Better Law Practice Through Better People Management
As part of the firm’s effort to attract talent to drive it in a “tech-led, human-powered world,” Ernst & Young has announced that they are paying $100 million in bonuses to reward “human skills, such as leadership, judgment, business acumen, collaboration and an ability to adapt.”
“This significant investment reinforces our commitment to building the workforce…
It’s something we do in all sorts of social and professional scenarios. What exactly should I make of this person? What are their talents, their prospects? What is their likely long term potential? HR professionals, but also everyday professionals, often pride themselves on their ability to answer those questions about the people they work with…
Daniel Lukasik, long an advocate for recognizing and addressing depression among lawyers, has written an article in the summer 2026 edition of The New York State Bar Association Journal entitled “Overcoming Loneliness in the Legal Profession.”
In 2023, Dr. Vivek Murthy, then US Surgeon General, declared loneliness a national public health epidemic…
Law People Management, LLC, is pleased to announce that the discount on the recently released second edition of Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence has been extended through the end of the year.
This second edition of Ronda Muir’s best-selling ABA guide to emotional intelligence (EI) in law practice reports on the latest developments in…
In a recent episode of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution podcast Resolutions, AAA Vice President Aaron Gothelf interviews lawyer, mediator, and author Ronda Muir about the newly released Second Edition of her groundbreaking book, Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence.
Together, they explore how emotional intelligence (EQ) offers a competitive advantage for legal professionals, from…
Law People Management, LLC, is pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence.
This second edition of Ronda Muir’s best-selling ABA guide to emotional intelligence (EI) in law practice reports on the latest developments in the science of EI and how to use EI to address…
Let’s take a look at Professional Rules of Conduct with respect to discrimination and harassment with an eye on emotional intelligence. First, a short historical review of relevant rules is in order.
On February 5, 2018, Resolution 302 was adopted unanimously by the American Bar Association expanding existing provisions in the Model Rules of Professional…
In a first study of its kind, researchers analyzing nearly 5,000 job descriptions placed between 2000 and 2017 in help-wanted ads for CEOs, as well as the other big C’s, found a 27% increase in social skills requirements, while the emphasis on hard skills, like financial management, declined by 38%. The most wanted soft skills…
Following up on our post of November 18, 2020, from across the pond comes further questioning of the value of implicit bias training. Ministers in the UK government have scrapped the training for civil servants in England and urge that it be ended for other public employees as well.
British psychologist Patrick Forscher, who examined
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An interesting confluence is happening in the area of mental health. Technology is offering ways to recognize mental health issues that could benefit from remediation and also paths along which help can be delivered. And lawyers are in need of just such assistance.
Our last post was about CIMON, the first autonomous free-floating astronaut-assistant robot…