This month, I’ve selected quotes from some terrific blog posts about relationship. Read the quotes, and then go check out these posts. They’re too good to miss. We all like people who like us. If I show you I’m genuinely happy to meet you, you’ll instantly start to like me. (And you’ll show that you… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Uncategorized RSS FeedThe Power of the Pocket (of Time)
Posted in Coaching for lawyers, UncategorizedI’ve been thinking lately about the power of the pocket. Not pockets of money, but pockets of time. You see, I’ve gen myself a deadline of March 15 to finish the draft of my upcoming book Legal Rainmaking Myths: How What You THINK You Know About Business Development Can Kill Your Practice. With that big… Continue Reading
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Unhappy lawyer no more: Monica Parker visits Life at the Bar
Posted in UncategorizedAlthough many lawyers who read this blog enjoy practicing law, comments and emails I’ve received prove that not all readers fall into that category. Studies show that anywhere between 20 and 70 percent of lawyers would like to leave the practice. If you fall into that group, where do you turn? Meet Monica Parker. Monica is a… Continue Reading
Michelle Obama, a dissatisfied associate?
Posted in UncategorizedThere’s an interesting story in yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times, excerpting a new book that describes Michelle Obama’s dissatisfaction with the work she was doing as a second-year associate at Sidley Austin. A sample: Too monotonous for Michelle, who, White [the partner in charge of the firm’s advertising group, of which Obama was a member] says, complained that… Continue Reading
Top delegation mistakes
Posted in UncategorizedI’ve been hard at work on my just-released multimedia learning product 5 Foundations of Time Mastery for Attorneys, and I’m still getting swamped with questions about the free preview call I did a couple of weeks ago, discussing delegation skills and how to manage email. So, I thought I’d share the five top mistakes lawyers make… Continue Reading
Systems awareness for lawyers-leaders
Posted in UncategorizedElementary school children learn something that talented adults often forget: systems awareness. Remember the song that goes, “the knee bone’s connected to the leg bone, the leg bone’s connected to the hip bone,” and so on? That’s a form of systems awareness: if the knee goes out of whack, you can bet that the leg… Continue Reading
Top Tasks When Beginning in a New Job
Posted in UncategorizedA lawyer contacted me after switching to a new firm. Eager to make a great first impression and to make the most of the first six months, he asked what he should be sure to do. Here’s my non-exhaustive list: 1. Do excellent work. First impressions are often lasting impressions and fumbling an early assignment… Continue Reading
How flexible is your leadership style?
Posted in UncategorizedA review of Leadership That Gets Results by Daniel Goleman (Harvard Business Review, 2000) Daniel Goleman gained notoriety in the mid-1990s for identifying competencies related to “emotional intelligence,” or the ability to perceive, regulate, understand, and work with emotions to enhance leadership. Those competencies are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill. Based on research… Continue Reading
The Art of Being Fully Present
Posted in UncategorizedHow often do you find yourself doing one activity and thinking about another? Perhaps you check email while you’re on the phone or talking to someone? Or you read the paper (or browse the web) while your partner or child is trying to tell you something? It’s so common to do this, and when we… Continue Reading
Invitation to free teleclass 9/16/08
Posted in UncategorizedBeyond Time Management September 16th – 12:30 PM ET Please join me on Tuesday, September 16th for a special complimentary teleclass, Beyond Time Management, that presents advanced techniques to help you avoid overwhelm and stay on top of your tasks — using skills that you can apply in your professional and personal life. The 55-minute teleclass will be… Continue Reading
Retreat for professional reflection
Posted in UncategorizedIn just a few hours, I am going on retreat. I’ll be in Wyoming, which dials deep into one of my top values — freedom. (The image to the left is the view from my “office” during last year’s retreat.) A retreat is, for me, time devoted to looking at where my business is, what’s… Continue Reading
What challenge bothers you most?
Posted in UncategorizedOne of my favorite questions to suggest to a lawyer who’s in conversation with a potential client or looking to deepen a conversation with a current client is this: When you’re stuck in traffic and you’re thinking about your business, what’s the challenge that comes to mind most frequently? I love that question because it’s… Continue Reading
Q&A: When an assignment goes awry
Posted in UncategorizedI’ve begun including a new feature in my weekly email newsletter Leadership Matters for Lawyers, called “Ask Julie.” Readers can send in questions, and each week I select one to answer in the newsletter. Last week’s question and response generated quite a bit of discussion, so I’m sharing it here. (If you haven’t yet subscribed… Continue Reading
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Blogging renaissance
Posted in UncategorizedThose of you who have been reading my blog for a while now may have noticed a rather precipitous drop-off in the frequency of my blogging this year. I confess! As is so often true, that drop-off represents as a mix of good news and bad news. The bad news is I didn’t achieve the… Continue Reading
When personal life impacts professional life
Posted in UncategorizedOne of the ways that I describe the work I do is “professional and personal coaching for lawyers.” Although I occasionally do what amounts to life coaching for someone who happens to be a lawyer, my passion lies in helping lawyers develop their professional lives, which often relates in some way to their personal lives. … Continue Reading
Wonderful women bloggers
Posted in UncategorizedI am very late in joining in on a project making its way around the blogosphere: the W Magical List of Women Bloggers. The list now includes more than 125 blogs, some of which are among my favorites, and introducing to me others that I’m excited to be discovering for the first time. Without further… Continue Reading
Book Review: The Happy Lawyer
Posted in UncategorizedThis is a picture of where my “office” was yesterday: I’m on retreat, spending lots of time outside reading, writing, and thinking about my business. Here’s a link to a post I wrote last year describing how you might engage in your own retreat, to review and evaulate how your practice is running and how… Continue Reading
The Power of Nice
Posted in UncategorizedI’ve been doing quite a bit of reading lately (a by-product of not being able to work using my own computer) and I’m enjoying the diversity of ideas that are coming through my selections. From the point of view of the stereotypical lawyer or law firm, the most subversive of these books is The Power of… Continue Reading
Taking a short break
Posted in UncategorizedI suppose the flu is going around everywhere now — part of the last gasp of winter. And, I’ve got it, and it’s hideous. I’m going to get some rest and get well. I’ll be back by Monday. Until then, here’s a quote for your reflection: “As a leader, you have to not only do… Continue Reading
Teleconference wrap-up
Posted in Coaching for lawyers, UncategorizedThanks to all who joined in on yesterday’s teleconference! I always enjoy talking with bright, motivated folks… It was a pleasure. We walked through the Lawyer’s LifePosts (available to subscribers of the free Life at the Bar Survival Kit) and discussed how the aspirations are playing out in our lives now. (And I say “we” because I… Continue Reading
Lawyer’s LifePosts: Guideposts for Your Goals
Posted in UncategorizedAs promised, today’s topic is the “best practices” that can help lawyers get their practices on a smooth track. Perhaps the short title should be “You Can Be a Happy Lawyer!” Again, the great majority of lawyers aren’t headed for breakdowns, substance abuse, or suicide. But many of us have experienced periods of greyness, uncertainty… Continue Reading
Welcome to the LATB blog!
Posted in UncategorizedGuess it’s time for me to join the 21st century and begin blogging. The goal here is to share thoughts on a semi-regular basis, to generate discussion, and to share terrific resources and entertainment. We’ll start out with an easy one. Stress. Stress and legal practice go hand-in-hand. Many lawyers are adrenaline junkies, which despite… Continue Reading