Individual (One-on-One)
Legal Coaching for Attorneys
Joan Newman is a nationally recognized coach on leadership and professional development skills including business development, legal project management, time management, supervision, and delegation, building and maintaining professional relationships, communication and emotional intelligence, and generational issues. She specializes in coaching law firm partners and associates as well as in-house counsel and other professionals to improve their leadership and other strategic skills. Joan is a Certified Master Coach and is certified in Lean Six Sigma.
All coaching engagements include an upfront skill assessment, customized coaching plan, and regular meetings (either in person or phone-based) throughout the process. Because Joan’s coaching is customized to meet the particular needs, goals, and learning styles of the individual professional, she is extremely effective in honing professional and leadership skills, developing greater self-awareness, and increasing situational savvy. Joan serves as a strategic advisor and confidant during the coaching engagement, providing ongoing support and counsel as the professional addresses challenging projects and situations in real time.
Coaching Programs That Build Strategic, Developmental, & Interpersonal Skills
Joan Newman & Associates’ customized coaching programs for individual attorneys and other professionals focus on a variety of strategic professional and developmental skills necessary to succeed in a highly competitive business environment. Learn more:
- Developing and Enhancing Client Relationships
- Business Development
- Practice Group and Team Management
- Supervision and Delegation
- Performance Evaluations and Providing Feedback
- Strategic Planning and Decision Making
- Succession Planning
- Social Networks and Business Development
- Legal Project Management
- Developing Project Budgets
- Time Management Skills
- Organizational Skills
- Oral and Written Communication Skills
- Professional Image
- Professional Etiquette Skills