LEARNING DESIGN DONE RIGHT, VIRTUALLY

The fundamental definition of an effective leader has changed. What talent wants – and demands – from today’s leaders will dictate which firms end up on top. Our seminal program, Leadership Foundations, provides incoming and existing law firm leaders with the skills, tools and understanding to leverage this shift to their advantage.

Now accepting registration for our May 23, 2024 program.

Register by March 14 for early bird discount. Space is limited.

 

Elevating Your Leadership Game: What You Will Learn

This fully virtual program teaches leaders to elevate their performance, motivate talent, engage clients and positively impact firm culture and growth without sacrificing days out of the office. As a learner, you will develop:

  • The self-awareness and savvy to be more effective leaders

  • The skills to cultivate culture, deliberately and intentionally, in a hybrid work environment

  • Techniques to ignite and motivate change in others and the firm

  • Proven ways to identify and manage conflict

  • Approaches to create a high-impact vision and motivate change

  • The tools to establish goals and solve problems creatively and collaboratively

“It has been surprisingly impactful just spending time thinking about leadership and how best to lead. Without dedicated time to do that, I would just continue doing the things I do.”
— Current leader, AmLaw 200 firm

Relevant, Timely and Practical: The Program Experience

The program kicks off with an orientation during which leaders will learn about and discuss the dynamic changes across the legal industry and the impact these have on the future of law firms, their clients and their talent.

This comprehensive program includes:

  • Live Virtual Sessions: Six virtual 90-minute instructor-led segments with collaborative group discussions, interactive exercises and engaging breakouts, once per month on schedule
  • Collaborative Learning Teams: Small groups of 3 to 4 learners sharing experiences and preparing for subsequent sessions through assignments, self-directed schedule by team members
  • Individual Application Assignments: Short exercises and self-reflection activities that draw on real-life situations to improve self-awareness in everyday life, completed individually when most convenient for you
  • Capstone: An independent project drawing on the full course to establish a concrete action plan for change, done in collaboration with learning teams throughout the program

Tapping Your Leadership Potential: Who Should Attend

Incoming and existing:

  • Practice group leaders

  • Sub-group leaders

  • Department chairs

  • Office managing partners

  • Executive committee members

  • Committee chairs

Making an Impact: What You and Your Firm Can Expect

“Marcie is the best in the business. She is not a starry-eyed idealist on law firm leadership but offers a pragmatic and evidence-based approach that improves the quality of decision-making among law firm leaders. Her technical skills and deep understanding of the legal industry make her a valued and trusted consultant.”
— Mark Morgan, Partner and Co-chair of Litigation, Day Pitney

Law firm clients and learners report tangible benefits from the Leadership Foundations program, including:

  • Increased engagement from team members

  • More confidence and less signs of burnout

  • Improved interpersonal skills and understanding

  • A greater capacity for developing others and effectively handling conflict

  • More buy-in and commitment to improvements in culture and at the firm

  • Enhanced connections with colleagues that lead to new business generation, greater client satisfaction and collaborative efforts

Investing in Yourself: Your Commitment to Becoming an Effective Leader

  • Six virtual sessions over 4-6 months, including exercises, readings and assignments for learning teams of 3-4 people

  • An individual strengths assessment and profile for ongoing use

  • Approximately 3-4 hours per month, with options for further exploration for the curious

  • A practical capstone with actionable ideas and results around specific challenges and opportunities facing member firms today.

Cultivating Leaders, Leading Transformation: Meet the Faculty

Marcie Borgal Shunk

MARCIE BORGAL SHUNK

A lifelong passion for research. An insatiable curiosity. Over 20 years advising law firms. Addicted to results. Puzzle-solver. People-motivator. Fast thinker. Vision-maker. Marcie Borgal Shunk helps law firm clients position themselves ahead of changing markets with intelligence, insights and intuition. She brings together internal and external analytics to reveal the trends, growth drivers, vulnerabilities and opportunities that help her clients make smarter decisions. She specializes in client development, go-to-market strategies and law firm expansion. Marcie is an ALM Legal Intelligence Fellow, authors a regular column on law firm strategy in The Legal Intelligencer and New York Law Journal and formerly served on the International Board of Directors for the Legal Marketing Association. An engaging presenter and oft-quoted expert, this Harvard graduate enjoys challenging the status quo and has done so in The American Lawyer and Law360, among other publications. Marcie spent 11 years helping to build the legal vertical at The BTI Consulting Group and was part of the strategy team at LawVision Group prior to launching her own company, The Tilt Institute, dedicated to shifting perspectives. Intelligently.