Don’t Plan Your Career Too Much in Advance. Follow These 3 Steps Instead!

On July 20, 2018

Conventional wisdom tells you to map out your career plan with concrete details. I like the advice of contrarians Sheryl Sandberg and Wharton Professor Adam Grant, who advise you not plan your career too much in advance — there’s so much you don’t know upfront, and technology is constantly changing! (In my case, before law […]

Career Tips

How to Get to Where You Need to Go!

On July 13, 2018

I recently read a good article on what successful people learned when they pushed through adversity. What worked for them: Make the time to work at your goal. If you don’t, it means you don’t want it enough. I meet lawyers who say they want to switch from litigation to transactional or from corporate to crypto […]

Career Management, Change, Departure

WSJ Reports Everyone is Job Hopping. Should I?

On July 8, 2018

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that “in this economy, quitters are winning!” The market is so strong that “workers are choosing to leave their jobs at the fastest rate since the internet boom 17 years ago and getting rewarded for it with bigger paychecks and/or more satisfying work.” Should you too? A few factors to […]

Career Management, Interview

What is the #1 Trait the Top Tech Founder Hires on?

On July 1, 2018

Jeff Bezos’s main criterion for promoting and hiring is not passion or IQ. It’s being right most of the time. Effective lawyers must have this ability. Indeed, our job is to predict likely outcomes and mitigate the downside. If we are any good, we are right most of the time and should have clear metrics of […]

Uncategorized

What Areas Are Hot for Lawyers (Summer 2018)?

On June 24, 2018

Usually recruiting grinds to a halt in the summer when people are more focused on their vacations than interviewing or recruiting. This summer, however, I am amazed by the number of active legal searches. What’s hot? I am seeing a lot of activity in these areas: Fintech, payments, and blockchain. Employers from startups to Fortune […]

Career Management, Career Tips, Presentation

5 Tips from Legal Execs at Stanford Conference!

On June 15, 2018

Stanford just held its 15th annual E-Commerce Best Practice Conference, where in-house leaders (from Microsoft, Sophos, Pinterest and Alation) gave their top tips on how to be a successful lawyer. The Recorder reported on the panel here, but here’s a quick summary: Know the business, which gives you credibility with clients ranging from engineers to product […]

Career Management, Career Tips, Women & Minorities

5 Top Tips from ACC’s GC Readiness Event

On June 8, 2018

I was honored to be part of the GC Readiness Event hosted by ACC and Baker & McKenzie last week in Palo Alto. If you weren’t able to make the event (attendance was capped at 100!), here are the top take-aways: Develop your executive presence. The onus is on you to know your client’s business and build […]

Interview

4 Ways to Brag About Yourself in an Interview Without Annoying People

On June 2, 2018

When interviewing, you have to simultaneously highlight your achievements and still be likeable. How do you walk this tightrope? Try these 4 things: Talk about an interesting win for a client! Stick to the facts, and you won’t sound like you are bragging (e.g., you came into X disaster, saw Y was the case, implemented […]

Career Management, Career Tips

5 Things Smart Lawyers Always Do for Their Career.

On May 29, 2018

Lawyers are often so goal-oriented they focus on achieving results for their clients but not for themselves. Here are 5 things smart lawyers should always do for themselves: Have a current resume handy. Even if you love your job, you never know when an even more amazing employer wants to talk. I’ve seen good candidates […]

Compensation, Interview, Networking

Should You Interview Even if You Think Comp Will Be Too Low?

On May 18, 2018

Attorneys always tell me they don’t want to “waste anyone’s time”, but it may be worthwhile to talk to a prospective employer even if you suspect compensation is less than ideal in these situations: The company is interesting. If you’ve heard good things about the management or it’s in a hot field, then it’s definitely […]

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