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Facilitating Large-Scale Change
Through Leadership Coaching
The call was familiar. Dave Jones was promoted to an Executive vice president position at Standard, Inc., a struggling but still viable large-cap company. Dave had been with the company for 12 years and had 'grown up' there. He had done exceptionally well in previous positions but hit a roadblock in his current role.

Promoted Too Fast:
Overcoming the Big Syndrome
In his 1988 hit movie Big, Tom Hanks portrays a 12-year-old boy who asks a mechanical swami at a carnival to grant his wish to grow up.

Appreciative Inquiry:
A New Approach to Change Leadership
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) was first introduced by David Cooperider and Suresh Srivastva in 1987 in an academic journal. Since then, the new approach to change has caught on with change practitioners around the world with remarkable results. Why all the excitement, and why does this approach get positive results?

Coaching For Results:
An Overview of Effective Tools
The intricacy and speed of organizational life often force a company to make large-scale changes rapidly.

Who Will Lead Your Firm
Into the Future?
Billable hours, managing caseloads, satisfying clients, and "making rain" are the critical items that keep most managing Partners up at night.

Beating the Odds:
Success Strategies for Women
in the Legal Profession
Former Attorney General Janet Reno, speaking at a California Women Lawyers' dinner at the California State Bar meeting in September 2001, recalled that while at Harvard Law School in the early 1960s, the dean asked what she planned to do with her degree, as if unsure what a woman could accomplish with this credential.

Getting Their Due
It's always been more challenging than it is today to be a female lawyer, but a few hurdles still need to be overcome.

A New Look At Leading Change:
With the increasing complexity and rapid change in today's global economy, leading a planned change within a large international corporation is more challenging than ever.