Leadership Development & Executive Development

• Leading with authenticity and values
• Developing an executive presence
• Dealing with “imposter syndrome” and other blocks both internal and external
• Building confidence and trust, both within and with others
• Having difficult conversations with compassion
• Strengthening communication and relationships within multi-generational and diverse workforces
• Smoothing office and client relationships
• Creating a unified, forward-looking professional brand
• Creating and executive business development and client development plans
• Establishing a reputation as a thought-leader
• Finding and networking with potential clients and referral sources
• Delegating to SMEs, junior lawyers, staff, and others
• Building the softs skills to “manage up” and “manage down”
• Improving on-the-job performance
• Adjusting to new and embracing a leadership style, philosophy, or organizational culture
• Setting and achieving goals
• Developing a culture of excellence, innovation, and inclusion
• Championing DEI
• Creating organizational and team culture
• Focusing on practical, actionable advice
• Shifting from individual contributor to manager, and from manager to executive
• Developing a “business-first” mindset, with the role of legal as a business partner, deal facilitator, and revenue enabler—rather than roadblock or cost center
• Giving advice and making decisions in a fast-paced world of imperfect information
• Understanding internal and external business realities, including competitive landscapes and differing risk tolerances
• Balancing business goals and priorities with individual goals and priorities
• Managing and prioritizing scarce resources
• Identifying and partnering with stakeholders
• Seeking out relationships with internal and external clients
• Thinking strategically

Success in the Workplace

• Creating a business plan
• Building 30-60-90 day success plans to get off on the right foot
• Transitioning from law student to practicing lawyer
• Facing time-tracking and billing pressures
• Addressing criticism or constructive feedback on performance evaluations
• Straddling conflicting philosophies and demands of multiple supervisors
• Learning to say no and build boundaries
• Building a case for a raise, promotion, or increased role

Career Planning, Decision-Making & Development

• Positioning for next stage opportunities and mid-career pivots
• Making your mark in law school to increase your post-graduation opportunities
• Transitioning from law school to law firm, from law firm to in-house, or between other environments
• Parlaying e-discovery or contract attorney work into a full-time career in growing areas of law and legal services
• Finding mentors within your geographical area, practice area, or industry
• Increasing technical skills to stay in-demand in changing times
• Leveling up
• Changing practice areas, sectors, and geography
• Giving back through non-profit board work, mentoring individuals or organizations, and more
• Moving to corporate boards
• Downshifting
• Leaving the law
• Career decision-making

Getting Unstuck, Finding Your Path & Reclaiming Happiness

• Finding your place
• Building confidence
• Moving past "imposter syndrome"
• Redefining what success means to you
• Finding a more fulfilling work / life balance
• Bringing wellness, mindfulness, and well-being into your day
• Rediscovering what brings you joy
• Decision-making centered around what you value most

Professional Branding & Reputation Management

• Creating a consistent brand to attract potential employers, recruiters, clients, and other contacts
• Distinguishing yourself from other qualified candidates
• Finding and dealing with “digital dirt” impeding your job search and career development
• Disseminating your brand across platforms to create a positive online presence
• Building, protecting, and repairing your professional reputation
• Leveraging skills from a prior career
• Creating marketing materials

Networking for Results Now & the Future

• Understanding the value of a personal and professional network
• Building and strengthening your network online and in-person
• Putting your network to use
• Increasing the value and ROI of your LinkedIn profile
• Learning to network in a way that’s natural, comfortable and authentic
• Meeting new people critical to getting where you want to go

Job Search Strategies in a Competitive Market

• Finding hidden opportunities before they turn into public job listings
• Getting inside intel on jobs, employers, and industries
• Working with legal recruiters
• Increasing your skill set during the job search
• Re-entering the legal profession after a personal or professional break
• Identifying transferable skills and pivoting mid-career
• Minimizing the impact of underemployment, unemployment, layoffs, RIFs, corporate bankruptcies and reorganizations, short-term positions, and more
• Entering the U.S. market for foreign-trained lawyers
• Exploring other roles or career options

Interview Principles, Practicalities & Preparation

• Learning what interviewers are looking for and how to give it to them
• Applying principles of interviewing to specific situations
• Preparing answers for questions you don’t want to—or don’t know how to—answer
• Identifying and addressing real or perceived weaknesses
• Critiquing your mock interview

Non-Traditional Lawyers

• JD/MBA, JD/MPA, JD/MA, LLM, and multiple degrees or licenses
• Second-career lawyers
• Lawyers returning to the workforce or to the practice of law
• Lawyers transitioning practice areas
• Lawyers leaving the law
• Military lawyers / JAG Officers transitioning to civilian practice
• Military spouses
• Non-linear career paths
• Foreign-educated and foreign-trained lawyers
• Other highly individualized situations