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Surviving the Pandemic: Seven Practices for Creating a Culture of Belonging | Elite Lawyer Coach

Surviving the Pandemic: Seven Practices for Creating a Culture of Belonging - Now is not the time to freeze in place. Agility and creativity are required to come out of this with your team together, stronger and better than ever. A culture of belonging and inclusion will support your team. Keep reading here >> https://elitelawyercoach.com/seven-practices-for-creating-a-culture-of-belonging/

elitelawyercoach.com A strong culture helps your team survive times of anxiety and uncertainty. Have you ever experienced a herd of bison running straight toward you and your child, with nowhere safe to get out of the way?

Our final theme of the week is to FEEL WELL: Emotional Well-Being - Here are a few things you can do to participate...

WATCH THIS: Jon Krop’s Lawyer Well-Being Channel video: Anxiety Toolkit: Mindfulness Practices to Reduce Anxiety in Trying Times >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTrwgeJ0DCw

READ THIS: Diana O’Brien and Jen Fisher’s Harvard Business Review article: 5 Ways Bosses Can Reduce The Stigma of Mental Health At Work. >> https://hbr.org/2019/02/5-ways-bosses-can-reduce-the-stigma-of-mental-health-at-work?referral=03759&cm_vc=rr_item_page.bottom

DO THIS: Complete the 2-Minute Stress Relief Activity Guide >>https://lawyerwellbeing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Emotional_Two-Minute-Stress-Relief_1.pdf

It's THURSDAY and the theme is CONNECT: Social Well-Being - Here are a few things you can do to participate...

WATCH THIS: Adam Grant’s TED Talk: Are You a Giver or a Taker? >> https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker

READ THIS: Rob Cross’s Harvard Business Review article: To Be Happier at Work, Invest More In Your Relationships. >> https://hbr.org/2019/07/to-be-happier-at-work-invest-more-in-your-relationships

DO THIS: Write a gratitude letter to someone you’ve been meaning to thank and read it out loud to them. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHv6vTKD6lg) Post about your experience on social media using the hashtag .

HAVE FUN!

Today's theme is ENGAGE & GROW: Career & Intellectual Well-Being - Here are a few things you can do to participate...

WATCH THIS: Shawn Achor’s TED Talk: The Happy Secret To Better Work >> https://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work?language=en

READ THIS: Amy Wrzesniewski and colleagues’ Harvard Business Review article: Turn The Job You Have Into The Job You Want. >> https://hbr.org/2010/06/managing-yourself-turn-the-job-you-have-into-the-job-you-want

DO THIS: Complete the Peak Performance Through Character Strengths Activity Guide >>https://lawyerwellbeing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Self-Mastery-and-Peak-Performance-Through-Character-Strengths-_2.pdf and post about your experience on social media using the hashtag .

HAVE FUN!

Lawyer Wellness Week - Don't miss out! Be sure to join one of the remaining well-being webinars aligned with the different well-being dimensions. A webinar will be presented each day of Lawyer Well-Being Week by the ABA Law Practice Division. They are FREE for ABA members and, for 3 webinars, CLE credit is available for many states. Registration for the webinars is now open on the ABA website. >>https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_practice/events_cle/LawyerWellbeingWeek/

Today's topic is ALIGN: Spiritual Well-Being - Here are a few things you can do to participate...

WATCH THIS: Emily Esfahani Smith’s TED Talk: There’s More to Life Than Being Happy (Pursue Meaning Instead) >> https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_esfahani_smith_there_s_more_to_life_than_being_happy

READ THIS: Anne Brafford & Robert Rebele’s Court Review article: Judges’ Well-Being And The Importance Of Meaningful Work (not just for judges!). >>http://aja.ncsc.dni.us/publications/courtrv/cr54-2/CR54-2Brafford.pdf

DO THIS: Complete the Values Challenge Activity Guide >>https://lawyerwellbeing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Spiritual_Values-Challenge_with-attachments.pdf and post about your experience on social media using the hashtag -
WellbeingWeek.

HAVE FUN!

DAY 1 is here! Today's theme is STAY STRONG: Physical Well-Being - Here are a few things you can do to participate:

WATCH THIS: Dr. Matt Walker’s TED Talk: Sleep Is Your Superpower >> https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_walker_sleep_is_your_superpower#t-353

READ THIS: Tony Schwartz & Catherine McCarthy’s Harvard Business Review article: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time. >> https://hbr.org/2007/10/manage-your-energy-not-your-time

DO THIS: Active Meeting Challenge. Today, do all of your meetings (or even just one!) while standing up (https://www.forbes.com/sites/groupthink/2014/06/19/kick-the-chair-how-standing-cut-our-meeting-times-by-25/) or walking (https://hbr.org/2015/08/how-to-do-walking-meetings-right).

Post on social media about your experience using the hashtag . HAVE FUN!

Lawyer Wellness Week - Be sure to join one of 5 well-being webinars aligned with the different well-being dimensions. A webinar will be presented each day of Lawyer Well-Being Week by the ABA Law Practice Division. They are FREE for ABA members and, for 3 webinars, CLE credit is available for many states. Registration for the webinars is now open on the ABA website. >>https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_practice/events_cle/LawyerWellbeingWeek/

Check it out this week >> https://lawyerwellbeing.net/lawyer-well-being-week/

Check out the website: https://lawyerwellbeing.net/lawyer-well-being-week/ You will find all sorts of free tools, a blog, activities and information to promote attorney (and other professionals) well-being.

It is sponsored by the American Bar Association National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being and the Law Practice Division Well-Being Committee.

How Emotional Intelligence Improves Well-being and Belonging | Legal Executive Institute

What do well being and belonging have in common?

Turns out they are both supported by increased levels of emotional intelligence. Interesting, I think, how so many aspects of our lives benefit from understanding and knowing our selves better.

Below is an article from The Legal Executive Institute blog on just this topic. Its a quick 1 minute read.

Look forward to hearing what you think!

http://www.legalexecutiveinstitute.com/emotional-intelligence-well-being/

legalexecutiveinstitute.com We speak to Michele Powers of Elite Lawyer Coaching about emotional intelligence & how such skills can help promote self-awareness, well-being & empathy.

Love this -a legal conference focusing on legal innovation for the whole lawyer. I am honored to be presenting on law firm culture, leadership, EQ and how small changes can make a big difference in your life. Come talk to me at the FDCC Annual Meeting in Maui next week. Amazing group. Beautiful venue.

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Excited to be a Founding Member and panelist at the World Kindness USA launch this Friday evening at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, CA. Let me know if you would be interested in attending.

Creating Innovation that Serves Your Success | Elite Lawyer Coach

Want Powerful Innovation for Your Practice?

elitelawyercoach.com When you hear the word innovation what comes to mind? What do you picture? Usually when we think of innovation people immediately assume that we are talking about technology. There is good reason for that, of course, technology is rapidly changing the practice of law and our everyday lives. Beware t...

The Kindness Challenge | Elite Lawyer Coach

Are YOU Kind?

elitelawyercoach.com Are you kind? Is it one of your values to be kind to people? For a week, month or even just a day, try having the courage to intentionally be kind. I challenge you to consider the possibility that by being kind you will increase your own happiness, be more productive, ensure better health and create...

Cultivate These 10 Habits for Outstanding Success

Having come through one of the hardest transitions in my life (that is still a work in progress, honestly), I now know that the process of being authentic, remembering who you are and what your vision is for your life is vital to sustained wholehearted success.

Check out my “Top 10 Practices to Create Outstanding Success” available for FREE – my gift to you. ==> https://www.elitelawyercoach.com/create-outstanding-success-request/

Success in a career or your life is a journey, and what truly matters are the habits you cultivate every day that support your progress, connect you to others and create your ultimate vision.

elitelawyercoach.com What would it feel like to be happy, fulfilled AND prosperous? Amazing, right? Can you imagine it? Creating the life and career you crave connected to lots of wonderful friends and a genuine support network? Check out my "Top 10 Practices to Create Outstanding Success" available here for FREE – my...

Are You Selling Yourself Short? | Elite Lawyer Coach

elitelawyercoach.com Have you been your own worst enemy? Sitting at your desk, doing your work, not raising your hand and hoping no one really pushes you to grow? Is it time to polish your brilliance and let people see who you are and what you can do? You are the only one who knows your limits. Truly. There will be thos...

Want More Satisfaction?

elitelawyercoach.com This week marks the anniversary of the largest game changing decision in my life. It is my son's birthday. He turns 11. I could never have known what the choice to be a parent would mean...

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Here is my recent post for The Lawyers Club of San Diego Leadership Committee reflecting on a personal tragedy and why we need to challenge certain presumptions about kindness and vulnerability.

A paradigm shift starts with individual leaders. Begin to be brave and dare to challenge the idea that vulnerability means weakness and failure.

How have you stepped into and through fear to support others?

READ THE ARTICLE HERE ==> http://www.lawyersclubsandiego.com/blogpost/1289976/290381/Guest-Blog--Leading-Lawyers-Choosing-Vulnerability

Need Mindset Tools for this Wild Ride? | Elite Lawyer Coach

elitelawyercoach.com Here we are at Thanksgiving once again. I feel as if I have been on Toad's Wild Ride. The year has flown by so fast. At the same time, I swear it has been a decade in the making! Right? Do you feel that way? I think everyone can agree that the pace of life and the speed of change have increased expo...

Want to De-stress Your Brain? | Elite Lawyer Coach

elitelawyercoach.com I get a lot of questions about why someone should bother with developing their emotional intelligence. After all, you have gotten this far in life and done pretty well, and besides who has the energy or time? I understand, if I am anything it is pragmatic. What I can tell you is that there are so ma...

Welcome to Elite Lawyer Coaching

I am proud to announce the creation of Elite Lawyer Coaching where we help lawyers, law firms and in-house legal departments succeed with tools that promote leadership, teamwork, and well-being.

To learn more I encourage you to take a look at the new website at https://elitelawyercoach.com

elitelawyercoach.com We exist to help lawyers, law firms and in-house legal departments succeed with tools that promote leadership, teamwork, and well-being. Implementation of these tools and practices brings a competitive advantage to firms in the realms of law firm climate and culture, talent development and retention...

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Create Success that Embraces YOU!

karunaconnect.com I sometimes wonder if I will ever stop measuring my “success” against that achieved by others. I know what success means to me. I do have a self-definition for my own success that has morphed through the years and base decisions upon it. Yet, our culture, and practically every message in events that...

11 Tips to Foster Belonging | Karuna Connect

karunaconnect.com Do you belong at work or in your professional or community organizations? I am asking about your subjective, internal experience of belonging. Feeling as if you are accepted as yourself. Are you accepted? Do you belong? Or, are you merely fitting in? Effective leadership nurtures belonging and a s...

Top Ten Ways to Lower Stress | Karuna Connect

karunaconnect.com The most prevalent complaints in our high-paced, high impact culture are somehow related to stress. From the ongoing, regular stress that comes from professional 24/7 demands, beastly traffic and non-stop plugged-in living, to specific life events that knock us for a loop, the impact of stress accu...

Want a Simple Tool for Fixing Your Mindset? | Karuna Connect

karunaconnect.com It is officially Spring, which makes it a perfect time to check in on your progress for the year. How is your 2017 so far? Moving towards your goals and accomplishing what you want? Relationships positive and healthy? How is your mindset on an average day? Content? Be honest with yourself. Are you…

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Improve Your Mindset With this Key Practice | Karuna Connect

karunaconnect.com Practice Letting Go of Perfection I was on my way to my first court appearance. Newly minted baby attorney. Passed the California Bar and sworn in the week before. I was terrified. So terrified I was practicing saying my name because I honestly thought I might forget it. Visions of my mind going bla...

A Powerful Vision Requires Imagination

karunaconnect.com Imagination is the key to building whatever it is that you want in life. Vision, through your imagination, is how you create whatever it is you experience. I work with individuals to develop a positive coherent vision for their life. Positive is key. Because just as your imagination...

The Mindset of Play | Karuna Connect

Get your Play on!

karunaconnect.com I was reminded today in my meditation of the importance of play. Thought I would pass it along – lately I keep getting reminded that I am too serious these days. There is nothing like laughter and fun to boost those endorphins! Laughter is so amazing, and I am working at laughing more.