December 23, 2022. Time for a deep inhale and a longer exhale. You did it. You made it through another intense year. Life these days is always some form of crazy. Change isn’t something that you have to handle once in a...
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Partnership – Is it for you?
This month my article for SLAW is all about partnership. For many associates these days partnership is no longer an attractive goal. Many young lawyers look at partners’ lives and don’t see the appeal. The long...
Practice Management Tune Up – Fall Workshop
Did you start this week with a feeling of tension in your belly or a tightness in your shoulders? Or was it worse? A feeling of dread, or overwhelm, accompanied by the thought “how am I going to get it all done?” Please...
Don’t Let These Ten Stumbling Blocks Push You Out of Law
Ever wondered, “Why did I become a lawyer? Maybe a career in law isn’t for me?” You aren’t alone. We all question our decisions from time to time. A career in law isn’t one thing. It’s not one skill set. It’s not one...
Strategy for the times: grounded hope
Bad news and tragedy surround us. The challenges appear to be enormous. Daunting. How do we hold ourselves up and make a difference in these times? I believe that hope, grounded hope, is a necessary starting point. Grounded hope...
Making the shift from people-pleasing to altruism
Are you a people pleaser? Do you agree to things before you’ve had a chance even to think it over? Do you find yourself overcommitted and taking care of so much business for others that you have no time left for yourself...
Powerful self-coaching with two words: get better
Maryann is stuck on a tough assignment. The partner she reports to is busy and trusts Maryann to take a run at drafting something quite complex and different from anything Maryann has handled before. Maryann is worried. “What if...
How to be a Good Litigation Partner
This year, my topic for the CLEBC full-day conference was “How to Be a Good Litigation Junior”. As I prepared for my presentation, I couldn’t help but think about what I might say if I was invited to a similar...
Think Again – Managing Unhelpful Thinking
Have you ever felt anxiety and worry about some action or behaviour you took that actually did not materialize into any of your anticipated consequences? For example, an offhand comment you thought might’ve been...
Time to Lighten Up
“Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things.” Kenneth Branagh Seeing this quote comes at a great time for me. With everything going on in the world and the changes in my...