The document discusses key aspects of client development for long term success, including planning with goals, becoming visible and credible, building relationships, and improving client service. It emphasizes creating a development plan with specific goals, activities to enhance visibility like writing articles and public speaking, focusing on building rapport and trust with contacts, and prioritizing client needs to improve service. The overall message is that lawyers need to proactively plan their development, build their reputation and networks, and focus on serving clients well to achieve long term career success.
Talk sharing career paths and experiences on Startups, Academia, & Industry to PhD students considering setting up a Startup.
Some advice to my younger self for building a startup.
Talk to Lowcomote's PhD Student on 2021.11.04.
By: Pedro J. Molina PhD. founder at Metadev S.L.
Important Skills Every Entrepreneur Should HaveInshan Meahjohn
Inshan Meahjohn was appointed as the Chairman of the Green Fund Advisory Committee. Entrepreneurship has traditionally been defined as the process of running a new business.
Strategies for Identifying and Assessing Talent for the Staffing Industry by ...Engage
Jay Brunetti has been in the business of finding and placing professionals at staffing agencies for years. In this session, Jay will discuss strategies and an action plan to find exceptional staffing talent despite a tight labor market.
Chameleons, Catfish, and Cybersleuths: The Art of Sourcing and Attracting Mul...Engage
Today’s recruiters are expected to be equal parts hunter and gatherer, asked to both find "unfindable" talent and bring them "home" to an organization that fits. However, for the first time in history, we are dealing with prospective talent from five generations, a situation which could prove incredibly valuable but could also present massive challenges for any growing organization. Each of these five generations has its own individual nuances, attitudes, values, and communication styles, adding another layer of complexity to an organization’s sourcing and talent attraction strategies.
My best tips for entrepreneurs and business owners to live a great personal and business life. Learn more in my book www.IwishIknew.co
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Recruiting For Your Startup: Unconventional Thinking, Smart Ideas and Amazing...futurewardcentral
Join us as FutureWard presents our monthly FutureWard Forum! We aim to foster and build a collaborative community through the sharing of ideas and knowledge. Our speaker for this month's forum will be Dominik Nagiller, and he will be sharing about recruiting for your startup: unconventional thinking, smart ideas and amazing mistakes.
Dominik Nagiller from Queen’s Road Capital divides his time between Hong Kong and SEA looking for driven entrepreneurs who seek to disrupt digital media, vertical commerce and work tech. Queen’s Road Capital (www.queensroadcapital.com) is a HK-based VC firm focused on undertaking early stage investments in tech-enabled businesses across Asia and beyond.
We see companies create and maintain a brand for themselves all the time by consistently sending the same message. However, we often forget that in order to land that new client, job, etc we are first going to need to apply that same practice to market ourselves. This presentation covers how to develop your "personal brand vision statement" that serves as the platform for your online (and offline) voice.
ROI Online is a new-age internet marketing company that revolves around a core set of values and beliefs. Our culture code is implemented internally within our organization as well as through our customers.
Talk sharing career paths and experiences on Startups, Academia, & Industry to PhD students considering setting up a Startup.
Some advice to my younger self for building a startup.
Talk to Lowcomote's PhD Student on 2021.11.04.
By: Pedro J. Molina PhD. founder at Metadev S.L.
Important Skills Every Entrepreneur Should HaveInshan Meahjohn
Inshan Meahjohn was appointed as the Chairman of the Green Fund Advisory Committee. Entrepreneurship has traditionally been defined as the process of running a new business.
Strategies for Identifying and Assessing Talent for the Staffing Industry by ...Engage
Jay Brunetti has been in the business of finding and placing professionals at staffing agencies for years. In this session, Jay will discuss strategies and an action plan to find exceptional staffing talent despite a tight labor market.
Chameleons, Catfish, and Cybersleuths: The Art of Sourcing and Attracting Mul...Engage
Today’s recruiters are expected to be equal parts hunter and gatherer, asked to both find "unfindable" talent and bring them "home" to an organization that fits. However, for the first time in history, we are dealing with prospective talent from five generations, a situation which could prove incredibly valuable but could also present massive challenges for any growing organization. Each of these five generations has its own individual nuances, attitudes, values, and communication styles, adding another layer of complexity to an organization’s sourcing and talent attraction strategies.
My best tips for entrepreneurs and business owners to live a great personal and business life. Learn more in my book www.IwishIknew.co
Contact me at www.smestrategy.net for business coaching and consulting.
Recruiting For Your Startup: Unconventional Thinking, Smart Ideas and Amazing...futurewardcentral
Join us as FutureWard presents our monthly FutureWard Forum! We aim to foster and build a collaborative community through the sharing of ideas and knowledge. Our speaker for this month's forum will be Dominik Nagiller, and he will be sharing about recruiting for your startup: unconventional thinking, smart ideas and amazing mistakes.
Dominik Nagiller from Queen’s Road Capital divides his time between Hong Kong and SEA looking for driven entrepreneurs who seek to disrupt digital media, vertical commerce and work tech. Queen’s Road Capital (www.queensroadcapital.com) is a HK-based VC firm focused on undertaking early stage investments in tech-enabled businesses across Asia and beyond.
We see companies create and maintain a brand for themselves all the time by consistently sending the same message. However, we often forget that in order to land that new client, job, etc we are first going to need to apply that same practice to market ourselves. This presentation covers how to develop your "personal brand vision statement" that serves as the platform for your online (and offline) voice.
ROI Online is a new-age internet marketing company that revolves around a core set of values and beliefs. Our culture code is implemented internally within our organization as well as through our customers.
Step by Step details of how I recruited 5,000 loan originators and builders, Realtors to refer over 67,000 closed customers in 8 Years for over $27,000,000 Revenue
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How to Crack the C-Suite Code in 2010: Secrets for Selling to the TopLandslide Technologies
Leaders at the highest corporate levels don’t always avoid sales pitches—in fact, research shows that executives welcome them- provided the salesperson approaches them in the right way.
What is the correct way to approach a senior-level sales pitch?
Please join presenter Dr. Steve Bistritz, co-author of Selling to the C-Suite and President of SellXL, as he brings to life over 10 years of research revealing what C-Suite leaders in 500 diverse companies and government bodies said about their relationships with professional salespeople. This ground breaking research has been presented to thousands of salespeople at the SellXL workshop and in other venues, and has been used by sales professionals around the world to help close top dollar deals.
Unleashing Potential: Talent Management and Career Development Strategies for...Vanessa Theoharis
This presentation was shared by Vanessa Theoharis and Julie Ried at the American Marketing Association Higher Education Symposium in November 2022.
The market has gone through a whirlwind of a year, as individuals contemplate the next stages of their career journeys, whether within the organization or elsewhere. As higher education leaders, you have the opportunity to create a workplace environment that will attract top talent, engage your team and motivate individuals to stay.
Bringing best practices from across the field, this presentation includes strategies around employee recruitment, retention, and engagement, specifically for marketing and communications teams.
Objective I am seeking employment with a company where I can us.docxcherishwinsland
Objective: I am seeking employment with a company where I can use my talents and skills to grow and expand the company. Also, I want to succeed in a stimulating and challenging environment, building the success of the company while I experience advancement opportunities.
Education & Qualifications: BSc Administration Management, May 2017
Western Kentucky University
· Fluent Arabic and English
Work History: Admin clerk, Aug 2010 – Jan 2011
Saudi Airlines - Riyadh
Personal Skills Strengths & Profile:
· Quick learner, keen to learn and improve skills
· Self-motivation and ability to take the initiative.
· Problem solving skills
· Ability to work well under pressure
DEVELOPING YOUR
PERSONAL CAREER PLAN
Deliverables:
1. Complete the Personal Career Plan Tools in the Appendix at the end of the document. You should copy and paste the tools into a separate word document. Name the document YourlastnameCareerPlanTools.doc. You will upload this document to the Assignments area in Blackboard.
2. Create a personal resume. Name the document YourlastnameResume.doc. You will upload this document to the Assignments area in Blackboard.
3. Write a 3-5 page reflection paper (12 point font, double spaced) addressing your personal experience in Career Planning. Address each component from the Six-stage Career Development model included in this packet. (See page 2.) What did you learn from this exercise? You may need think about activities you would like to do for Steps 5 and 6 to include in this assignment. This paper is based on your thoughts and supportive documentation is not required.
Objectives of the Personal Career Strategy Assignment
1. Identify characteristics/attributes in support of your personal career brand.
2. Explore personal and University of Louisville institutional assets that will enhance your education and job search process.
3. Package past activity and build clear future goals.
Developing Your Personal Career Strategy
Successful organizations create strategic plans to provide a long-term vision of what they aim to become. They also specify goals and related objectives and then strategic plans that will take them incrementally toward the realization of the vision. This process parallels as a useful paradigm for successful career management. This document can help you develop a personal career management strategy and plan. It gives an overview of the career development process and brief description of each stage and introduces exercises culminating in your own plan.
The 6 Stages of Career Development
The model below depicts the six stages of the career development cycle. In progressing through the stages, you will develop goals and strategies for pursuing a satisfying career. Over time, you will cycle through the process again as you evolve. Career decisions are not one-time events, but steps in a life-long career development process. Research indicates that, on average, people change jobs seven times and careers.
Talk Given At ICSA National Conference in Atlanta 2010: The challenge of providing world-class levels of customer service through a service business located in multiple states, with diverse employees, in a variety of industries and markets.
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Developing a Niche Law Practice and Differentiating YourselfCordell Parvin
Presentation to law firm lawyers on why they should develop a niche law practice and how to do it. Then how to differentiate themselves from other lawyers.
9. How you spend non-case time will determine the quality of your career and relationship with your clients How you spend your free time determines the quality of your life Planning
16. “ Any system or blueprint for success is better than none at all. Think on Paper .” Have you written down your goals? If not, when? Brian Tracy Goals
17. Business Goals Bill ___ hours Originate $____ Obtain ____ new clients Expand existing business with ____ Speak at _____ industry meetings Write ___ articles and get them published Post ____ blog posts Meet with ___ contacts Add ____ to my web page bio
18. Focus on (Lawyer Skill) Attend CLE on (Lawyer Skill) Read (Lawyer Skill) Learn About (Client Industry) Learn About (People Skill) Development Goals
68. Contact Focus A system to Focus on Your Contacts for Best Results Prioritize contacts Upgrade nature of contacts Learn personal information and professional needs
73. Clients Hire Lawyers They Trust and With Whom They Connect Relationship / Getting Hired
74. Building rapport essential to building trust and long term relationships Our responsibility to understand our client’s personality and communicate effectively Building Rapport
75. Personality type How they speak and receive information Empathy Three Aspects Building Rapport
76. Control Emote Ask Tell Building Rapport Analytical Under stress Avoid Driving Under stress Autocratic Amiable Under stress Acquiesce Expressive Under stress Attack
86. Plan with Goals Accountability Become Visible and Credible Build Relationships Improve Client Service Repeat Above What Now?
87. Cordell M. Parvin http://www.cordellparvin.com What You Need to Learn and Practice for Long Term Success Client Development in a Nutshell
Editor's Notes
To Use your limited time most effectively you must have a plan It will help you to Prioritize Focus Execute There is great evidence supporting the conclusion that people with written goals and a plan to achieve them are far more likely to be successful
How I prepare My Business Plan – Top Down // Bottom Up
This morning we focused on being a professional and ethical practitioner. How can you demonstrate your professionalism? What VEHICLES CAN YOU USE to a) show your professionalism b) demonstrate your command of the industry challenges, and c) increase your visibility so your clients have realistic expectations of how you can meet their needs. Website Biography Writing Speaking
Over the next two minutes list 10 things you want to achieve in the next year. Leave some space in between each item. They should be specific and measurable so you will know if you achieved them. They might be:
Next I want you to rank your goals in order of importance.
What do you need to overcome to achieve your goals? Obstacles are generally of our own making not your firm’s or other outsider.
Make a list of who can help you both in and out of your firm For example, for my in-house workshops my assistant can prepare the PowerPoint. Construction association executives or in-house contractor representatives I know are the people who can get me those opportunities
Write down as many actions as you can think of to achieve your goal
Now, that you have your list, I want you to write down for each goal something you can do in the next week to get started. We need for the train to get out of the station. Let’s stop there for a minute. My experience has shown me that if you write down your goals and develop a plan of activities to achieve them, you will be one of about 3% of the lawyers and you will be far more likely to achieve them. So, you have made the first step to achieving your own definition of success. I have always had lifetime goals. Recently, I put my lifetime goals in four categories: Physical/EconomicMental/LearningEmotional/RelationshipsSpiritual/ValuesI share my lifetime goals with lawyers I am coaching and I am sharing them with you. Many of the lawyers I am coaching have developed their own lifetime goals and shared theirs with others.
Now, law firms look alike and so do lawyers. You have to stand out from the crowd and be remarkable or extraordinary in some way
You are at the most exciting time of your careerMore than any other time, what you do now will have the greatest impact
Our success in client development can be a result of people with a rare set of gifts that help create tipping points. Three type of people
Connectors know lots of people. Connectors are important not just because of the number of people they know, but also the kinds of people they know. They know people in different worlds. Connectors are masters of “weak ties,” meaning many relationships that are not deep ones. Connectors are important to use because they spread the word to a wide group of people with whom they have weak ties.
Challenge is to get clients to volunteer to hear you and ultimately hire you. Clients and potential clients are going to give permission to fewer and fewer law firm and and fewer and fewer lawyers.
A “maven,” is someone who accumulates knowledge. They do the research most of us don’t want to do and they find joy in passing along what they learn. If you have written an article about an important topic, a maven is the type most likely to find it.
Salesmen, it turns out, deliver far more than just the message. They persuade others of the message's truth using subtle, hidden and unspoken communication techniques that are demonstrably more effective. A large component of this is referred to as emotional contagion.
What Topic? What to write Where to get it published? How can it be reused?
Ask, “What is my point?” and “Who asked me to speak?” If an organization asked you to speak, focus on marketing. Are they lawyers or non-lawyers? This will effect the language you use. If they are non-lawyers, speak on something topical, relevant, or something from the news. Ask, “What is important to the audience?” and “What do they face daily?” Go to the director of the group and ask what they would like to hear. Find out what your clients perceive as a problem and try to address it—prove that the problem exists. Some presentations are to build your profile and show you are the expert. Be the first to market when addressing large “industry” groups. Call clients and ask for ideas or concerns and use the opportunity to address their concerns right then.
In the context of our legal marketing, the message must address problems, opportunities, internal changes or external changes our clients and potential clients are encountering. Otherwise, they simply won’t care.
What Topic? What to write Where to get it published? How can it be reused?
What is your objective – ask: Why am I doing this presentation? What do I want the audience to do? Understand your audience Understand their business Understand their issues
People tend to put every single word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this alleviates the need to memorize your talk, ultimately this makes your slides crowded, wordy and boring. You will lose your audience’s attention before you even reach the bottom of your slide. They are reading ahead of you since they can read faster than you can speak. In this example, it is continued and continued.
Give the audience a call to action. Ask them what they are going to do with this information.HumorSummary
Make a list of all your contacts, high school, college, law school, family friends etc. Figure out which are likely to be successful in life and find a way to stay in touch with them. A system to focus on your contacts for best results. 1) Prioritize contacts; 2) Upgrade nature of contact and 3) learn personal and professional needs
Many clients still hire lawyers over law firms. They look first to reputation to narrow selection (objective). They ultimately decide based on comfort (subjective). Recent studies/surveys of corporate counsel: 1) Legal expertise is assumed; 2) Law firms need to focus on (a) Responsiveness and (b) Innovation. Survey’s of General Counsel - 75% of Fortune 1000 clients not satisfied Do not recommend their primary law firm to others. Would change if they thought another firm would do better. Dissatisfaction with client service cited more than twice any other reasons75% of Fortune 1000 clients not satisfied – reasons 1. Client Service = Responsiveness, proactive business advice, knowledge and understanding of industry, their business and them 2. Technology and other cost efficiencies
Law Firm Clients Are sophisticated Want to feel special, listened to Want customized solutions to their legal needs Lawyers perceived to make extraordinary effort to get work, but less effort to satisfy their clients’ needs Lawyers are generally disliked Clients are only satisfied because they have no other options
Attorneys are in the business of first impressions All attorneys will live or die (professionally) by their ability to connect with people and quickly earn trust. It is ESSENTIAL to build rapport. Build trust & long-term relationships. Building Rapport requires effective COMMUNICATION understand client’s personality Understand client’s needs Use ‘relatable’ language and style so client can ‘hear’ what you say. (Communication is what they HEAR not what you SAY)
Two Aspects Personality type How they speak and receive information
Communication is not really what you SAY. It’s what your client HEARS. Effective communication : -requires deliberate attention to the client’s perspective and learning style. -RESULTS in client confidence and realistic expectations (Ethics) Effective communicators -vary their speaking style to accommodate the client’s learning styles. It is satisfying to know you’ve been heard. When you speak your client’s language, they achieve client satisfaction -- and that contributes to industry esteem (ethics).
Trust is built deliberately -- through consistent demonstration of excellent communication, client service, . . .
ETHICS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION It is incumbent on lawyers to deliberately and effectively create a positive / solid / complementary impression of the profession. Personally, you must develop credibility, demonstrate reliability, and cultivate intimacy while responsibly managing your environment. Case Study - How do you enhance your credibility? - How do you enhance your reliability? - How do you build a personal relationship with your client or business referral source? - How do you demonstrate that your focus is on your client not on how you benefit from your client? . . . . “ask not what my client can do for me . . . Ask what I can do for my client.”
Law Firm Clients Are sophisticated Want to feel special, listened to Want customized solutions to their legal needs Lawyers perceived to make extraordinary effort to get work, but less effort to satisfy their clients’ needs Lawyers are generally disliked Clients are only satisfied because they have no other options
1. Client Service = Responsiveness, proactive business advice, knowledge and understanding of industry, their business and them 2. Technology and other cost efficiencies