Are you ready to take the next step in your career, but you are not sure it is the right step? Or, are you confused about what that next step should be?
Maybe you are not getting the feedback that you expect from your supervising attorneys, and you do not know why. Are you expecting feedback that is unreasonable under the circumstances? Are you unrealistic about the value of your contributions? Does the problem lie with you or with someone else?
Or you are not getting the work assignments that you want and that you feel entitled to. What can you do about it? How much can you push for the results you want without being offensive and damaging your future professional prospects?
You know that you need to develop clients, but you do not know how to do it. You cannot imagine adding one more thing to your plate, but you cannot meet your core competencies without showing growth in the client development department. How can you handle this dilemma?
The responsibilities of your personal life and your professional life are too much for you, and you need to cut back at the office. How do you do that? What are the conversations you need to have? How do you even start those conversations? Who do you start them with?
Do any of these scenarios sound familiar? Most young women lawyers struggle with these issues and need a guide to help them through the morass of questions and introspective thinking required to come up with a workable plan. Although you may have mentors and sponsors at the law firm, you may not feel comfortable talking about these issues with them. Although there are lots of career guides on the market, most of them are not specific to law practice and don’t seem to make a lot of sense to you.
What should you do? Where should you start?
You can start by reading my books to assure yourself that you are not alone in these concerns and in your confusion. Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know about a Career in the Law and Best Friends at the Bar: The New Balance for Today’s Woman Lawyer were written with you in mind. These books are full of advice on all of the above questions and more. It is not only my experience and expertise that you gain through reading the books but also the experience and expertise of more than 70 women lawyers and judges who have been there and done that. The anecdotes from the contributors to Book One and the transition profiles of women lawyers in Book Two are invaluable to problem solving on the job and making the choices that you will have to make for effective career planning.
After reading the books, let me continue to be your guide. I would love to help you on your exciting journey as a woman lawyer, and I would love to talk to you about how we can work together in getting you where you want to go. Contact me through my web site and talk to me about how we can work together.
Career coaching is a joy for me, and I am hearing from more and more women lawyers—-both young and older—who need the clarity from confusion and the sense of direction that good career coaching can provide. When the time comes, let me take that step with you.
In the meantime, remember that it is the rare person who experiences success completely on her own. We all need guidance, a little push and sometimes a shoulder to lean on along the way. Know when to ask for help by reading my books………….then contact me. It will be a pleasure to take your call and work with you.
You will find that it is easier than you think—-specially when you have a partner on the journey.
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