IDEAS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LEAD LAW FIRMS
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Articles, practical tools, and books to help you lead people, manage your practice and projects, and develop business with greater purpose.
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Leadership & Strategy
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People & Practice Management
Managing people and the work of a practice.
Business Development
Building relationships and growing your practice.
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TOOLS & RESOURCES
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BOOKSHELF
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Books we recommend.
Explore work by LeadWise’s Yuliya LaRoe and reading recommendations on leadership, management, business development, and personal growth.
CO-AUTHORED BY YULIYA LAROE
Fundamental Skills for Modern Lawyers
Chapter 13: Turning relationships into results – mastering business development in modern practice
Successful rainmakers are not all the same—and business development is a skill lawyers can develop. In her chapter, Yuliya challenges the idea that rainmakers are simply born that way and introduces a practical framework for building a more natural, focused, and consistent approach.
- Build on your natural strengths and business development style.
- Create a strategy tailored to your practice, market, and goals.
- Develop an execution system that turns consistent effort into repeatable results.
CO-AUTHORED BY YULIYA LAROE
Stuck. Strained. Stressed.
Real Stories About Shifting Your Mindset to Overcome Challenges
A collection of personal stories about changing your perspective and moving through challenges.
Our reading recommendations
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Leadership
- The Power of Four: Leadership Lessons of Crazy Horseby Joseph M. Marshall
- Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyerby Randall Kiser
- Lawyers as Leadersby Deborah L. Rhode
- Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassionby Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee
- Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasionby Robert B. Cialdini
People & Practice Management
- The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How.by Daniel Coyle
- Coaching the Team at Work 2: The definitive guide to team coachingby David Clutterbuck
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fableby Patrick Lencioni
- The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Businessby Erin Meyer
- First Among Equals: How to Manage a Group of Professionalsby Patrick J. McKenna
- Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experienceby Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Business Development
- The Greatest Salesman in the Worldby Og Mandino
- To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Othersby Daniel H. Pink
Personal Development
- Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organizationby Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey
- The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Happier, Saner Law Practice Using Meditationby Jeena Cho, Karen Gifford
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Onesby James Clear
- Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivationsby Dan Ariely
- The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Monthsby Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On Itby Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
- The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performanceby W. Timothy Gallwey
- The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term Worldby Dorie Clark
- The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happinessby Morgan Housel
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