Patricia K Gillette, Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Audra A Dial

Beyond Bias

Unleashing the Potential of Women in Law

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beyond Bias: Unleashing the Potential of Women in Law highlights the practical steps firms should be taking to address training, leadership, and retention, issues of female lawyers and how to start moving the needle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Law and Business Limited
• Seitenzahl: 90
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 167g
• ISBN-13: 9781783582884
• ISBN-10: 178358288X
• Artikelnr.: 62118588

Autorenporträt

Edited by Laura Slater - By Patricia K. Gillette; Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio; Audra A. Dial; Cathy Fleming; Carol Frohlinger; Debbie Epstein Henry; Katherine Larkin-Wong; Janice P. Brown and Ellen Ostrow

Inhaltsangabe

Executive summary About the authors Chapter 1: Cheaper to Keep 'er - The
economic impact of losing female talent at law firms By Paola
Cecchi-Dimeglio, behavioral economist and chair of Harvard Law School's
Executive Leadership Research Initiative for Women and Minority Attorneys
at the Center on the Legal Profession *The power of big data to quantify
the loss *What's included in the cost of turnover? *Women leaders:
Expensive to replace *The implications *Conclusion Chapter 2: Fix it, not
them - How to increase the number of women in positions of power By
Patricia K. Gillette, keynote speaker and former law firm partner 1.The
Mansfield Rule 2.Enhancing opportunities for building client relationships
3.Scanning performance reviews and feedback for gender inequities
4.Implicit bias training Chapter 3: Getting rid of mindless barriers to
advancement By Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., PCC, CMC, founding principal of Lawyers
Life Coach *Psychological inflexibility *Psychological flexibility
*Acceptance and commitment training (ACT) to reduce biased responding
*Research evidence *ACT for women lawyers Chapter 4: Balance - A radical
new "B word" for the powerful woman By Janice P. Brown, founder and senior
partner in the Brown Law Group *What is power? *What does a powerful woman
look like? *What is true power? *When do you become "powerful beyond
measure?" Chapter 5: Reclaiming the next generation - Understanding and
leveraging millennials in your workplace By Katherine M. Larkin-Wong,
associate at Latham & Watkins LLP *What defines "millennial"? *Are
millennial lawyers the same and what can law firms do to keep them?
*Millennials are here to stay - How will you engage them? Chapter 6:
Getting down to business development - What works for women? By Carol
Frohlinger, founder of Negotiating Women Inc. *Introduction *What should
women keep doing? *What should women do more of? *What should women do less
of? *Appendix A: Summary of "Business Development in the *`New Normal'"
Chapter 7: Striking the self-promotion balance By Debbie Epstein Henry,
founder and president of Flex-Time Lawyers LLC and co-founder and managing
director of Bliss Lawyers 1.Be great 2.Be prepared 3.Observe others
4.Credit others 5.Benefi t others 6.Get help 7.Own it 8.Take risk 9.Make
the ask 10.Show initiative 11.Pay attention to the details 12.Understand
you will mess up 13.Develop a signature Chapter 8: Does size really matter?
By Cathy Fleming, partner at Fleming.Ruvoldt PLLC *Mistake #1: Always
believing what Big Law managers tell you *Mistake #2: Not marketing on a
daily basis *Mistake #3: Targeting the wrong clients *Mistake #4: Not
making sure you are happy *Mistake #5: Thinking Big Law is the only source
of excellent lawyers *Mistake #6: Believing that clients will come to you
just because you are a good lawyer *Mistake #7: Not respecting adequately
the referring source of business *Conclusion Chapter 9: Using personal
interests to help make it rain By Audra A. Dial, managing partner, Atlanta
office of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton *Social outings *Vision boarding
*Book club *Gift giving *Celebrating anniversaries of success *Monster jam
*Holiday lights at the botanical garden *Final thoughts