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Author Archives: Kathleen Bradley
Navigating Midlife
Maintaining interest and a high level of performance in a demanding job is one of the key challenges faced by lawyers when they reach the normal developmental life stage commonly referred to as “midlife” — a period that all healthy …
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Posted in blog, Career Management, Coaching
Tagged coaching, Kathleen Bradley, midlife, midlife crisis
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Navigating Midlife
Maintaining interest and a high level of performance in a demanding job is one of the key challenges faced by lawyers when they reach the normal developmental life stage commonly referred to as “midlife” — a period that all healthy …
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Posted in blog, Career Management, Coaching
Tagged balance, coaching, Kathleen Bradley, midlife, stress management
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Not Enough Time??? Don’t Despair
Most of the lawyers that I know complain that there are just not enough hours in the day for them to meet their billable hour requirements, meet non-billable firm obligations, spend time on business development, and meet their family and …
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“Men Don’t Change Over the Age of 29!”
That’s what a finger wagging managing partner said to me when I suggested that he invest in developing the leadership skills of his partners before I do what he was asking me to do — deliver a very expensive leadership …
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Posted in blog, Career Management, Coaching, Leadership
Tagged Alan Deutschman, change, Change or Die, Kathleen Bradley, leadership, leadership development
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How the #*?%@ Do I Convince My Partners to Invest in Leadership Development?
OK. We’ve made the business case for leadership development to the managing partner, and we’ve had a long chat about who leaders are, what they do, and the results they get. He is convinced. Now comes his real challenge as …
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Posted in blog, Executive Lawyers, Leadership
Tagged Kathleen Bradley, leadership, leadership development, leadership skills, training
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What Results Does A Leader Get?
In the previous postings we looked at the personal attributes and the behaviors of effective leaders. Of course, no combination of these matter much unless the leader actually achieves results. The primary metric by which law firms measure their results …
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Posted in blog, Leadership
Tagged collaborate, communication, Kathleen Bradley, leadership, McBassi White Paper, metrics, profitability, self awareness, values
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“What” Does a Leader Do?
In the last posting, we talked about “who” a leader is. Equally important to a leader’s effectiveness, is “what” he actually does. Business scholars have actually been able to measure the types of leadership behaviors that result in superior organizational …
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Posted in blog, Leadership
Tagged change, collaborate, communication, innovate, inspiration, Kathleen Bradley, leadership, McBassi White Paper, vision
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“Who” is a Leader?
Any leader jumps into the fray with a bundle of attributes, all of which impact her ability to influence others and get things done. Among the attributes that contribute to one’s leadership ability are: her values — what’s important to …
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Posted in blog, Leadership
Tagged emotional intellegence, Kathleen Bradley, leadership, self awareness, values, vision
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What the #*?%@ is “Leadership”?
A managing partner of a large firm called me into his office one day and said, “Kathleen, what the #*?%@ is all this talk about ‘leadership’? Why should I invest in developing my leadership skills or the skills of my …
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Posted in blog, Leadership
Tagged interpersonal skills, Kathleen Bradley, leadership, performance, profitability
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You Know You Have a High IQ – What About Your EQ?
Study after study illustrates the point: The differences between executives who are outstanding performers in their respective fields and those who are just average lie not in their cognitive abilities or technical skills, but in their ability to achieve results …
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Posted in blog, Career Management, Leadership
Tagged Daniel Goleman, emotional intelligence, EQ, Kathleen Bradley, Larry Richard, leadership
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