business development, career management
Sometimes my days have a theme. Yesterday’s theme: Get to the point. Be Direct. Last night a lawyer friend told us a recent story about filing a motion for summary disposition after he was hired to replace a well known insurance defense firm. As soon as he was...
business development, career management, practice & time management
No news is not good news! No news in the practice of law ratchets up people’s imaginations and stress levels as fast as thinking about sharks when you are swimming in the ocean. When clients hear no news from their lawyer, they start questioning whether their...
career management, job searching
I love March Madness. Men’s college basketball is my favorite spectator sport. Fortunately for me, the University of Michigan regularly shows up ready to play in the NCAA tournament. The No. 16 ranked women’s program has been moving up, too, receiving its...
career management, job searching
Today’s post covers the last part of the Success Patterns exercise. I often give this exercise to lawyers who are unsatisfied or unfulfilled in their current position and wish someone would hand them a new job or tell them which path to take or pivot to make. It also...
career management, job searching
In the previous post, I outlined the first part of the Success Patterns exercise I often use with lawyers wishing for a new career direction or job and/or more fulfillment and satisfaction. Today’s post looks at the second part of the Success Patterns exercise. Write...
