Tag Archives: stress management

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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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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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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Why do lawyers hire a coach?

Law schools teach lawyers the law but they do little, if anything, to teach the skills needed to become an outstanding practitioner.  Many lawyers, therefore, turn to coaches to help them acquire and develop the essential skills needed over the …

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