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Career Success: Do what top Olympians do

By Cordell Parvin on August 11, 2016
Posted in Career Development, Client Development Coaching

Several years ago I was beginning to coach a new group of 12 lawyers at a national law firm. The week before the first session, I received a phone call from one of the firm leaders. He asked:

Tom, (not his real name) is a lawyer with $5 million dollars of business annually. He has

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Law Firms: Are You Basing Hiring Decisions on “EQ”?

By Cordell Parvin on August 4, 2016
Posted in Client Development

If you read my post on Tuesday, you know I had surgery that morning. The surgeon had come highly recommended and I am sure he did a great job. But, he’s also just a good guy. He knows how to interact with his patients.

Years ago, my old law firm only hired students in the…

Clients: The Problem with Law Firms Rewarding Hours

By Cordell Parvin on June 3, 2015
Posted in Career Development, Client Development

If you haven’t read it, I recommend every law firm leader big firm or small, read the Georgetown Law and Peer Monitor Release 2015 Report on the State of the Legal Market.

There are many important takeaways. Here is one right from the first page, talking about what has happened since 2008:

Perhaps of

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For Greater Happiness, Slow Down, Create and Enjoy an Experience

By Cordell Parvin on August 16, 2013
Posted in Career Development

My song for this Friday is  the Simon and Garfunkel song: “America.” It begins with:

Let us be lovers we’ll marry our fortunes together
I’ve got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America

Before their last…

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