 |
A few samples of training and
coaching programs offered by EDI include:For Attorneys ... (click each link to learn more
about the topic)
Branding
101
Four Dimensions of Communication
Effective Time Management
Lawyer as Team Player
Lawyers in Transition
Core Skills for New Lawyers
For Law Firms ...
Training &
Development for Managing Attorneys & Law
Firms
Course Descriptions
-
-
 Situation:
- Feel anonymous at
work? Have no idea how to set yourself
apart from your colleagues? Don't have a
sense of what you have to offer? Haven't
developed your unique brand? Are you a
new attorney ready to define your path?
Solution:
Developing
Your Unique Brand 101: Who are you? What do
you have to offer?"
Today everyone is
talking about "branding". Branding is
really about effectively marketing
yourself to others in a way that makes
you stand out. In order to do this, you
have to be truly self aware... and have
an understanding of what you have to
offer. From the seminar you'll:
 | Understand your
habits or behavioral tendencies, and how
these impact you professionally |
| Gain clarity around
your unique behavioral, communication,
and work-style, and also learn how to
leverage this information |
| Learn what you have
to contribute professionally and
personally, and how this translates into
value for your firm or organization |
| Discover how best to
capitalize on the strengths you bring to
a project or case and much more. |
- Situation:
- Having a hard time
getting along with people at work? Can't
seem to get your message across? Can't
get a read on your clients, colleagues
or partners? Need to develop a strategy
for communicating to your team or
manager in a way that works well?
Solution: "The Four
Dimensions of Communication"
Effective
communication is without a doubt one of
the most powerful tools in an attorney's
tool kit. Yet, "Communication for
Lawyers", isn't offered in most law
schools. Communication is largely based
on your behavioral and listening styles.
Prior to this course, participants will
complete an online assessment, which
will identify their personal dimension
of behavior and communication. In class,
participants will learn:
| The four dimensions
of communication and behavior |
| How to effectively
communicate with each of the four styles |
| Develop strategies
for adapting your style to meet the
needs of your clients, partners and
co-workers |
| Identify your
preferred listening style |
| Create an action plan
for improved communication based on your
personalized results |
 Situation:
Always seem to get
your papers filed at the 11th hour?
Stressed out all the time? No time for a
life?
Trying to juggle court, kids,
cases, and chaos??!?Solution:
"Time, Stress, and Life
Balance: Effective Time Management"
Effective time
management is critical to any attorney's
success. Through personalized
assessments, coaching and training
you will:
| Learn to understand
and manage your work flow better |
| Understand how your
time is currently spent and misspent |
| Develop techniques
for conquering procrastination |
| Learn to delegate
effectively |
| Learn to minimize or
eliminate common, daily stressors
|
| Develop personalized
strategies for planning, prioritizing,
and scheduling tasks, meetings, etc.
throughout your day, week and month and
much more. |
- Situation:
- Need to figure out
how to get assignments which will help
you showcase your strengths? Trying to
figure out what to delegate, and to
whom? Want to know how to shine while
working on a team?
Solution: "Lawyer
as Team Player:
Explore the Nature and
Value of the Contributions You Bring to Your
Organization.
Working in a firm or
any organization is very much about
working on a team. What role do you
play? How do you fit? What are your
strengths? In this training, you'll
learn to work from your strengths by
identifying your most natural team role.
You'll also gain added appreciation for
the contributions of others. This
training will explore:
| The nature and value
of your team performance |
| How to identify
methods of increasing team innovation
and productivity, while decreasing
conflict and wasted time |
| A model and language
through which you can more
systematically, cooperatively, and
efficiently work with others. |
-
 Situation:
- You thought that
becoming a lawyer would be a great career for
you...now you're not to sure. Ready to leave
the law? Want to stay in the law but need to
figure out what to do next?
Solution:
"What Now? What Next? Lawyers in
Transition"
After investing all that time, energy and
money in earning your law degree and
developing your career....you think you might
be ready to give it all up. What will people
think? What are you going to do? The process
of figuring out "what's next" can
be painful, but it doesn't
have to be that way. The program will
help you to:
| Clarify your personal
and professional values.
|
| Figure out what you need from your career,
the type of personal life you want to create. |
| Explore your personal and professional
expectations about work. |
| Discover what jobs are the best fit, based
on your behavioral style. |
- Situation:
- You've recently graduated
from law school, gotten a great job...now how
do you keep that great job and really shine?
Solution:
"From Backpack to Briefcase: Core Skills
For New Lawyers"
This class will cover key
topics that new lawyers really need to
know in order to start their career off
on the right foot. Some of the topics
covered will include:
| Effective Time
Management |
| Building trust
and strong professional
relationships with clients,
partners and peers |
| How to
contribute to the development of
your Individual Professional
Development Plan |
| Understand your
habits, behavioral tendencies and
how these impact you professionally |
| Gain clarity
around your unique behavioral,
communication and work-style and
also learn how to leverage this
information |
| Learn what you
have to contribute professionally
and personally and how this
translates into value for your firm
or organization |
| Discover how
best to capitalize on the strengths
you bring to a project or case and
much more. |
Please continue with our
course descriptions for managing attorneys
and their firms.
Click here
For any of these programs,
as well as a full catalog of other topics,
please call
704.814.6135, or click the button
to send us an e-mail.
 |
|
Development
Institute
