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Tools and insights on the best practices in personal and professional development that impact every lawyer’s success and satisfaction.
FOCUS ON
Work-Life Balance
Robin Frazer Clark, pictured above, knows something about the challenges of work-life balance. A plaintiff's personal injury attorney, she founded Clark Goldner. She was only the fifth woman elected into the Georgia Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is president elect of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Robin spends weekends with her husband and two children. "I ferry the kids to all their games depending on the season. My husband and I play golf whenever we can." Her work with St. Mark United Methodist is her first priority. She is Vice Chair of the Administrative Counsel of St. Mark. "Service to others is the work I'm most proud of."
Work-Life balance may be the most complex issue facing lawyers today. Given the economic model of
law firms, the ambition and drive of most lawyers, the increasingly competitive environment of service firms,
the globalization of the economy, changing demographics and the heightened level of anxiety in the world in general;
oh yes, then there's the client – how could it not be? More...
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As best he could understand it, his cancer had been a wake-up call. He didn't really want to return to life as usual, unable to benefit from what his illness had taught him.
By Dennis Coyne, Coyne Coaching & Consulting |
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I felt that my life was teetering on a thin edge, and if the smallest thing went even slightly out of whack, I was done for.
By Holly English, Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Strauchler, P.A. |
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Working at the practice of law can be an unbalancing experience. So, is balance baloney, or is it a real possibility for lawyers?
By Debby Stone and Laura Biering, Corner Office Coaching |
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Work-Life balance is about knowing what is important to you, what makes you tick and why. It's about how to maximize both work and non-work activities to help you do all those things that make you a happier you.
By Russell Ford, Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP |
D E P A R T M E N T S
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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Time and work pressures are two of the many considerations that must be factored into account when discussing business development. They should be acknowledged as legitimate obstacles, but never as an excuse for failure to deliver.
By Alf Nucifora, Nucifora Consulting Group |
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COMMUNICATIONS
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Why is it so difficult to get the information we need? Sometimes people just don't want to share it with us. It's not that they're trying to be secretive; oftentimes they are just not communicating as well as they could.
By Dorothy Leeds, Organizational Technologies |
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LEADERSHIP
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If you are not working with your natural work fit the job remains stressful and time away is only a reprieve not a solution to burnout. Discover your strengths and watch your stress level drop.
By Ellen Moran, Leadership Dialogues |
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NAVIGATING YOUR CAREER
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After renting out my London apartment, I flew to Auckland on the 26th of January 1992, with just $1,500 in my wallet. I was armed only with my updated resume and a handful of testimonial letters.
By Simon Tupman, Lawyers With a Life |
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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To Steve, practicing law was the number one priority. He'd do whatever it took to become the best corporate lawyer, even if it meant losing touch with himself and his life. And that's precisely what he did.
By Jean Greaves & Lac D. Su, TalentSmart, Inc. |
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WOMEN IN THE LAW
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The cultural standards for "good mothering" keep getting set higher. How can mothers in law live up to these ever-increasing expectations?
By Ellen Ostrow, Lawyers Life Coach LLC |
S E C T I O N S
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CLE CALENDAR
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The Atlanta Bar CLE Board rings in the new Bar year committed to continuing its "Whole Lawyer" initiative. Tune in for programs that address your practice areas, your personal and professional development needs, and CLE that fits your own schedule. It's CLE for the Whole Lawyer. Atlanta Bar members receive a $75 CLE coupon when joining or renewing their membership. It's our way of saying thanks for your support of the Atlanta Bar Association.
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LETTERS
From The CLE Board Chair |
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I recall first confronting the "life balance" issue as I faced becoming a mother and stressing out about how it would all fit together.
By Lynn M. Roberson, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP |
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From The Editor
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How do you manage your work and your life? Do you live to work, or work to live? Does it matter? What does matter? Do you spend enough time with the people you love? How healthy is your lifestyle? Does money buy happiness? Is it possible for you to be a lawyer but on different terms? Yours for instance?
By Don Hutcheson, Editor & Publisher |
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TREND WATCH
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Depending on the practice setting, new associates describe vast differences in the type of work assignments they are involved in according to a study of 5,000 new lawyers. What impact does this have on your retention efforts?
The NALP Foundation |
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Just 24 national law firms are at the top of their game. What are the seven strategies that set them apart? What can your firm do to match their record for building superior client relationships?
By Marcie Borgal, BTI Consulting Group |
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BOOK REVIEWS
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The authors' long term research shows that when individuals focus on their natural abilities and construct a strategic plan for their lives, they experience less stress, more balance and greater satisfaction in their careers.
By Bob McDonald and Don Hutcheson |
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