5 Things You Should Have Ready in Your Career Toolkit at All Times!

On January 3, 2019
In Career Management, Career Tips, Compensation, Presentation

Happy new year! It’s time to take stock of your career. At a minimum, these five essential items should be in your toolbox (as set forth in this recent Forbes article): Strong base resume. The article notes it’s hard to build an effective resume at a moment’s notice. All lawyers should have a base resume […]

On December 19, 2018
In Career Management, Career Tips, Change

The American Lawyer recently reported that demand for legal services in 2018 set records, but that a “reckoning” may await us. Indeed, a majority of economists polled by the Wall Street Journal foresee a recession by 2020, and CFOs polled by Duke’s business school believe it’ll come even sooner. We lawyers are trained to mitigate […]

On December 3, 2018
In Career Tips

Successful lawyers all have benefited from mentors. I encourage you to find these people so important to your career. This TED article identifies five kinds: Subject matter expert. This leader in your space can comment on trends as well as your skill set and ideas. Your work champion. This person can advocate for you and also […]

On September 3, 2018
In Career Management, Career Tips, Change, Departure, Women & Minorities

If you were shut out of the sold-out ACC career advancement talk at Facebook featuring Zynga CLO Phuong Phillips, Facebook DGC Paul Grewal, and Chevron Chief IP Counsel Nicholas Leach, here are 5 pieces of advice from these senior legal execs: At the beginning of your career, take on as much work as you can, […]

On August 26, 2018
In Career Management, Career Tips, Interview, Presentation

I read this LinkedIn article about job seekers ghosting prospective employers. Usually, it’s the employer who disappears in the interview process, but in overheated times like these, candidates are starting to ghost employers and recruiters, I’m guessing because passively ghosting is the easiest thing to do in the short run. But (really, need I say […]

On August 17, 2018
In Career Management, Career Tips, Interview

As you climb the corporate ladder and aspire to be a manager, you may notice these senior management jobs are rare and require applicants to already be managers. How can you be considered for a management role when you’ve never had direct reports? Five tips below. Work for a company that is growing quickly. You can then […]

On July 20, 2018
In Career Management, Career Tips, Move

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 […]

On July 13, 2018
In Career Tips

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 […]

On June 15, 2018
In Career Management, Career Tips, Presentation

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 […]

On June 8, 2018
In Career Management, Career Tips, Women & Minorities

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 […]

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5 Things You Should Have Ready in Your Career Toolkit at All Times!

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

How to Get to Where You Need to Go!

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