance security by dividing the network into smaller sections, helping to contain potential breaches and minimize damage.
- Put active threat intelligence and regular vulnerability testing into place.
2. Employee Best Practices
- Avoid reusing passwords across multiple accounts to minimize the risk of unauthorized access.
- Limit device access to only trusted individuals. Sharing devices with others can expose sensitive information.
- Use only secure Wi-Fi networks to help prevent potential security breaches and unauthorized access to personal and other data.
- Report any suspicious email activity, as phishing emails can be extremely sophisticated.
3. Detection and Response Automation Best Practices
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms can monitor and analyze log data from various systems. These systems detect suspicious activity in real time and allow teams to quickly mitigate risks.
- Automated incident response tools take this a step further by eliminating the delays that come with manual intervention.
- Machine learning-based security solutions further enhance detection capabilities, leveraging AI to identify advanced threats and anomalies.
