How to Enhance Job Satisfaction as a Lawyer – Your Success Patterns, Part 1

career management, job searching

If you are a lawyer who keeps wishing that someone would hand you a new job or tell you what to pivot to that will make you happier, you are not alone.  Thousands of attorneys dream of a better fit in other jobs within, adjacent to, or completely different than the...

Acknowledge Yourself (It’s Also a Planning Tool!)

career management

In the tradition of year-end Best of and Top Ten lists, let’s pause at the start of this fresh year. Pause here before you find yourself deep in February wondering where January went. Pause not to create a list of resolutions, but to create a list that celebrates your...

5 Reasons Lawyers Should Keep Job Searching During the Holidays

career management, job searching

Here are five gifts the year end holidays offer lawyers seeking new jobs: 1. December brings an abundance of cheerful networking opportunities.  Holiday open houses, bar association parties, potlucks, community service, and other social activities can involve friends...

August Productivity

career management, practice & time management, Uncategorized

Today reminds me of Natalie Babbitt’s opening lines in Tuck Everlasting, “The first week of August hangs at the very top of the summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.  The weeks that...

Your LinkedIn Profile: Is That You Speaking?

business development, career management

Does your LinkedIn profile actually sound like you?  Or does it sound like how you think a lawyer should sound?  Perhaps you skipped the “Summary” section completely because you don’t know what to write other than something dry and stiff. I’ve...

How to Stop Saying “I’m Sorry”

career management

Are you an apologizer? Do you keep saying “I’m sorry” for no reason? Quick, effective fixes from my experience coaching lawyers:  (1)  Realize that this behavior undermines your credibility and authority.  (2)  Count the number of times you say...