Overview

This special report is a practical, experience-based guide to personal development at every stage of a lawyer’s career. The author draws on over 30 years as an international commercial lawyer and senior partner in a Magic Circle firm to offer a roadmap for moving from a “What’s expected of me?” mindset to self-leadership and leadership of others. The report’s main theme is that retaking autonomy and control can transform engagement and fulfilment in a legal career. Topics covered include career planning, confidence, fulfilment, wellbeing and work-life balance, building an internal support network and “trusted adviser” client relationships, communication and feedback, project management, commerciality and understanding value from the client’s perspective. It also contains a section on pre-retirement planning. The special report is above all practical and contains a wealth of tools and templates developed by the author for career planning, self appraisal and project management.

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Author:   Antonin Besse
Publisher:   Globe Law and Business Ltd
Imprint:   Globe Law and Business Ltd
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781787422322

ISBN 10:   1787422321
Pages:   119
Publication Date:   01 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Creating the environment for successful development 1.1 Inside the lawyer’s mind 1.2 Autonomy 2. Where are commercial law firms heading? 2.1 The bigger picture 2.2 Money and lateral hires 2.3 Globalisation and mergers 2.4 And then what? 3. Lawyers as leaders – leading others 3.1 Lawyers as leaders 3.2 Effective legal teams 3.3 Communication, feedback and critical conversations 3.4 Building your connections 3.5 Business awareness 3.6 Managing deals for value: legal project management 3.7 Working effectively across borders 4. Self-leadership – getting the career you want 4.1 Career possibilities – Inside, outside, rock star 4.2 Why do a plan: what will it bring you? 4.3 What should a good plan look like? 4.4 Where am I now? 4.5 Where next? 4.6 Making it happen: Commitments and follow-up 4.7 What does it take to make partner? 5. Coaching yourself and others through change 5.1 Visiting the oracle 5.2 Self-assessment 5.3 Anchors and drivers 5.4 Values and simple guiding principles 5.5 Motivation 5.6 Readiness for change 5.7 Emotional intelligence 5.8 Walking in another’s shoes 5.9 Mapping the environment 5.10 Knowing goals and managing expectations 5.11 Weighing up change 5.12 Confidence 6. Types of change in a lawyers’ career 6.1 Types of change and their challenges 6.2 The stages in a lawyer’s career 7. Wellbeing 7.1 Energy budgets 7.2 Mindfulness and microbreaks 7.3 Sleep, diet and exercise 7.4 Fear and loathing in law firms – a plea for psychological safety Appendix 1 – Emotional intelligence Appendix 2 – Self-appraisal Appendix 3 – Partner/senior associate career planning template Appendix 4 – Project management

Reviews

Eminently readable and based on long experience, this special report is applicable to — and certainly useful for — any lawyer in any stage of a legal career, from early days to pre-retirement. -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Robson Taylor This Special Report focusses on self-ownership, self-development and self-management. This makes it wonderfully empowering, because it gives the readers the insight, the information and the skills to take responsibility for their own pro-active development, rather than being buffeted by random pressures generated by a “Let’s see what happens” (page 8) attitude. It aims to change the question from “What’s expected of me?” to “… proactively shaping the career you want”. -- Pippa Blakemore * The PEP Partnership LLP *

Eminently readable and based on long experience, this special report is applicable to and certainly useful for any lawyer in any stage of a legal career, from early days to pre-retirement. Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Robson Taylor - Richmond Chambers

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