Author Archives: Marci Wilf

Keep Stress in Check

In a recent post, I covered the first two “soft” topics of a recent presentation I delivered to first year associates: facing fear and projecting confidence. The third topic covered, managing stress, is equally important and is covered below as …

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The “Softer Side” of Career Management

I recently delivered a presentation to a group of brand new first year associates at their firm’s orientation program. I had given the firm a list of 20 or so topics about which I might speak. Surprisingly, they chose what …

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Listening for Needs

At Threshold we talk about the need to create sustained, value-based relationships with your “whos,” those people who can help you to reach your professional goals, whether by introducing and connecting you to potential clients, helping you get elected to …

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Cultivating Mentors and Sponsors

Lawyers know that they need to think seriously about how to advance their careers and develop a strategy and a plan to get from where they are today to where they want to be in the future. In order for …

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Sustaining Relationships

By now, many of you have come to understand that in order to “make rain,” we need to first build relationships. This has come as a welcome relief to many of our clients who have for years felt uncomfortable with …

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Craft Your Career Strategy

This is the first official edition of Career GPS, Threshold’s new blog designed to support lawyers’ momentum toward career success. As a lawyer who left a 20+ year career in the law, I am now in my third iteration, still …

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Change Your Thinking, Change your Results

Cognitive psychology teaches that our thoughts drive our emotions, and our emotions, in turn, drive our behavior. Accordingly, the way you think about business development will affect how you feel about it and, ultimately, how successful your business development efforts …

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Making Good Career Choices

So many lawyers I know started their careers in the law by default, rather than by affirmative choice. A parent or other influential adult told them they were good at debating and would therefore be a “good lawyer”; they were …

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Men and Women as Allies: Moving Forward

I spent a number of hours this week speaking with women lawyers of various ages and stages in their careers—senior associates, newly minted counsel and income partners, and highly experienced, long-term income and equity partners. And the verdict was unanimous—all …

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Stand Out in the Crowd – Tips for Building Long-Term Relationships with In-House Counsel

One of most serious challenges faced by lawyers today is how to differentiate themselves in the increasingly competitive legal marketplace. Stellar legal skills are no longer enough to attract and retain clients; they are simply assumed. You need to be …

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