professional development workshops
Interactive workshops responsively designed to meet your firm’s crucial needs and specific culture delivered in-person or via videoconference. These workshops help participants to develop their presence (emotional intelligence and confidence) and their purpose (goal setting, leading with strengths and addressing areas for growth) and to hone the professional skills needed to be successful at each level of their careers (managing up and down, feedback and leadership development). Read more about my approach here.
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Effective and Empathetic Feedback
In this workshop, participants will learn about the power of effective and empathetic feedback. We'll explore the importance of feedback as a crucial professional skill in the law firm environment and what holds us back from giving it to our fellow attorneys more regularly. Then we will learn the essentials of effective feedback from positioning to structure and content. Participants will learn how to lean into the power of emotional intelligence to increase the effectiveness of feedback. Before closing the session, we will co-create specific, individualized calls to action designed to integrate these feedback skills and tools into the routines and habits of busy attorneys.
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Enneagram Workshops for Leaders and Teams
The Enneagram is a personality assessment that describes nine distinct personality types, each with its own set of characteristics, motivations, and behaviors. It is also a transformative tool for developing self-awareness and understanding individual and team dynamics. In these workshops (customizable for individuals or teams), participants will gain deep insights into their core motivations, strengths, and growth areas. Through interactive discussions and practical exercises, participants will learn to recognize and utilize their key strengths, understand and manage their blind spots and areas for improvement, enhance their communication and relationship-building skills and foster a more empathetic and productive team environment. For teams, whether you're seeking to enhance productivity, resolve conflicts, or improve team dynamics, this program will empower your team and its members to perform to their full potential.
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Beyond "Fake It 'Til You Make It": Building Authentic Self-Confidence
This workshop will empower participants to cultivate authentic self-confidence instead of trying to “fake it”. Participants will uncover the roots of self-doubt and learn neuroscience-backed strategies for navigating it. With practical tools and techniques drawn from mindfulness and coaching approaches, this workshop will equip attendees to overcome setbacks and approach challenges with grounded assurance. We will work with self-awareness, self-regulation, confidence and emotional intelligence to serve as the foundation for your professional presence.
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THE LAWYER'S GUIDE TO THRIVING
Being a lawyer can be tough! Billable hours, demanding clients, finding time and energy for anything outside of work… How do you thrive and find meaning and purpose in this environment? In this workshop, you will learn simple tools to develop resilience, self-management skills and a sense of calm. With these foundational skills in place, you will embody and project your professional presence. Then we will connect with your unique purpose through identifying your goals, values and strengths. Finally, we will co-create foundational daily practices and habits to shift you into a positive, proactive and sustainable state so that you can thrive!
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Crafting a Career Vision Statement
Whether you are a seasoned professional or new to the workforce, setting goals and navigating your career choices requires a clear vision. In this interactive workshop, we will work together to reflect upon your values, strengths, interests, goals and desired impact. We will distill these components to hone your unique purpose while maintaining alignment with your authentic self. Based on this reflection and distillation, each participant will craft a personalized career vision statement. A career vision statement expresses your career values and goals in a positive, actionable paragraph. It helps keep you focused as you set about achieving your goals and navigating your career. With your career vision statement as your compass, we will co-create an action plan to set specific goals and move towards the realization of your unique vision.
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Transitions: A workshop series for every season of your career
In this workshop series, attorneys are equipped with the tools they need at each stage of their career from law student to summer associate, navigating the challenges of the first year, to stepping into the pressures of being a midlevel to setting sights on partnership or beyond as a senior associate to finally looking behind the curtain as a new partner. This highly customizable workshop series reflects the specific challenges and opportunities of each stage while also working with the universal principle that change is hard (but it doesn’t have to be)!