-
-
Recent Posts
Categories
Menu
Category Archives: Coaching and Training
Do Women Need to Take More Risks to Enhance Their Career Prospects?
There’s scientific evidence that women are from Venus and men are from Mars. Women have different approaches to risk and assessing probabilities. They are less aggressive, more long-term in their thinking. These points and several others were made at a … Continue reading
Is Your Firm Competent at Using Competency Frameworks?
The SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) in England & Wales has recently made sweeping changes to ensure solicitors are competent at what they do. How well has your firm adapted to the new system? One of the great contributions from HR … Continue reading
Delegate – Don’t Deledump!
Delegating ought to be straightforward. After all it’s just about being clear what you want someone to do and by when. Right? It turns out that most junior lawyers say they don’t always experience good delegation. Too many files are … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching and Training, Leadership and Management
Tagged deledump, delegate, delegate don't deledump
Leave a comment
The Importance of Prioritising – Demonstrated by Rocks, Pebbles, Sand and Beer!
When is a glass half full, half empty or really full? A philosophy professor attempts to explain all – but a bright student gets the last word! It’s worth reading to the end! A philosophy professor stood before his class and had … Continue reading
To Build Rapport, Try Pacing
Here‘s a typical conversation between a trainer and a participant on a training course: Trainer: Who has had some experience of giving presentations? Participant: Presentations are only given by senior managers in this company T: Can you tell me about … Continue reading
Penalty-taking in Soccer – Another Example of Practice Makes Perfect
World Cup football (soccer to my readers in the USA) is underway and the dreaded though compulsive penalty shoot outs are here again. Should you blast it or stroke it? New research gives the answer. Liverpool John Moores University has … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching and Training, Leadership and Management
Tagged mental focus, penalty-taking, practise, psychologists
1 Comment
Six Steps to Positive Habits
There are stages to our learning that have been recognised by others. We start off being unconsciously incompetent. As a young child, for example, we don’t know we can’t ride a bike. Then we get on a bike and become … Continue reading
Does your firm lack leadership?
‘If the eyes of your team members aren’t shining brightly, how are you being?’ An interesting quote from Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. I’ve just been reminded of this quote while working with the banking sector in … Continue reading
How to Get Appointed as a Partner
Lots of senior associates are going through a stressful time at the moment – putting together material to support the business case for their appointment as partners and preparing for interviews with partner selection panels. I’ve coached several associates in … Continue reading
Tony Reiss 
You must be logged in to post a comment.