The Path to Engagement: Enjoy more growth, happiness and success
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English Year 2016
Table of contents :
Introduction: Turning individual talent into organizational success : the PD mission --
The evolving role of PD professionals around the world / Terri Mottershead --
Promoting top performance : a holistic view / Gaye Mara --
Defining a standard of performance : competency models / Gaye Mara --
Building and using a competency model : one firm's experience / Heather Bock and Lori Berman --
Attaining superior competence : the stages of competency development / Gaye Mara --
Basics of adult learning / Randall B. Christison --
A developmental toolkit / Gaye Mara --
Matching the learning strategy to the level of competence / Gaye Mara --
Identifying the target population / Gaye Maya --
Assessing learning and performance needs / Gaye Mara --
Transfer of training : strengthening PD's connection to performance / Gaye Mara --
A case study in strategic professional development / Gaye Mara --
Pilot testing a new program / Gaye Mara --
Evaluating your training program / Gaye Mara --
Templates for needs assessment interview --
Sample focus group session --
Sample survey questionnaire with cover memo --
Tools for identifying and hiring high performers / Caren Stacy --
Competency-based interviewing and reference checks / Gaye Mara --
There has never been a more important time : 10 ways to strengthen and deepen your diversity and inclusion efforts / Vernā Myers --
Advancing women to firm leadership / Terri Mottershead --
Millennials and technology in today's workplace / Lauren Stiller Rikleen --
Integrating lateral partners / Andi Cullins and Steve Nelson --
New lawyer orientation : chunk it, space it, make it real / Gaye Mara --
Keeping high performers : PD for the "keepers" / J. D. Neary --
Planning and conducting exit interviews / Chris White --
Leveraging relationships with alumni / Kate Neville --
Sample lateral partner checklist --
Sample new associate arrival checklist --
Sample new associate seminar schedule and announcement memo --
An orientation exercise / Gaye Mara --
A comprehensive approach to learning substantive law / Gaye Maya --
A four-step model for skills training / Gaye Mara --
Teaching to different learning styles / Gaye Mara --
Design for an engaging multiday conference or retreat : using "TED Talks" and the World Café group facilitation methodology / Mary Gardner Burrelle and Elizabeth Foster-Nolan --
Moderating a panel / Gaye Maya --
Energizing a panel discussion / Gaye Maya --
E-learning : bite-size is the right size / Steve Gluckman --
Knowledge management : 11 ways PD and KM can join forces to enhance lawyer performance / Chris Boyd and Mara Nickerson --
Training formats for partners / Gaye Mara --
Experiential learning activities : putting the "do" in know/show/do/review / Gaye Mara --
Using PowerPoint effectively / Gaye Maya --
Adding physical activity to maintain group energy and focus / Gaye Maya --
Selecting and recruiting in-house faculty / Gaye Maya --
Training in-house faculty / Randall B. Christison --
Working with outside consultants / Gaye Maya --
Helping faculty to focus on priority content / Gaye Mara --
Teaching legal research / Ellen M. Callinan --
Legal writing : solutions to ten common problems / Ross Guberman --
Legal writing : teaching the key organizational skills / Steve Armstrong --
Legal project management : the apprenticeship model is broken / David Cruickshank --
Business development skills for attorneys / Tasneem Goodman --
Leadership development / Steve Armstrong --
Performance appraisal basics / Susan G. Manch --
Sample case studies for a workshop for new mentors --
Sample case studies and role plays for a feedback workshop --
Instructor guide and case studies for an appraisal workshop --
Work allocation systems : the "whys" and "hows" of work brokering / Heather V. Edes --
Associate development through effective paralegal utilization / Heather V. Edes --
The small case program : learning while billing / Gaye Mara --
Pro bono work as a professional development tool / Kristy Weathers --
Job aids : improving performance without training / Gaye Mara --
Giving ongoing feedback to SPIF up performance / Gaye Mara --
Performance appraisal as a professional development tool / Gaye Mara --
Upward evaluation programs : asking the right questions at the outset / James R. Lovelace --
Upward evaluation : five keys to success / Gaye Mara --
Mentoring : how can we do better? / Heather V. Edes --
Better ways to match mentors and mentees / Gaye Mara --
One firm's mentoring program : lessons learned / Sejal M. Shah --
Case study : reverse mentoring on social media at The Hartford / Gaye Mara --
What mentors can learn from coaching / James R. Lovelace --
Coaching attorneys to be exceptional writers : lessons from the classroom, the writing center --
and the track / Ben Opipari --
A template for an individual development plan --
A template for associate self-appraisal --
Leading law firms with multidisciplinary teams / Terri Mottershead --
Supporting practice leaders / Stephen Chitwood and Gaye Mara --
Executive coaching / David Coleman --
Succession planning for firm leaders : overcoming the resistance / Victoria Ruttenberg --
Implementing succession planning and knowledge transfer / Randall B. Christison --
Taking a positive approach to change / Gaye Mara --
Envisioning the path forward / Gaye Mara --
Generating and prioritizing ideas / Gaye Mara --
Solving problems in teams : the Z model / Gaye Mara --
Sample vision statements for strategic planning --
Learning after law school : an open letter to new law graduates / Gaye Mara --
Attention associates : seize control of your career development / Kathleen Brady --
The seven biggest opportunity blockers in professional development / Ari Kaplan --
Networking ROI : understanding the return on investment / Roy Ginsburg --
Writing a strong LinkedIn profile : ten tips / Kathleen P. Dunn --
Holding your own in meetings, as leader or participant / Dottie Palazzo --
Boosting creativity through exercise / Ben Opipari --
Succeeding as an introvert in an extrovert world / Dottie Palazzo --
Preventing burnout / Randall B. Christison --
Thriving in the law firm environment / Heather Bock, Lori Berman, and Juliet Aiken.
