Latest Attorneycoaching Podcast Episodes
Episode 77-Going Solo with Employment Law and Workplace Investigations
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - January 09, 2022 16:49 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsLaunching your own law practice can be both energizing and scary. For lawyers who are accustomed to earning a steady paycheck, hanging a shingle means saying goodbye to security. Leaving a large firm means that there is no one between you and the client. You need to figure out how to advise the...
Episode 76-Setting Actionable Goals for 2022
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - December 05, 2021 18:34 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsEarly December is a great time to start planning for the New Year. Creating S.M.A.R.T. goals is a great way to make sure that you achieve what you set out to do. In this special edition of the Counsel to Counsel Podcast, I define S.M.A.R.T. goals and then share with you my own S.M.A.R.T. goals ...
Episode 75-Shifting Your Litigation Practice to Mediation
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - November 20, 2021 12:25 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWhen I speak to lawyers about the changes they would like to make in their careers, there are a number of repeating themes. One theme I often hear from litigators is that they are tired of the conflict and petty discovery disputes. They are frustrated in having to deal with opposing counsel who...
Episode 74-Turning Business Conversations into Business
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - November 06, 2021 01:04 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWe have spoken a lot on Counsel to Counsel about the importance of building business relationships. But we have not spent much time discussing how to turn those relationships into actual paying work. In this episode, I am joined by Gary Johnson who understands a lot about selling legal servic...
Episode 73-Managing and Advancing Your Law Firm Career
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - October 23, 2021 20:49 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn thinking about guests to invite to this podcast, I’m always on the lookout for attorneys who have taken alternative career paths. I also try to find both practicing attorneys and former practicing attorneys who have great advice to share with my audience. Today’s guest is in the latter cate...
Episode 72-Selling a Law Practice With the Law Practice Exchange
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - October 10, 2021 16:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn the past year, I’ve been talking a lot on this show about The Next Stage, my program to help senior lawyers figure out what comes next. My guests have discussed ways that lawyers can find meaning later in their careers. One topic that we’ve addressed is succession planning, or ways that la...
Episode 71-The Humble Rising Lawyer, Arivee Vargas
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - September 13, 2021 21:53 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThere are a lot of unhappy lawyers in our profession. But when I started this podcast three years ago, it was my firm belief that there are many happy attorneys as well and we can all learn from them. In this episode, I speak with Arivee Vargas, an attorney who really works at trying to find ...
Episode 70-Shailini George on Doing Well and Being Well in the Law
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - September 12, 2021 12:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThere are many efforts underway around the country to help lawyers address stress in the practice of law. Several years ago, the Report of the Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being was issued by the American Bar Association, Conference of Chief Judges, and other legal organizations. It called well-b...
Episode 69-Lessons Learned from David Rosenblatt-The Managing Partner Who Outlasted Them All
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - August 22, 2021 19:09 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThere are many paths to success in a law firm. I’ve emphasized on this podcast that growing your practice is a good place to start. Having your own clients gives you a sense of ownership that is hard to achieve when you are just servicing firm clients. If you have your own book of business, t...
Episode 68-Are there Gender Differences in Legal Marketing?—What Men and Women Can Learn From Each Other About Building a Law Practice
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - August 15, 2021 15:17 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThere are many ways to build a law practice. Legal marketing is not a one size fits all. Lawyers have different personalities and interests. Different practice areas lend themselves to different marketing techniques. Beyond this, there can be some gender differences in the way men and women ap...
Episode 67-Retirement By Design (for Lawyers)
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - July 25, 2021 20:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAging baby boomers now fill the senior ranks of many law firms across the United States. Because of this, hundreds of partnerships will be facing succession planning issues in the next decade. How can firms make successful transitions and ensure the long-term viability of their practices? How wi...
Episode 66-Going In-house with David Sclar
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - July 10, 2021 18:54 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsFor many lawyers, going in-house continues to be an attractive career option. But the lawyers I speak to have a lot of questions about making a transition to in-house. They ask me about the timing, how to find good in-house jobs, how practicing in a corporate law department differs from privat...
Episode 65-Live Big with Rochelle Seltzer
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - June 20, 2021 11:28 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOn Counsel to Counsel, I speak with attorneys and consultants who share their advice about advancing your legal career. We discuss practical issues to help you build the career that you want. In recent episodes we have talked about how to build relationships in a virtual environment, how to ...
Episode 64-Building Your Practice and Your Management Skills with Mindful Communication
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - June 06, 2021 10:40 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBeing a great communicator is essential to your success as a lawyer. Whether you are counseling a client, managing paralegals or associates, giving a presentation, or just trying to cultivate relationships that might lead to business, effective communication is everything to your success. If y...
Episode 63-LinkedIn in 30 Minutes (with Kristyn Brophy)
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - May 16, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsLinkedIn is a critical marketing tool for lawyers. This has been underscored this year as the world of in-person networking has remained largely shut down. But as the world opens up and we find ourselves at conferences, networking functions, meeting for lunch or coffee, LinkedIn will continue t...
Episode 62- Finanancial & Career Planning for Senior Attorneys
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - May 02, 2021 14:26 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis past year has been one of great reflection for many attorneys. The lawyers I speak to are thinking more about what they want from their careers and how they can find meaning in their professionals and personal lives. One group I'm particularly enjoying working with are senior lawyers who ...
Episode 62- Financial & Career Planning for Senior Attorneys
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - May 02, 2021 14:26 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis past year has been one of great reflection for many attorneys. The lawyers I speak to are thinking more about what they want from their careers and how they can find meaning in their professionals and personal lives. One group I'm particularly enjoying working with are senior lawyers who ...
Episode 61-Succession Planning With Senior Attorney Match
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - April 17, 2021 13:28 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAs we’ve discussed several times on this show, there are 100s of law firms throughout the country that are facing succession planning issues. Baby boomers are aging quickly and firms that want to be in business in 10 years need to have a plan that makes room for the next generation. How can ...
Episode 60-A Mock Coaching Session-Part II
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - April 05, 2021 02:19 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn this episode, we return to a coaching session with Beth Masterman. If you haven’t heard Part I, you should go back and listen to that first. In today’s episode, several months have now past and Beth and I are continuing to explore my next career move. To recap, Steve, is a 9th year real...
Episode 59-A Mock Coaching Session-Part I
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - March 21, 2021 21:14 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsCounsel to Counsel is now in it’s third year and with this episode, we decided to try something a little different. Many people ask me to explain what coaching is. While I’ve written about the subject and had on today’s guest in an earlier episode to talk about coaching, I thought that doing a...
Episode 58-Managing Your Exit (Career Succession Planning-- with Bill Lahey, Esq.)
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - March 07, 2021 14:47 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWith aging baby boomer in their senior ranks, 100s of law firms throughout the country are facing succession planning issues. How can the firm make a successful transition and ensure the long-term viability of their practice? How will the younger partners step into the role of managing client...
Episode 57- Billable Work v. Investment Hours (Dr. Sarah Reiff-Hekking on Time Management)
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - February 21, 2021 14:28 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsPaul Morton has a lot to say about the term “non-billable hours”. Paul is the COO of the law firm Burns and Levinson in Boston. He has been a figure in law firm administration for well over 30 years and he has seen a lot of changes during that time including increased billing pressure on lawye...
Episode 56-Practicing Law with a Side Hustle (“Mindful Return”)
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - February 07, 2021 21:39 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn many ways, practicing law and being an entrepreneur are completely opposite activities. Entrepreneurs are all about possibilities: What might be? What problems can we solve? Where are the gaps in the marketplace? Lawyers, on the other hand, spend their days identifying risks, thinking about ...
Episode 55-Professionalism in the Practice of Law with Don Frederico
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - January 24, 2021 19:46 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIf you are an attorney, what does it mean to be a professional? What is the borderline between zealous advocacy and uncivil and obstructionist behavior? My guest in this episode, Don Frederico, has a lot to say about that subject. Don is a lawyer I met over 30 years ago when I began my own ...
Episode 54-Ben Sigel-The Great Connector
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - January 09, 2021 20:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOn this podcast, we talk a lot about relationship building. Doing great work should always be your number one priority as a lawyer. But successful careers are not built on merit alone. The people in your network are critical. Whether you are thinking about an in-house move or growing your l...
Episode 53-Business Development in 2021 with The Law Firm Success Group
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - January 01, 2021 17:38 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe New Year is finally here and without getting into it, let’s just say that many of us are happy to welcome 2021. A new year brings hope, a chance for a new beginning, and if you are in private practice, a great opportunity to ramp up your marketing and business development. So today, that is...
Episode 52-Interviewing Tips for 2021 (updated for Zoom)
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - December 22, 2020 03:18 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsFor the last 10 months, most interviewing has gone on-line. Zoom interviews are the norm right now and new hires are even being on-boarded virtually. While the world will eventually shift back to in-person interviews, Zoom, WebEx and other virtual platforms are likely to continue to play a sig...
Episode 51-Giving Thanks in 2020
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - December 07, 2020 18:48 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIt has been a hard year for most of us. But we have a lot to be thankful for as well. In this special edition of Counsel to Counsel, here is my list of things to be thankful for. What's your list? Practicing gratitude is one way to provide solace to ourselves.
Episode 50-A Late Career Shift to Public Service
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - November 20, 2020 02:16 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMany lawyers choose public service early in their careers. In a public agency, attorneys may find that they are getting more responsibility than they might get at the same stage in private practice. Assistant district attorneys, for example, find themselves trying cases almost from day one. L...
Episode 49-Adapting to Change, Pivoting to In-house and DEI in the Legal Profession
Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers - November 09, 2020 15:03 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMany lawyers who start out in private practice don’t expect to stay in a law firm setting. Sometimes the move in-house is planned. At other times, moving in-house becomes a more realistic option when partnership doesn’t seem likely. And after moving in-house, things can also change quickly. ...
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