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Diversity in Action: “Resilience Required”

“If you can take it, you can make it. Over the recent holiday season I took the opportunity to go to a few movies with my family. Unbroken was one of the movies we saw. The quote cited above was …

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Question of the Moment: Do Successful Lawyers Ever Feel Depressed?

I just had an eye-opening coaching meeting with a senior associate at a large law firm. She began the call saying that she was frustrated that partners were not sending business her way so that she could learn what she …

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Increase Career Fulfillment this Year!

As you stand on the threshold of a new year, considering ways to make the upcoming year the best one ever, take a moment to clearly measure where you stand now across factors that are important to you. To help …

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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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Effectively Communicating During Adverse Times

In a moment of candor I must admit there have been times in the past when I have been guilty of using poor communication.  To be clear, these moments had nothing to do with using proper English. The situations I …

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Your Vision of Success: Clarity is Compelling

Summer has finally come to Los Angeles and along with summer comes a very foggy vision of the landscape.  Okay… I must admit, LA often has great weather, but we residents know that summer also brings more of the dreaded …

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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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“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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