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Performance Leaders Podcast

Welcome to the Performance Leader podcast.

Your host is Ray D’Cruz, CEO of Performance Leader, a software and consulting company that helps professional services firms build vibrant feedback cultures.

In this podcast series, Ray talks to leading thinkers in the professional services sector about how to create high performance firms

Jan 30, 2023

Our guest on the Performance Leader's podcast is Dr. Heidi K. Gardner, author of the best selling book Smart Collaboration, and the newly released Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work.

Dr. Gardner is a distinguished fellow at Harvard Law School and previously a professor...


Oct 6, 2022

My guest on S3 Ep 3 of the Performance Leaders podcast is David Patient from Travers Smith.

David trained at Travers Smith and became a partner in 1999, specialising in UK and international M&A. He established the firm’s Paris office in the same year. 

In this episode David reflects on his time as Managing...


Nov 18, 2021

My guest on S3 Ep 2 of the Performance Leaders podcast is Leadership Expert, William Johnson. In this conversation, William draws on 30 years' experience developing leaders in the world's leading consulting and professional services firms. He distills the three key leadership tasks for every equity...


Jul 28, 2021

Welcome to series 3 of the Performance Leader podcast series.

In this episode, Ray D’Cruz and guest Patrick St John discuss Patrick’s recent white paper on Measuring and Rewarding Partner Collaboration in professional services firms.

Patrick, a former law firm leader, lays out a simple model for recognising and...


Jun 21, 2021

Host, Ray D'Cruz, is joined by Partner Remuneration expert, Michael Roch, to discuss the role and evolution of the partner remuneration committee (Rem Com) in professional services firms.

This podcast is a valuable resource for senior leaders of the firm and Rem Com members, especially new members wanting to understand...