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Ideas on leading in the law

Essays on leadership, vulnerability, and culture change — written for the attorneys, managing partners, and legal departments doing the hard work of leading well.

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Confidence Is Not Courage

Walk into almost any law firm and you will find no shortage of confidence — and far less courage. The legal industry has a courage deficit, and it is costing firms far more than most of them realize.

August 31, 20266 min readRead More →

Leadership

The Armor We Mistake for Strength: Why Vulnerability Is Leadership’s Missing Discipline

There’s a moment every leader knows — a strategy fails, a number comes in wrong — and you have exactly two options: perform certainty, or tell the truth. Armor doesn’t build trust. It borrows it. Vulnerability, practiced as a discipline, is what makes strength believable.

August 25, 20267 min read

Leadership

From the Courtroom to the Boardroom: A Personal Injury Case Study in Courageous Leadership

Most leadership lessons don’t come from a leadership book. A composite personal injury case file taught me more about clarity, courage, and continuity under pressure than any seminar ever has.

August 18, 20265 min read

Leadership

What 250+ Senior Executives Taught Me About Leading Under Pressure

Deadlines, high-stakes clients, and a room full of people expecting you to have the answer. After coaching more than 250 senior executives, I have watched what pressure does to a leader — and what the best of them do differently.

July 25, 20266 min read

Leadership

The Armor of Infallibility: Why the Best Lawyers Struggle to Lead

The habits that make a brilliant advocate — control, certainty, the refusal to be wrong — quietly work against the leader. Here is how to take the armor off without losing your edge.

July 18, 20266 min read

Growth

From Advocate to Leader: The Skill No Law School Teaches

You were trained to win. You were never trained to lead. That gap — not talent — is what separates the partners who scale a firm from the ones who simply carry it.

July 10, 20265 min read

Culture

Vulnerability Is Not Weakness — It Is the Foundation of Trust

In a profession built on certainty, the leaders who admit what they do not know are the ones who build cultures people refuse to leave.

June 28, 20264 min read

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