A few weeks ago I received a call from a really outstanding lawyer I coached eleven years ago in 2010 and the call reminded me about what made him outstanding.
When I was working with his group, I was caught in an east coast snow storm. It was so intense that there were only a
As I write Nancy and I are at Dimanté Los Cabos where we would be playing golf, but for Hurricane/Tropical Storm Genevieve!
The view went from this:
The staff at Diamanté started preparing for the storm earlier this week. Their anticipation of the storm made me reflect once again on anticipating client needs
Want to take a couple of classes that will help you get better at client development? Suppose I told you that the two I would take would be Creative Writing and Drawing. What would your reaction be?
My guess is that you would wonder what in the world either of those courses has to do
Before we get started, I want to encourage you to sign up for the FREE 12 months Lateral Link Rainmaker Client Development Series I will be teaching and coaching starting on May 9. I’ll let you know the time for sure, but right now it is tentatively scheduled for noon EDT, 9AM PDT.
I coached
I recently heard a discussion I would describe as “what some big law firms doing to be thought of as cool by young lawyers.”
I listened intently and learned that a high percentage of associates working in big law firms are seeking to leave their law firm and go in-house at a company.
I gathered
I have posted at least some of this a few times over the years. Now that I am recruiting, I believe it is pertinent for what I will try to look for in candidates I will try to place.
In a nutshell, I believe the lawyer who sees things others miss will be most valuable
If you are a regular reader, you likely know that I organize book groups for lawyers across North America where the group picks a book from a set of my recommendations that is relevant to professional, business and personal development.
The lawyers in the club exchange their thoughts on each chapter of the chosen book
This week most of my recommended reading is focused on becoming more successful.
Are You Trapped In A Fixed Mindset? Fix It! Stanford professor Carol Dweck through 20 plus years of research shows how having a fixed mindset or growth mindset influences your life. I have read her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
I confess, I enjoy reading books written by Daniel Pink, the Yale law school graduate who never practiced law.
If you are a regular reader you know I have written about A Whole New Mind. See, for example: Are you a “good” lawyer or a “great” lawyer? And, I have written about Drive
How many articles, reports and predictions does it take before law firm leaders start making needed changes?
Yesterday, I read Steven J. Harper’s piece in The American Lawyer: Leaders of Large Law Firms ‘Get It’? Says Who? I learned that law firms:
