
Episode 43
Coaching and Career Planning for Lawyers
In this episode, executive coach Dimity Brown discusses the importance of good coaching and mentorship skills in the legal profession in creating a healthy and constructive professional culture. Dimity also offers her expert advice as a professional coach on how to plan a sustainable career that is consistent with your values.
What area(s) of law does this episode consider? | Career Coaching, Professional Development In this episode, executive coach Dimity Brown discusses the importance of good coaching and mentorship skills in the legal profession in creating a healthy and constructive professional culture, and explains how you can use foundational coaching skills when working with your own team. |
Why is this topic relevant? | If you lead a team of lawyers, coaching is a powerful skill to learn – or bring into your team by engaging a professional coach – because it helps you solve problems in a way that empowers the person experiencing the problem to solve the next one themselves. If you’re a lawyer in need of some career direction, coaching from a professional coach or from a mentor could be what you need to find out your own professional values, and the career path that matches them. |
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Show notes | The International Coaching Federation’s 2019 article ‘Using a Coaching Approach for Effective Decision-making’ |
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