October 19, 2008 
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Unhappy lawyer no more: Monica Parker visits Life at the Bar
Although 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 graduate [...]
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Michelle Obama, a dissatisfied associate?
There’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 the [...]
Top delegation mistakes
I’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 [...]
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Systems awareness for lawyers-leaders
Elementary 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 [...]
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Top Tasks When Beginning in a New Job
A 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 [...]
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How flexible is your leadership style?
A 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 [...]
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The Art of Being Fully Present
How 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 [...]
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Invitation to free teleclass 9/16/08
Beyond 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 offered on [...]
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Retreat for professional reflection
In 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 [...]
