How many clients does it take to change a light bulb? One: the client holds it and then expects the world to revolve around him.
Have you ever wished for ammunition to fire back against lawyer jokes? Meet Giovanni Diviacchi, author of How Many Clients Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?  Giovanni has created a [...]
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Surely you know that May 1 is Law Day, and I do hope you remembered Administrative Professionals’ Day last Wednesday.Â
But did you miss Lawyerpalooza 2008 (which offered “great rock n’ roll from your favorite Seattle law firm bands to benefit Seattle elementary school music programs”) or the Columbia Law School Law Revue Spring Show, both [...]
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The second annual Lawyers Appreciate… is well underway, and the tagging continues! Here’s a summary of participants and what they appreciate. (Stephanie West Allen is also maintaining a list.)Â
December 22
Gini Nelson (Engaging Conflicts): Lawyers appreciate justice.
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 Last December, Stephanie West Allen (of Idealawg and Brains on Purpose(tm)) and I launched a 10-day campaign that we called “Lawyers Appreciate…” We asked legal bloggers to make a post, sharing the things and people they most appreciate in the practice of law. And we were delighted with the results, which you can find summarized here. [...]
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Since it seems like the entire country will be shopping today, I thought I’d post some gift ideas for your favorite lawyer.
As you may (or may not) know, my background is in patent litigation and I am a patent attorney, so I was thrilled to see Dennis Crouch’s Patently-O post on Ten Ways to Spend Your [...]
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Time management has been on my mind this week, since I’m delivering a workshop tomorrow on that topic. It often figures in coaching, sometimes as a key presenting issue and often as a secondary issue that comes to light in the course of the engagement. Â
Procrastination is always a big one. It’s especially challenging for lawyers, [...]
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Another pointer to some interesting goings-on…Â
1. The 800-CEO-READ Blog has an interesting post about the necessity of praising twentysomething workers for absolutely everything, because parents, teachers, and so on have rewarded this generation with everything from verbal reminders to winner’s ribbons and gold stars, following on a similar (but unlinked) WSJ article published last weekend. The post (and [...]
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Travel week here: I’ll be speaking on Wednesday at the NALP annual conference, on Facilitating a Successful Transition from Student to Lawyer.Â
Since the conference is in Keystone, CO, I seized the opportunity to spend some time in Colorado and Wyoming over the weekend and into this week.  I flew into Denver (home of Stephanie West Allen, though [...]
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Stephanie West Allen has tagged me to participate in the Gotta Get Goals meme. The idea is to share 5-10 over-the-top, fabulous goals that I will need to achieve to say I’ve reached my wildest dreams in life. Now, that’s fun!
I’ve always kept goal lists in one form or another, simply because I think it’s critical [...]
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Several interesting things popping today that I’d like to share.
1. Check out the post on Social Intelligence on Bruce MacEwan’s blog, Adam Smith, Esq.  It’s a brief explanation of what social intellligence is, why it matters, and why even (or perhaps especially) lawyers who are not generally inclined to explore such issues ought to pay attention.
2. Bob Sutton has an [...]
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July 25, 2008 
