Benefits of Executive/Life Coaching for Lawyers

Today's economic uncertainty causes great stress regarding careers and financial security. Numerous studies have shown that a high percentage of attorneys may experience low levels of professional satisfaction and worry about their productivity at work, while trying to balance personal commitments and career demands. This turmoil results in less-than-peak performance levels in all areas of life, but it doesn't have to be this way — Res Ipsa Executive & Life Coaching for Lawyers can show you a different path.

Professional coaching has steadily gained esteem and popularity in the business world with many companies retaining an executive coach on staff for their employees. In the world of practicing law, a professional coach can assist in the daily demands that attorneys face both inside and outside the office. Utilizing the services of Res Ipsa Coaching, LLC, lawyers can anticipate both powerful and successful results.

Some of the findings derived from the recent International Coach Federation Global Study include:

• In addition to awarding very high ratings to all of the coaching criteria tested, the vast majority of clients also indicated that they were very satisfied with their experience

• Further confirming the success coaches are having is the fact that almost all (96%) clients indicated that they would repeat the coaching experience given the same circumstances that lead them there in the first place

• When monetary gains are an expected outcome, coaching generates a very good return on investment (ROI) for clients

• Almost two thirds of those who experienced a personal ROI indicated that they had at least made their investment back

• The median personal ROI indicates that those who seek a financial gain can expect a return in the range of 3.44 times their investment

• The ROI for companies is quite a bit higher with a median return of 7 times the initial investment. In fact, almost one fifth (19%) indicated an ROI of at least 50 (5000%) times the initial investment while a further 28% saw an ROI of 10 to 49 times the investment

Give Yourself Credit

Consider your career path from the moment you received that long-awaited acceptance letter to law school. It is through years of training, discipline and hard work that you evolved into the accomplished attorney you are today. Consider that path and congratulate yourself on all your accomplishments in successfully and diligently negotiating every stage of your career.

Acknowledge the Challenges

If you are like most lawyers, you continually face challenges on a daily basis, whether purely work related, personal, or a combination of the two. Some of these trials may seem like they cut to the core of who you are, both professionally as well as personally and you may feel as though they hold you back from becoming the most successful attorney possible.

Res Ipsa Coaching works with attorneys at all career stages and in all areas of career coaching. Our short-term, weekly coaching sessions (6 month engagements) will help you develop action plans to achieve sustainable results in many areas:

• Strategic planning, improving productivity and achieving career goals by leveraging professional skills, personal strengths and values;
• Shifting paradigm from managing stress to harnessing stress to work for you;
• Developing efficient time management and organizational skills;
• Developing effective leadership, delegation and feedback skills;
• Improving productive work relationships and communication skills;
• Professional career transition, either imposed by others (e.g., by reason of downsizing or diminished business due to today’s harsh economic reality) or a voluntarily chosen career change;
• Lost passion or an overall absence of passion for the practice of the Law;
• Balancing the demands of your professional life with those of your personal life;
• Balancing your self-perception with others’ perceptions of what traits a successful attorney should possess.

What's Next?

Find out how to ignite the passion in your own life. Browse the site to learn more about Life Coaching. Visit our Services page for specific information on our Coaching Packages and register for the Energy Leadership Index Assessment and debrief to begin the process.

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