Programs, Speeches, Workshops & Retreats

 

We provide customized Keynotes, Seminars, Workshops and Retreats on a wide variety of subjects. For lawyers and law firms, most of these topics can be modified for Continuing Legal Education Credit.

CLE Teaching/Public Speaking

  • “TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP: Mastering Gender-Balanced leadership” (Leadership workshop), as part of the Women at the Top Leadership Roundtables (03/11/2010)
  • “The LINC Challenge: Make an Impact” (Leadership Keynote) Session 1 of “LINC: Leaders Impacting the Non-Profit Community” (HCBA, 01/09/2010)
  • “Power, Persuasion, Presence: Be a Woman of Influence”, speech and panel on Communications & Leadership, part of the “Taking Charge of Your Career” series, sponsored by MSBA and MWL, (04/28/2009).
  • “What do We Do Now? A Discussion of Best Practices for Diversity in Law Firms”, (HCBA 2007)
  • Diversity Taskforce Findings (Panel CLE at MSBA meeting) (MSBA, 2006)
  • “Becoming a Pearl: Gender Diversity in Leadership and Communications” (SB, CA 2007)
  • NITA Trial Advocacy Program Faculty (2005- present)
  • “A Legal Practicum” Adjunct Professor, William Mitchell College of Law, (2004 to 2007)
  • “Women in Rainmaking” (SF ABA 1997)
  • “Competition Beyond the Year 2000: An Overview of Antitrust, Predatory Pricing, Competitive Access, Overbuilds, and other Competitive Issues in Telecommunications” (Practicing Law Institute) (1996 through 2004);
  • RKMC In-house NITA Trial Advocacy Program (11/1999, 2/2001, 11/2001);
  • “Leadership for the Next Millennium” (Atlanta, keynote) (1997, 1998);
  • “Strategic Planning for the Future” (Denver, keynote, video, TCI studio) 1997;
  • “The Opening Statement: The Art of Storytelling,” The Intellectual Property Jury Trial (MILE) (1993);
  • “Lying Cheating & Stealing,” [Topic: Analysis of RICO Act] MILE (1991);
  • “Civil Pretrial Practice,” [Topic: Experts] MILE (1991);
  • “Intellectual Property Litigation: Beyond the Basics,” [Co-Chair] MSBA (1991);
  • “Advanced Civil Procedure,” Adj. Prof., William Mitchell College of Law (1990);
  • “Deposition Skills Seminar,” CLE (1989);
  • “Eavesdropping on the Jury” – Trial Demonstration Workshop, CLE (1989);
  • “Pretrial Practice & Tactics: Rule 11 and the duty to ‘zealously’ represent,” Adjunct Prof., University of Minnesota Law School (1987);
  • “RICO, RICO Everywhere!”- MILE (1985)

Change & Transitions Workshops

  • “Renewing Teams In Changing TImes™”Full or half day workshop for teams, presentation and workshop equipping teams to understand, anticipate and plan for changes in your team, organization and industry
  • “Planning for Change™”Half day workshop for individuals, similar to Team workshops

Communications & Professional Development

  • “Purpose, Power & Persuasion: Communicate and Lead with Influence”
  • “Elements of Persuasion: The Art and Use of Storytelling, Themes and labels”Trial advocacy workshop, 2009, Mock Trial training Storytelling Workshops: applying the art of storytelling to your cases, your career and your marketing
  • “Transformational Leadership: Mastering Gender Diverse styles”Seminar & Interactive training on gender intelligent communications & leadership
  • The Gender Alliance™: Differences in Communication Styles & Leadership
  • Communications Styles Workshops Incorporates cross-cultural, generational and gender diversity
  • Taking the LEAP: Leadership Transitions
  • Taking the LEAP: Stepping up to Lead

Business Leadership & Practice Development

  • Creatrix™ and Risktaking: Becoming a Resilient Leader
  • “Singing in the Rain: Making Rain in a Dry Time”
  • “EQ Learning in Action: What is your Emotional Intelligence, and how can it enhance your skills as an advocate, leader and rainmaker?”
  • “Harnessing Change” Half-day Planning for Change(TM) workshop
  • Managing Your Practice: What You Didn’t Learn in Law School Including sections on Managing others: Partners, Associates, Staff, Clients, Judges, Adversaries and Opposing Parties, Families and Friends — and Managing Yourself
  • Leadership beyond the Millennium: the V.I.T.A.L. Leadership Core Competencies
  • Leadership Transitions
  • The Resonant Leader: How to Lead from a Sense of Abundance in a Time of Scarcity

Teambuilding (Practice Development)

  • Powerful Teams: Building a strengths-based cohesive Team At trial, in your company/firm, with clients
  • Millennials and Gen X-ers: Who are they and why should we care?Keynote; also a workshop on building effective teams across the generation gap
  • “Renewing Teams in Changing Times” Either half or full day workshops

Diversity (Ethics/Elimination of Bias CLE/CEU credit component)

  • The Gender Alliance™: Mastering Gender-Balanced Leadership
  • Managing Polarities in a Pluralist Environment
  • Implementing the MSBA Diversity Best Practices Guide: How to apply to your organization?
  • Bridging the Cultural Divide
  • Diversity in Leadership: Recruiting and retaining the best and the brightest

Some of the Assessments We Use:
  • Creatrix™
  • EQ Learning in Action
  • FIRO-B
  • The Gender Alliance™
  • MBTI
  • Strengthsfinders 2.0
  • 360 CLQ