Talent Development

Practice Group Dynamics: Don’t Stop Your Practice Group Meetings Now, Keep Them Running Virtually – Here’s How

We continue our ongoing column, “Practice Group Dynamics” by Susan Lambreth, who has 25 years’ experience as a consultant to the legal profession, especially in…

Susan Lambreth March 26, 2020

New Webinar: Change-Making Hacks for Strategic Relationship Building

What are the best ways for women lawyers to build strategic relationships for career enhancement? In a new webinar, Sheila Murphy, a career coach to…

Natalie Runyon March 25, 2020

Remote Work Checklists: Helping Your Law Firm’s Disaster Preparedness & Response

We are living in a time when it’s critical to respond to the crisis in front of us — but it’s also vital to prepare…

Bill Josten March 25, 2020

COVID-19 Challenges: Keeping Law Firms Going Amid Uncertain Times

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing changes in the way the world (including the world of business) works to such a degree that the effects are…

Legal Executive Institute March 23, 2020

Growing Trend in Law Firm Talent Development: Hiring Full Time Coaches & How It Helps Retain Diverse Lawyers

Full-time coaches are a growing trend at law firms, and Diane Costigan, Director of Coaching and Well-being at Winston & Strawn, estimates that around 30…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color March 20, 2020

Using Your Platform for Good: How to Create a Culture of Feedback

A few years ago, Google conducted a study analyzing what makes a team thrive. The study was called Project Aristotle based on the Aristotle quote,…

Irene Liu March 17, 2020

The Rise of the Remote Lawyer: How Emerging Technology Is Enabling Work Flexibility

Being a lawyer today looks starkly different than the traditional model of lawyering we saw just 10 or 20 years ago. Technology has dramatically changed…

Ben Levi March 11, 2020

A New Study Looks at Perspectives of Male Law Students on Shaping Future Inclusive Workplaces

In the Fall of 2019, students in the Women, Law & Leadership course at the University of Pennsylvania Law School (Penn Law) interviewed more than…

Transforming Womens Leadership March 10, 2020

A Star is Born: Developing & Retaining Top Talent

Competition for talent is fierce, and it is increasingly difficult for firms to develop and retain their high-potentials. As senior partners retire in big numbers,…

Legal Executive Institute March 06, 2020

How to Get More Women Attorneys in M&A: A Talk with White & Case M&A Partner Arlene Arin Hahn

Arlene Arin Hahn, Partner at White & Case in the firm’s Technology Transactions Practice and Global M&A Practice, last year argued in The Deal’s Dealmaker…

Natalie Runyon March 03, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: Law Firms Need to Rethink Their Approach to Business Development, Says Teresa Walker, COO-Emeritus at Waller Lansden

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors March 02, 2020

New White Paper: 9 Steps on Giving Constructive Feedback Across Differences

A July 2018 study of 234 organizations conduct by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations and the Institute for Corporate Productivity, “shows that the key to…

Natalie Runyon February 25, 2020