Coaching for Lawyers
Lawyers hire coaches for many reasons:
- Lawyers leaving their firm to start a solo law practice find working with a coach especially rewarding.
- Law partners use coaching to develop leadership skills within their firms and in the many organizations in which they are involved.
- Associates use coaching to accelerate their drive on the partnership track.
- Many senior-level attorneys who have been practicing for years use coaching to develop strategies for dealing with change in the market place, sharpen their management skills and refresh their enthusiasm for their practice.
The best lawyers do it to get even better.
Attract Clients
A significant number of attorneys, solo and otherwise, use coaching to attract better clients, get more organized, improve their services and make more money. How? By improving in a number of areas:
- Time Management skills
- Networking and self-promotion
- Client development and communication
- Organizational, management and leadership skills
- Financial management
- Strategies for generating more billable hours
- Learning to work smarter not harder
Procrastination & Time Management
An area of major concern for attorneys is overcoming procrastination. Like many accomplished people, they sometimes get "stuck" and aren't sure how to move forward. Oftentimes there are simple and effective solutions for overcoming procrastination, and they use coaching to implement them in their practices to make work more profitable and enjoyable.
Lawyers also work with a coach to assist them in managing their time better which results in billing more hours.”
Re-examine Values
Many lawyers reach a crossroads in their careers where they must reexamine their values and priorities so they can make a choice about where they want to go. For these attorneys, coaching can be a most effective way of breaking through an impasse and finding renewed vigor, greater satisfaction or even a new direction in their work.
Staff Development
Many law firms pay for a coach to assist in the professional development of their staff:
- Communication, delegation and organization skills
- Personal marketing skills
- Improve client relations
- Implement strategic goals
- Increase billable hours
- Develop managerial or leadership qualities
- Deal with difficult people
- Help with succession plans
Whether they want to improve their reputation, generate more profits, or simply feel better about their work, attorneys see extraordinary results with the help of a professional coach.