Mentoring and Coaching for Lawyers

Building Partnerships for Success

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

2014
Globe Law and Business Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-909416-41-3 (ISBN)

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Traditional forms of mentoring and coaching have always been at the heart of the legal profession. It is not so long ago that in order to become a lawyer, one did not attend law school, but instead had to be mentored by a senior member of the profession for a fixed number of years. The requirement to attend law school is now universal, but the need for mentoring and coaching in the legal profession has not disappeared; it is developing at a high speed and for good reasons.

Misconceptions about mentoring and coaching in law firms often prevent productive relationships from forming. These misconceptions include beliefs that mentoring is beneficial to mentees but does not add value to the mentors; an assumption that it is human resources’ responsibility to develop people; and queries about why today’s lawyers need coaching, given that they receive more formal training than previous generations.

This practical new handbook, coordinated by Rebecca Normand-Hochman on behalf of the International Bar Association, explores and challenges some of these assumptions. Featuring chapters by well-respected experts in the field of mentoring and coaching, chapters cover topics including leadership coaching for law firm leaders; mentoring and coaching for lawyers at various stages of their careers; and mentoring and coaching for successful onboarding of lawyers, among other topics.

The various chapters provide guidance and insight to law firm leaders and talent management managers for them to discover how they can turn mentoring and coaching into a source of competitive advantage by improving client service, attracting and retaining the best talent, and enhancing the utilisation of human capital.

The book will also be of interest to lawyers seeking to discover how they can generate productive relationships to acquire the intangible skills and knowledge required to excel in today’s practice of law.

Mentoring, coaching and the practice of law 5
Rebecca Normand-Hochman
Mentoring Collegium Limited, Institute of Mentoring

Mentoring senior lawyers 19
Heidi K Gardner
Harvard Law School

The chartered psychologist as coach 37
Robert Sharpe
Psychologist

The role of bars in promoting mentoring best practices 49
John E Montgomery
National Legal Mentoring Consortium

External coaching and mentoring 59
Sally Woodward
Sherwood PSF Consulting

Coaching needs of lawyers at various stages of their careers 83
Christopher Bockmann
Executive coaching and organisational consulting

Coaching and mentoring as a key leadership development tool across legal generations 103
Nigel Spencer
Reed Smith LLP
Jon Stokes
Stokes & Jolly Ltd; Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Mentoring and coaching to leverage the learning from formal training 119
Sally Sanderson
Profex Consulting

Planning and mentoring for successful onboarding of lateral hires 133
Marc Bartel
Heidrick & Struggles

Mentoring and coaching across cultures 143
Philip Beddows
The Silk Road Partnership

Specific coaching challenges for lawyers 159
Sarah Martin
Saïd Business School; Coombs Martin

How mentoring and coaching can help with life balance issues 173
Rachel Brushfield
EnergiseLegal

Coaching for retirement 183
Bill Knight

Where next in coaching and mentoring? 197
David Clutterbuck
European Mentoring and Coaching Council
Lis Merrick
Coach Mentoring Ltd

About the authors 209

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.2014
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 240 mm
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
ISBN-10	1-909416-41-X / 190941641X
ISBN-13	978-1-909416-41-3 / 9781909416413
Zustand	Neuware