There’s new data out today that points again to the lack of power and position women have in law firms. The Women in Law Empowerment Forum found that even among firms that stand out for empowering women lawyers, fewer than half of those firms have 20% or more women as equity partners. Continue reading “More Proof Law Firms Have Few Women Equity Partners” »
For all of us – change can be hard. And it seems the busier we are, the harder it is to start a new behavior and stick with it.
Or to muster enough motivation to get going on a few new articles, or speeches, or putting together a webinar or CLE to get in front of clients and prospects.
Well the good news is, it may not be about motivation after all. Dr. B.J. Fogg of the Stanford Persuasive Tech Lab says:
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Until now, many lawyers felt there was no reason to jump on the “video craze” — believing that in house lawyers and business folks don’t watch video for business information.
News flash — 66% of executives 50 or older watch video on business sites at least weekly. 15% of those execs watch video daily on business-related websites.
Continue reading “Should Lawyers in AmLaw 200 Be Using Video to Get Business?” »
Miami Heat General Counsel Raquel Libman spoke to over 100 women lawyers at NAWL’s Mid-year meeting in an Oprah-style interview with Marsha Redmon. Libman spoke about how women can succeed in a male-dominated business like basketball and how she came to be the GC of the Heat. Libman said she has found that keeping an even tone of voice and a sense of humor is often helpful.
The National Association of Women Lawyers meeting was held in Miami at the Epic Hotel.
Marsha Redmon & Raquel Libman
Would you believe a 20 minute speech could have real impact on the world? On your world? Read on.
Now if you’re a lawyer, or you work with lawyers or other professionals, you may think 20 minutes is not long enough to make your point and have impact.
Watch this video to see how Dr. Patricia Kuhl quickly teaches the neuroscience behind how babies learn language. She uses images, simple graphs, video and non-scientific language. Continue reading “TED Talks Can Teach Lawyers to Get to the Point” »
When you give speeches to develop business, are you doing the ONE thing that is crucial to turning that speech into a business development opportunity?
Most lawyers don’t take this one simple step that lets them create relationships that can turn into business.
Watch my latest video tip – and see if you pass the test!
Take a look at my business development workshops for lawyers including Let’s Do Lunch!
Today is the first day of Women’s History Month – and the White House just released the first comprehensive federal study on the status of American women since 1963.
Not surprisingly, the same trends we see in the legal profession are seen here.
The news is not good when it comes to salary – women continue to lag behind men at every level.
While at the same time, women have surpassed men in education.
The report is a quick read, packed with many Continue reading “As in law firms…American women’s pay continues to lag behind men” »
Training lawyers (or anyone) by video conference is challenging at best. Here are 4 things you can do to make any video conference training for lawyers or clients more engaging and more effective: Continue reading “Tips: Better Lawyer Training via Video Conference” »
How are law firms training more lawyers in more offices with fewer resources? My December 2010 survey found well over half of responding law firms are relying heavily on video conference based training to save money and lawyer resources. Continue reading “Survey on Video Conference Training — Law firms’ answer to training lawyers inexpensively?” »
Today I spoke at the Professional Development Institute (PDI) in Washington, DC. My topic was “Training More Lawyers in More Offices with Fewer Resources – Better Video Conference Training.”
The session was packed with enthusiastic professional development folks looking for insight and willing to share their own best practices to leverage technology to train more lawyers. Continue reading “Training More Lawyers With Fewer Resources workshop: Professional Development Institute (PDI)” »
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