Retreats and Professional Development

Creating connections among your talented people and building their business skills are more important than ever in a post-pandemic world. Firms are relying on retreats as one of the tools in the toolbox for building or rebuilding their firm culture.

Retreats take all shapes and sizes. Some are partner/shareholder retreats; some are associate retreats; some are for all lawyers. Retreats for executive leadership are increasingly common – as are department and practice group retreats. In the world of the hybrid workplace, retreats provide lawyers and law firm executives the opportunity to spend quality time together tackling important business issues and building deeper relationships with each other.

In our experience, you cannot develop a strategic plan in a one-day retreat. Retreats can, however, be critical parts of the strategic planning process – whether your firm uses its retreat to kick off the process and solicit input on important issues or at the end of a strategy project to roll out the plan or somewhere in between. Getting people offsite and in a different setting can inspire creative thinking and propel idea generation to help design your firm’s vision for the future.

We also deliver keynote presentations at law firm retreats on a myriad of topics, including:

• Management trends in the legal industry
• Marketing and Business Development best practices
• Law firm economics basics
• Leadership and management skill building
• Law firm culture
• Generational differences in law firm
• Core values
• Mindfulness for improved leadership and lower stress

We also conduct bespoke leadership and management training programs for seasoned law firms leaders and managers, new partners and ambitious associates. Whether its leadership training for Department Chairs and Practice Group Leaders, management training for your firm’s women’s initiative or financial or marketing training for your aspiring partners. We create and deliver informative programs that are memorable and fun.

We frequently present at national and regional conferences for global, national and regional professional organizations and industry associations. We are happy to talk with you about your organization’s needs.