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If you’re a lawyer looking for some fresh ideas and strategies as it relates to your professional development, you may want to consider using AI technology like ChatGPT. It’s become a favorite of mine to use in my own coaching practice, and whether you’ve played around with it before or you’ve never thought to leverage it in your own career, I hope you show you the potential that is at your fingertips in this episode.
Learn how you can translate AI-generated information into actionable steps that will advance your professional development. I share specific ways you can use ChatGPT to gain clarity on your career trajectory, get new ideas for marketing and business development, prepare for job interviews and transitions, and so much more.
Get full show notes and more information here: https://thejoyfulpractice.com/175
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Do you ever feel like you're just biding your time at work, unsure if your current job is the right long-term fit for you? You might love aspects of your role, but something doesn't quite feel sustainable or aligned with your future goals. If this resonates with you, know that you are not alone.
Join me for this virtual coffee date as we dive into practical strategies to help you take ownership of your career trajectory. Together, we'll explore how you can make the most of your current role, build a strong foundation for your future, and confidently make decisions that align with your goals and values. Get ready to shift from simply biding your time to intentionally designing a fulfilling and joyful practice.
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This week, I explore three common beliefs about kindness that may be standing in your way and show you how to challenge them, especially if they’re making leadership difficult for you. The key lies in finding the right balance between being an effective authority and embracing kindness, and I show you how in this episode.
I show you how to reimagine what leadership can look like and how to use kindness as a superpower in your ability to lead, rather than letting it be a saboteur. Hear practical tips for setting clear expectations, delivering constructive feedback, and empowering others to step up, along with the ripple effect this can have on your organization.
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I’m joined by two returning guests on this week’s show, Adriana Paris and Allison Wolf. Adriana is the author of Rising Lawyer and Director of Professional Development and Legal Recruiting at Rissmann Law. Allison is the founder of The Lawyer Coach and has over 20 years of experience coaching lawyers. They’re here to share how they help other lawyers transform their productivity, and the strategies that actually work.
Learn practical tips and mindset shifts that will help you take control of your time, prioritize what matters most, and thrive both professionally and personally as a lawyer. Adriana and Allison share their insights on common challenges for lawyers, advice that works and advice that doesn’t, as well as what to avoid when it comes to time management.
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As your practice grows, business development becomes an essential pillar alongside your substantive legal skills and practice management abilities. If you find that business development is something you know you should engage in but have been putting off, listen in to discover a number of ways to be selective and stay focused on your business development activities.
I reveal the top three mistakes I see lawyers make when it comes to generating business and building a market for their services, and what to do instead. Learn practical strategies to help you cultivate relationships, establish your authority, and attract clients through service, along with my tips for growing your legal practice with intention and purpose.
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This week, I’m joined by former General Counsel at high-growth companies and founder of Lexgo and The GC Collective, Paula Pépin. If you’re considering making a career transition or even leaving law, you’re going to resonate with Paula’s story. Paula shares her journey from private practice to going in-house, and eventually to coaching and consulting, and she’s here to pull back the curtain on her experience.
Whether you're considering making the switch to an in-house position or simply curious about this career path, you'll gain valuable insights to help you determine if it's the right fit. Paula reveals the challenges and benefits of going in-house, how the work differs from private practice, and her best-kept secrets for thriving as an in-house lawyer.
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While it can be tempting to say yes to every opportunity that comes your way, being more discerning about what you take on is crucial for managing your time effectively. If you’re ready to learn how to optimize your workday with practical routines and rituals you can start implementing today, you’re in the right place.
Hear three powerful time-saving tips that will help you take control of your schedule and find more ease in your practice. Learn how to evaluate your priorities, set boundaries, and delegate tasks to free up space for the work that truly matters. Plus, I dive into the common challenge of dealing with a lack of motivation and share mindset shifts to help you push through even when you don't feel like it.
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Estelle Winsett is a lawyer turned professional stylist for women lawyers. She describes this pivot as a summation of all the different types of careers she’s had, with the common thread of empowering women through their personal style. If you’re ready to reconnect with your personal style and learn how to curate an intentional wardrobe that makes you feel amazing, listen in.
Estelle shares the challenges her clients face when it comes to their personal style, how to balance professionalism with self-expression, and practical strategies to help you identify your own personal style and create a wardrobe that reflects it. Hear Estelle’s thoughts on the biggest style mistakes and wins she's seen, her tips for building a capsule wardrobe, and the impact this process can have on your overall confidence.
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In today's episode, I'm diving deep into what it really means to feel trapped in your legal career and offering concrete strategies to help you gain clarity, take back control, and start feeling better.
Learn three strategies that can help you move away from that feeling of being trapped. I guide you through an illuminating self-coaching process to shift your perspective, expand your sense of what's possible, and start taking small but meaningful steps toward career satisfaction.
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Joan Parsons Ziady spent 30 years in private practice at a national US law firm before founding Winslow Workplace Advisors, where she now helps lawyers and law firms advance professional development while fostering connection and well-being. Having experienced the pressure points of practicing law firsthand, she created the well-being roadmap she wished she had as an associate for working smarter and feeling better.
Joan shares her bite-sized framework for getting unstuck, refreshing, or leveling up your approach to well-being. Learn why lawyers need quick-hit techniques for addressing well-being, three guidelines that will help you create your own bite-sized well-being practice, and the importance of creating a strategy that’s both doable and grounded in the realities of practicing law.
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Tomorrow marks our first call inside my new six-month group mastermind program, which has me thinking about transformation and the meaningful changes that can be accomplished in six months. I’m giving you a framework that will help you evaluate and measure your progress so you don’t find yourself at the end of your journey unable to appreciate just how much you’ve transformed.
I review the triple loop transformation: a model designed to help you identify the different layers at which you can transform. Hear how the triple loop learning model gives you an additional lens through which you can perceive your own transformation, what’s required of you for transformation to fully take effect, and an exercise that will help you create your own triple loop transformation framework.
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Do you identify as a perfectionist? If so, are you aware of where and how it’s holding you back? The Pareto Principle is a powerful antidote to lawyer perfectionism, and I’m showing you why it’s so effective and how you can apply it to your practice right now.
Learn how the Pareto Principle counterbalances perfectionism and how you can use this framework to your advantage. Hear how it can help you manage your time better, create relationships more intentionally, identify what’s holding you back from your goals, and what happens when you’re in the practice of using this simple formula to manage your perfectionism.
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We all wish we could only be in relationships with the most wonderful people who make us feel amazing, but the reality is there are always going to be people in your life who you find stressful. If you find yourself feeling frustrated, ruminating about what you said or didn’t say, and these interactions are pulling you away from what matters most, you’re in the right place because I’m offering you my favorite strategies for dealing with stressful people.
Learn what the concept of "expect and accept" entails, and why it’s a game-changer when it comes to de-escalating difficult conversations or stressful situations. Hear why resisting stressful people isn’t an effective long-term strategy, how your current coping mechanisms might not be serving you, and what happens when you recalibrate your expectations of other people.
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Imagine the power of stepping into a coaching container full of women lawyers just like you. They’re smart, high-achieving, values-driven, excellence-seeking women who want to pursue big goals, overcome their challenges, and grow their professional careers. For the last 18 months, I’ve hosted my own group coaching program for women lawyers where I help them do this, and I’m revealing everything you need to know about the power of coaching in community this week.
You’ll hear what is so compelling about being in a group setting with like-minded women, some of the biggest transformations that can happen, and how group coaching sets you up for success in every way possible.
Get full show notes and more information here: https://thejoyfulpractice.com/162
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This mid-year mark is the perfect time to check in, see how you’re doing, and assess how you want to spend the balance of the year. If you have a gnawing feeling that you have more on your plate than you want or need and you’re tired of feeling weighed down, a mid-year reset could be the ultimate way to pare things down so you can speed up your growth over the rest of 2024.
Listen in this week to hear why a mid-year reset offers the perfect opportunity to begin letting things go for a stronger, leaner foundation for the rest of the year. I’m showing you why sustainable growth involves letting go, how to begin identifying what’s currently holding you back, and what happens when you build the habit of taking things off your plate.
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The leadership mindset is a common and emerging theme in my work with women lawyers. They often come to me at an inflection point in their careers where they need to make a big decision around their development, and it usually involves examining the role that leadership plays in their lives.
Discover what it means to adopt a leadership mindset and the top five characteristics of a leader. I’m highlighting the reasons for pursuing a leadership mindset, even though it may be challenging, what happens when you make this deep shift, and how to begin adopting a leadership mindset.
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The legal culture is often one of “yes.” There’s a tendency in law to attract individuals who are helpers, high-achievers, or predisposed to want to do more. If this resonates with you, setting and asserting boundaries might feel like going against the grain of your work culture and your own internal wiring.
I highlight the challenges lawyers face around setting boundaries and receiving pushback. I’m showing you why it’s no surprise that you find asserting boundaries uncomfortable, how to have productive, proactive conversations around boundaries, and I’m giving you four ways to deal with “no” in a culture of “yes.”
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Whether you’re a lawyer who has ADHD, suspect you have it, or you’re someone who supports somebody in your life with ADHD, this week, I’m sharing some of what I’ve learned about how coaching can help. In furthering my coach training specific to ADHD, I’ve discovered ADHD-specific resources that I’ve found to be helpful in my understanding of it, and I’m sharing my insights with you this week.
I explore how ADHD might be showing up for you at work, some of the challenges you might face in practice, both from the perspective of the lawyer and from management, and how coaching can help. I’m sharing the three areas to focus on that will help you thrive with ADHD, and when you might want to explore other resources besides a coach.
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Amanda Haverstick is a lawyer turned writing coach for lawyers. She has spent over 20 years in practice as a litigator in Big Law and in-house at a Fortune 500 company. As a writing coach, Amanda shares tips and strategies to help lawyers become better writers, and her book, Dear 1L: Notes to Nurture a New Legal Writer has been described as the ‘it’ book to read before law school.
Amanda shares her insights on the importance of confident legal writing and her tips for writing with greater confidence. Hear the common obstacles to excellent legal writing, Amanda’s recommendations for levels of formality, the changes in trends she’s witnessed, and what happens when you develop confidence in your writing skills.
Get full show notes and more information here: https://thejoyfulpractice.com/157
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The fear of making “bad” decisions is a topic that comes up often in my coaching conversations with lawyers. If you see decision-making as binary, where there are either good or bad ones you can make, you’re not alone. However, have you ever asked yourself if decisions can be inherently good or bad? And how is your fear of making “bad” decisions keeping you paralyzed?
Learn my process for rewiring the way you think about decisions. I’m showing you how thinking your decisions are “bad” influences the way you show up, why labeling your decisions as “bad” is problematic, and four strategies that will help you free yourself from so-called “bad” decisions.
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