A friend shared a challenge with me a few weeks ago about growing and developing teams in a law firm when all the new hires -- associates...

We all know that historically underrepresented associates are at a disadvantage in our profession. The compounding effects of implicit...

Someone asked me the other day what I do. It's a little lazy to say, I'm a leadership coach for lawyers. It's a convenient shorthand,...

Every law firm partner I've ever talked to wants to have ready, skilled associates to support them. They know that having a deep bench...

For a long time, most people thought about leadership as the responsibility and authority to make tell people what to do in order to...

Law firms are shedding associates. Turnover rates climbed from 18.7% in 2019 to 23.2% in 2021. And you know that's costing you money --...

Before you read any further, let me agree with you that mentoring programs and sponsorship efforts are both vitally necessary across the...

I recently posted on LinkedIn about the Harvard Business Review article from August suggesting Quiet Quitting Is About Bad Bosses, Not...

My conversation with Lieutenant Colonel Shaun Lister, Chair of the Criminal Law Department at the Army's JAG School, was good for more...

Every year, the Army's JAG Corps gathers its senior leaders for a conference to reconnect, share updates on the law and their practice,...

Listening to a recent interview of Marshall Goldsmith about the limits of empathy reminded me of how critically important this pillar of...

My twenty years as a military leader, experience leading legal teams, and years of developing other leaders to lean on, has taught me...

What you believe about the role of leadership is going to subtly influence how you perform as a leader. Two people who believe different...

It's been about two weeks since I've written because my family recently took a week-long vacation. It's something we hadn't done since...

The ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago last week was fantastic. A great chance to connect with friends and colleagues, meet new ones, and...

At the ABA Annual Meeting this week I was fortunate to attend two brilliant panel discussions focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion...

There's another piece of my recent conversations that raised an oft-overlooked value to leadership and the work good leaders do to...

This week I had the chance to catch up separately with two old friends who've both taken on leadership roles at their firms. As usual,...

I've said from the beginning of this series that the process of developing the leadership skills, competencies, and mindsets necessary to...

There is only one way to make progress toward your goals, and that is to take action. But you can take action in many ways, taking steps...