“Smart firms understand what motivates their talent.”
I help firms and in-house lawyers achieve great things, whether measured in new business, rainmakers’ loyalty, successfully tackling DEI challenges, lateral integration, team building, or the engagement and buy-in that only comes with clearly defining your organizational values.
Executive coaching & consulting
Starting with the strengths that made you successful to begin with, we work together to deepen crucial leadership skills (strategic thinking, executive presence, transparent communication, time management). I help you enhance your existing capacity to align your organization with the talent you strive to attract, develop, and retain.
Executive coaching and consulting
- 1:1 services for senior leaders
- Lateral integration coaching and consulting
- Business Development (BD) coaching and consulting
- Preparation for board and investor meetings
- Interview preparation to seize the next leadership opportunity: board, industry or bar association, etc.
- Succession planning/retirement coaching to leverage generational trends
The individual leaders I work with become more empowered, prosperous, in control of their time and commitments, and willing to take the calculated risks necessary to achieve their goals.
“The best investment I’ve ever made.”
– Global Head of Chambers-ranked practice, Am Law 10 firm
Speaking
Besides sharing leadership insights at retreats, I’ve also been asked to speak on panels at conferences like Legalweek (with law firm chairs) and WIPL (“Women, Influence & Power in Law”) (with senior in-house counsel). I’ve also been privileged to speak to audiences at the … NYC Bar Association, the PDC (Professional Development Consortium), and NALP (National Association for Law Placement).
The leaders I coach tell me what keeps them up at night: how they can earn loyalty from their top performers as well as their clients. I’ve seen what inspires loyalty in superstar partners, in-house attorneys, lateral hires, business professionals, and associates (including junior associates new to the formal workplace). I’m happy to share.
“Lauren is one in a million”
– Equity Partner & Chief Talent Officer
Workshops
You don’t work in isolation. You chose law firm life because you know there’s more power in cross-selling and elevating each other than in trying to go it alone. You moved in-house to be a part of something bigger. My workshops and facilitated programs help firms and legal departments become more profitable, strategic, clear on collective goals/values (and better at communicating them), and better aligned with the needs of the talent they want to attract, develop, and retain.
Workshops
- Team-building and strategic alignment workshops
- MBTI® (Myers-Briggs®) workshops for leadership teams, practice groups, corporate legal departments, and business services teams
- Retreat and off-site partner meeting facilitation
- Building “value-adds” from outside counsel to in-house counsel
When you answer the question for your talent, “What’s In It For Me?” (WIIFM, a tried and true sales concept) – in a voice and tone that is Fully Human™ – you inspire their trust and get their best work.
“The best outside coach in the business.”
– Director of Attorney Development
