Don’t let the anxiety around failure consume you, and develop skills to move forward when you do fail

Don’t assume that law firm marketing is enough to raise your profile and develop business - you need to develop your own individual marketing as well.

Should you keep working at home even if your employer allows it, or is it time to rethink a return to the office?

Many lawyers, while skilled in their particular substantive areas of expertise, can nonetheless be unaware of how they irritate their clients.

Before you decide that you want to be a partner – or think you should want to be a partner – consider looking carefully at whether that is the right move for you.

Everyone gets stuck but it looks different for everyone

Know how you are being assessed under your professional services firm’s economic model, so that you understand if you are meeting the firm’s financial expectations

Setting yourself apart in the legal industry can start with a few key steps

Waiting to see if whether things will get better at at your job isn’t always a bad move but waiting can also harm your professional progress.

Are you experiencing virtual meeting fatigue? It also can be hard to speak up in a group and get people to listen to you in this kind of conversation. So how do you make yourself heard?

Congratulations on making partner in your law firm! Now that you have the title, it’s time to figure out what you need to know to succeed in doing the real work of a partner.

A few thoughts on professional and career development books to include on your reading list

Start planning now on how to achieve your biggest goals and set yourself up for success

You’re making it about selling, networking but not connecting, using techniques that work for others but not for you, and not doing your homework

You put off thinking about the future, you tell yourself it’s better to stay where you are, and you see change as intimidating and scary

When attorneys start thinking about their path to law firm partnership, often they overlook important factors in that process. If your goal is to make partner in your law firm, don’t assume that just doing good work and being a certain number of years out of law school is enough.

If you’re considering getting support from an executive coach so you can make progress at work, here’s what you need to know to ensure you get the results you’re looking for.