Coaching Programs:

Leadership coaching consists of either one-on-one coaching or team coaching.

·         One-on-one Coaching

·         Law Practice Leadership - This form of one-on-one coaching is designed to help individual attorneys - in firms of any size, who wish to increase personal income, while reducing stress and hours in the workplace. I work with extremely successful attorneys who want to get even better.  They are usually sole practitioners, owners of small law firms, or key executives in major corporations. They realize that the leadership behavior that was associated with yesterday’s results may not be the behavior that is needed to achieve tomorrow’s innovation. 

·      Team Leadership – Team Leadership coaching is designed to help managing partners and practice group leaders make the changes that will take your organization or practice team to the “next level”. In team coaching, I focus on helping successful attorneys achieve a positive, measurable, long-term change in behavior. I work with team leaders to see the connection between their behavioral change goals and their personal goals.  This form of one-on-one coaching allows me to assist partners developing more entrepreneurial practice groups, or otherwise launching new ventures--and in need of strategies and a sounding board for enhancing client value. This form of one-on-one coaching can involve several attorneys in the same practice group.

·         Leadership Transition/Retirement Planning – This form of one-on-one coaching is designed to assist senior lawyers who wish to transition from the production side of the practice to new challenges where they can express their full repertoire of personal, business, leadership and entrepreneurial talents in new ways. Leadership Transition Planning will help individuals acquire skills and competencies to think and act differently. In the event of sudden death, severe injury or illness, law firms that lack succession plans inadvertently put both their partners and family at risk.

Click here to read "Winding Down the Law Practice'" by Steve Gallagher.

  ·        Team Coaching             

·         Practice Group Leadership – is a form of team building designed to assist practice group leaders and executive team members who want to leverage the collective energy, creativity and intelligence of team members for maximum impact and outcomes.

This form of team coaching is usually done with a management team, committee or practice group that is being challenged to address complex or controversial concern affecting the partnership. Projects of this nature may include firm governance and compensation, associate retention and training, and firm ownership issues. Team coaching is generally done over a concentrated period of time culminating with a recommendation from the committee or practice group.

I generally work as a coach or mentor on behalf of the committee or practice group. I assist with background research and a key role of mine is to help leadership in ensuring that all team members are moving in the agreed-­upon direction at approximately the same pace. Projects are generally conducted through a series of on-site visits and telephone meetings.

·         Succession Planning – In today's highly competitive environment in which a firm's financial success depends greatly on the planning and organizational skills of key partners, planning for orderly leadership succession is critical.
Advance Exit Planning

·         Retreat Planning – I offer complete retreat planning and programming. I generally work with a leadership team from the law firm to ensure a collaborative effort.  Examples of retreat topics include:

·         Trends Affecting the Practice of Law

·         Effective Practice Group Management

·         Succession Planning for Firms and Practice Groups

·         Changing Firm Culture – The Associates Perspective

·         Effective Marketing Strategies

·         Client Relationship Management