Volume 3 Number 3
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Tools and insights on professional development and quality of life and career issues that impact every lawyer’s success and satisfaction.
FOCUS ON
New Levels Of Leadership
For Lawyers
The management-by-consensus paradigm of most law firms is becoming quickly obsolete. Increasingly, successful attorneys and firms have learned that leadership is an imperative—that they can only grow their business if they are committed to a strategic course that is rooted in vision and mission and supported by leaders and a leadership culture—one that can forge a following and drive a clearly-articulated game plan. This heightened focus on leadership impacts how law students are taught, firms are staffed and managed and new clients are cultivated and won. So it is in this environment that we focus on leadership for lawyers. What is it exactly? Why is it such a priority for lawyers today? Is it inborn? Can it be taught?  More...
 
FOCUS ON
Creating The Law Firm Of The Future
Palumbo and Klein looked at law firm management as it had been practiced for decades and saw an opportunity for something different.
By Mark Beese, Carol Metzker and Tojo Thatchenkery
Leadership For Lawyers At Santa Clara Law School
It is increasingly important that we better educate law students on the leadership roles that they should be prepared to assume when they leave law school.
A TCL Interview: Donald Polden and Robert Cullen
Attorney Leadership: Oxymoron Or New World Order?
The firm of the future will dispense with an increasingly irrelevant origination credit model, reward internal cross selling, and acknowledge—possibly even revere—performance metrics and accountability.
By Alf Nucifora
A Blueprint For Self-leadership
For years, top athletes like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and many others have been using neuroscientific techniques to fuel their excellence.
By Stephanie West Allen and Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Leaders Are Born...And Made
If it can be measured, wouldn’t you like to know how you were born to respond to challenges?
By Lazar Emanuel
Passion: The Elemental Trait Of A Leader
Once you find that area of interest you are passionate about, expressing individual leadership will be second nature.
A TCL Interview: Anthony Sharett
Be Comfortable In Your Own Skin
Good leaders interact with people as people, not as people who are somehow their followers.
A TCL Interview: Brian Faughnan
What Makes A Good Leader?
It is important to encourage all lawyers to find the leader within.
A TCL Interview: Shannone Raybon
Leadership In The Practice Of Law
We are called upon to be leaders: We lead our clients, our staff, our law firms and our profession in the service of the public good.
A TCL Interview: Shane Vannatta
Are Leaders Born Or Developed?
Certain individuals possess the character, vision, personality and energy to express their enthusiasm for ideas that motivates and enables others to share their vision.
A TCL Interview: Brent E. Routman
Great Leaders Interact Differently
Great leaders interact with the people they are leading differently, based on the personality of each person being led.
A TCL Interview: Jon Strauss
Leaders I Have Admired
They have been steadfast, willing to make tough decisions and accept the consequences. Yet they remain human and accessible.
A TCL Interview: Robert Harnais
Leaders Are Developed
It is essential to teach and instruct a thought process that projects risk-taking and questioning of the status quo.
A TCL Interview: Juanita Sales Lee
The Place Of Formal Leadership In The Practice Of Law
A commitment to public service is a hallmark of our profession. Lawyers are obliged to provide leadership to their clients, communities, and to other members of the profession.
A TCL Interview: Richard Yugler
Leadership Encourages The Heart To Greatness
Leadership is a relationship; it challenges the relationship to be bold in its initiatives and encourages the heart to greatness.
A TCL Interview: Edward W. McIntyre
Leaders Are Compassionate Visionaries
They develop far-reaching future goals that seem attainable because of their conviction and insight. They have a genuine interest in people and seek to develop the skills of those around them.
A TCL Interview: Christine M. Meadows
Leadership Is The Individual?s Responsibility
We have an individual responsibility to seek out opportunities to learn about leadership.
A TCL Interview: Dawn Grauel
D  E  P  A  R  T  M  E  N  T  S  
 
FINANCIAL MATTERS
Choosing A Financial Planner: Myths And Reality
“Financial planners” do not have to meet any state or federal education or experience requirements. Anyone can call him- or herself a financial planner.
By Rob Hockett
 
HEALTH
Put Stress To Work For You
To most people, stress is a career-destroying monster—to be avoided or reduced. In fact, stress is the stimulus for all growth.
By Jack Groppel
 
NAVIGATING YOUR CAREER
Use Your Long-Term Goals To Motivate You
Without true goals you can have a fulfilling career, but your path will probably prove more difficult and considerably longer.
By Anne H. Whitaker
Career Profile: Jose Latour
Jose always cultivated career options.  Now he focuses on a real estate investment business, writing music, and managing a non-profit foundation.
By Paul Consbruck
 
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Law Students: Create A Well-rounded Life
Each student has a choice between acquiescing to the brain changes caused by law school or co-authoring the alterations.
By Stephanie West Allen and Jeffrey M. Schwartz
 
COACHING & MENTORING
Seven Leadership Checkpoints For Lawyers
Successful leaders continually challenge themselves to stay on track in a world of rapid change.
By Maynard Brusman
 
MANAGING YOUR PRACTICE
Managing Email Overload
A system to keep your inbox clear and free you from worrying about matters falling through the cracks.
By Judi Craig
 
WORK/LIFE BALANCE
Courage In The Small Things
I always thought of courage in the lives of just a few people, doing things that merited mention on the evening news.
By Dennis Coyne
S  E  C  T  I  O  N  S  
 
EDITOR'S LETTER
Self-Awareness: Sine Qua Non Of Leadership
Appreciative intelligence, personal vision, natural abilities, and emotional intelligence each lead to the singular hallmark of every effective leader: Self-awareness.
By Don Hutcheson
 
SURVEYS & RESEARCH
How Do You Handle Relationships?
Are you a dominant, interpersonal, steady or conscientious person? How do you handle stress or conflict? Free test.
Stress: The Early Warning Signs

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Test Yourself For Hidden Bias

Studies show people can be consciously committed to egalitarianism, and deliberately work to behave without prejudice, yet still possess hidden negative prejudices or stereotypes. Free test.
How Well Do You Manage Your Energy?
Obtain a snapshot of your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy with this free profile. Free test.
 
BOOK REVIEWS
A Leader's Legacy
When people ask themselves how they want to be remembered, they sow the seeds for living their lives as if what they do matters.
Reviewed by Lydia Morris Brown
 
HUMOR
"Now, this over here, this is why..."
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