202: Cami McLaren of McLaren Coaching discusses Coaching Attorneys with us.

Cami McLaren of McLaren Coaching coaches attorneys to create new ways to operate in their practice. As an attorney who practiced law for 16 years, she is passionate about assisting other attorneys to create lives and careers that are productive, balanced and fulfilling. Her fundamental belief is that practicing law does not have to be “hard.” Cami has worked in top law firms, and one-on-one with attorneys to help them reach their goals in a balanced and productive way. She works with attorneys to improve communication skills, create more effective and positive relationships and to improve time management skills and productivity. Cami presents workshops on topics such as communication, trust, accountability and time management in law firms, bar associations, and legal conferences. She writes articles for a variety of legal publications and is the co-author of Coaching for Attorneys: Improving Productivity and Achieving Balance, published by the ABA in 2014.

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Show Highlights

• Cami tells us that she is always raising the bar on herself.  A recent example was her creation of a training program with over 100 people in attendance which was far outside of what she had done before.  Cami believes in the principle of being committed to an outcome, but not attached to that outcome.
• Listen as Cami relates a sotry about a potential client who had asked for coaching for over two years but kept putting Cami off.  After just a few months with Cami the client, an attorney, stepped out and went on her own.
• Cami relates to us that her passion is that things not be “hard.”
• Cami explains that she helps Lawyers and Law firms in creating a management structure that works.
• Cami says that her vision is that the practice of law shifts as the new generation of attorneys approach the practice of law as a business to be run.

Favorite Resource

• Cami offers her list of blogs and resources here. (Check out who’s at the top of that list.)

Favorite Books:

• Coaching for Attorneys: Improving Productivity and Achieving BalanceCoaching for Attorneys is more than just a book. It is a mentor – addressing common problems and concerns that lawyers experience throughout their careers – and provides specific tools along with specific step-by-step instructions on how to use these tools to help you make life as a lawyer easier. Coaching for Attorneys teaches one how to feel good about what you are doing thus resulting in better work, better health, and better family life.
• The E-Myth Attorney: Why Most Legal Practices Don’t Work and What to Do About It Many attorneys in small and mid-size practices are experts on the law, but may not have considered their practice as much from a business perspective.  The E-Myth Attorney fills this void, giving you powerful advice on everything you need to run your practice as a successful business.
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change (25th Anniversary Edition)This is one of the rare books that has influenced presidents, CEOs, educators, and individuals all over the world not only to improve their businesses and careers but to live with integrity, service, dignity, and success in all areas of life.
• Thinking, Fast and Slow In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation–each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.
• Cami has a long list of books that she loves that can be found here.

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