056: Andrew Elowitt of New Actions, LLC discusses how lawyers can use coaches to get more clients, be more productive, and spend less time managing their practice.

Who supports a Lawpreneur? Listen in as Andrew Elowitt of New Actions shares his journey. Andrew has worn many hats during his professional career. He was a transactional attorney at a firm that grew from 7 to over 300 lawyers; General Counsel for the largest sporting goods wholesaler in the Western U.S.; and for the last twenty years, an executive coach and management consultant specializing in talent and leadership development for law firms, businesses, and corporate legal departments. He is a Fellow-Elect in the College of Law Practice Management, an International Coach Federation Professional Certified Coach, and author of The Lawyer’s Guide to Professional Coaching: Leadership, Mentoring & Effectiveness.

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Key to Success

• Andrew reminds us to listen to our hearts.  His biggest learning came from not paying attention to the signs that his heart wasn’t in the daily practice of law.
• Andrew shows that it isn’t the person who makes the fewest mistakes that wins, rather it is the person who corrects the mistakes most quickly that wins.
• Andrew discusses the ever changing nature of the legal profession and how important it is to keep learning so you can be in the know.
• Andrew points out that you can keep yourself in integrity with your clients by keeping current with your legal training and development.

Andrews Four Areas of Service

• Executive Coaching / Professional Coaching.
• Practice Management Consulting /Organizational Development Coaching.
• Facilitation (Resolving contentious issues through meetings and retreats).
• Assessment of a firm.  i.e. taking the firms temperature and looking for opportunities for improvement.

Favorite Resource

• Leaving “white space” in your calendar, so you will have time for strategic thinking, decompressing, creativity, and marketing.

Favorite Books:

• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic “right-brain” thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn’t. Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment–and reveals how to master them.
• The Lawyer’s Guide to Professional Coaching The Lawyer’s Guide to Professional Coaching will teach you to find, select, and work productively with the right coach for your needs–and transform your practice in the process. Learn how to get the most out a coaching relationship.
• A New Approach to Solo & Small Firm Business Plans. OC Lawyer. July 2008

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