PDC Webinar: Management Skills As a Business Imperative for Partners with Yuliya LaRoe

When:  Mar 26, 2026 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (ET)

March 26, 2026

2pm-3pm EST

Today’s firms face a growing friction point: partners who were trained in a culture of availability, urgency, and endurance are now leading lawyers who value boundaries, transparency, and predictability. The result? Misaligned expectations, tension around last-minute work, and frustration on both sides.

This session examines why management skills have shifted from “nice to have” to mission-critical. We will explore the structural, generational, and psychological forces reshaping law firm workplaces and why relying on authority alone is no longer sufficient.

Grounded in neuroscience and industrial-organizational psychology, this webinar will provide a practical framework for equipping senior associates and new partners with the management capabilities required to lead effectively today. 

Key Takeaways

  • Understand why management capability has become a business imperative now
  • Diagnose the most common management friction points in today’s firms
  • Identify the core management capabilities senior associates and new partners must develop to lead effectively, retain talent, and drive performance
  • Design a structured, developmentally sequenced approach to management skills programming

About the Speaker:

Yuliya I. LaRoe, JD, MBA, PCC
Trusted Legal Industry Leadership & Business Development Advisor | Executive Coach
Former AmLaw 100 Attorney Founder & CEO, LeadWise Group, Inc.


Yuliya LaRoe is an award-winning law firm leadership and business development consultant, coach, and speaker who helps law firms develop stronger partners and leaders. Across the legal industry, she’s best known for building and delivering partner development programs that produce measurable growth (including helping income partners get promoted to equity), and for equipping firm professionals to lead with confidence, influence senior stakeholders, and drive execution in complex, high-pressure environments.


With 20+ years in the legal industry, Yuliya has coached and trained more than 5,000 lawyers and professionals at AmLaw 100 and 200 firms. Leveraging her unique background as a practicing attorney and her MBA from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, she brings advanced business strategy and leadership insights to help law firm leaders tackle complex challenges, drive transformation, and achieve sustainable success in today’s legal industry. Yuliya’s expertise has been featured by the ABA, NALP, PDC, ALM, Law Practice Today, Attorney at Work, and others.