Supervising, Mentoring, And Feedback Skills for Law Firm Associates and Partners

Whether you are on a path from associate to partner, junior partner to senior partner, or any other upward move in your legal career path, supervision and feedback skills are at the heart of your success in the legal profession. You may be leading legal teams, or you may be actively participating on one or more large teams. Either way, you will have to give and take direction and you will have to provide and receive feedback. You'll have to keep improving your communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills in order to manage complex team, client, and courtroom situations. The growing complexity of legal work makes it crystal clear why skills for cross-expertise and cross-culture collaboration are crucial. The demand for lawyers who are experts in their own domain, who can transcend their subject-matter training, and who can collaborate effectively with others throughout the firm and possibly around the world has increased. This presentation, taught by Carolien Moors of HardTalk Biz Coaching, focuses on tackling situations that can transcend practice areas and disciplinary silos – problems that require strong supervisory, mentoring, collaboration, and feedback skills in order to achieve satisfactory results.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify what hampers effective supervision, including the role of your own cultural lens

2. Acquire readily applicable suggestions to improve how you lead a wide variety of people

3. Implement a structured process for effective listening and feedback practices

4. Gain practical tips to strengthen mentoring and supervising skills