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Critical for Lawyer Success – Continual Growth
August 10, 2015
By Heather Bock, Lori Berman, and Juliet Aiken – According to our research, lawyers who make partner within ten years of practice, as compared to lawyers who after 11 years have not make it to partner, are masters of their fate, calibrators, and highly networked. And, promotion to partner aside, lawyers who are healthy–in that they avoid minor
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What Does It Take to Be a Partner? (Part 2)
March 2, 2015
By Lori Berman, Heather Bock, and Juliet Aiken – Today, we’re going to finish answering a question we raised in our first blog post: what does it take to be partner? The partners in our study were masters of their fate and calibrators. That is, they felt in control, strategically invested in their career, and recognized the
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Groundbreaking Research: What Partners Do That Non-Partners Don’t (Part 1)
October 20, 2014
By Juliet Aiken, Lori Berman, and Heather Bock – In our last post, we covered the importance of becoming a master of fate for your health, flourishing, and promotion to partner. While being in control and strategically investing in your career will help you thrive in all three measures of success, they aren’t the only attributes
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Master of Your Fate? Teaching Lawyers to Invest in Themselves
July 30, 2014
By Heather Bock, Juliet Aiken, and Lori Berman – Who really thrives in a law firm? We’re not just talking about who gets promoted, although that’s part of it. Who feels like they are flourishing? Who stays healthly? According to our research on partners and associates in a sample of AmLaw 200 firms, the people
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