Stress in the Time of Corona:
How to Lead Yourself and Other Attorneys During Extraordinary Times (OnDemand)
Originally held on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Please Note: This program will consist of audio-only instruction by the faculty, along with a visual aid presentation.
Program Fee:
Free for Members | $50 for Nonmembers
CLE Credit:
New York: 1.5 Law Practice Management
New Jersey: 1.5 General
California: 1.0 General
Pennsylvania: 1.0 General
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
This program provides transitional/non-transitional credit to all attorneys
Description:
In today’s world of uncertainty, attorneys must intentionally lead
themselves and others as they adapt to daily challenges of providing
client service during these extraordinary times. Attorneys need to
upgrade their personal “operating system” so that even during the chaos
caused by COVID-19, they are able to create their new “normal,” embrace
innovation, confronting their own, colleagues,’ and clients’ fears with
optimism, objectivity, and aplomb. This is on top of the pressures to
deliver excellent work product, on a timely basis, while meeting
billable hour requirements, which make maintaining a healthy outlook
difficult and positive self-leadership a must. Unlike in other
professions, lawyers are judged on a monthly, if not weekly basis on
both quality and quantity of work.
Each participant takes the short-from version of an assessment called
the Actualized Leader Profile (the “ALP”), developed by Dr. William
Sparks and based on years of research tested for validity and
reliability. The ALP reveals the person’s core motive drivers and
corresponding strengths, and what these drivers mean for how a lawyer
manages his or her stress. In particular, the assessment highlights the
person’s “shadow” thoughts and behaviors, which are indicative of a
stressed and catastrophized outlook. The program imparts tools for
recognizing when the shadow has taken over, and how to step out of the
shadow and into the light. Each lawyer learns how to pinpoint triggers
before they cause unmitigated stress, burnout, and pessimism. Once
pinpointed, the lawyer then learns short-term strategies for
successfully stepping out of the shadow in that moment, and longer-term
strategies for building resilience and reducing reactivity and
susceptibility to said triggers. The reduction in the frequency and
severity of “shadow” experiences is essential to improving firm culture.
In summary, participant lawyers will be able to:
- Mitigate the effect of triggers by understanding “shadows,” (the
distorted ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving when under stress,)
and reframe the catastrophized and “shadowed” story objectively
- Improve one’s ability to operate in the face of difficult
circumstances, which improves firm culture by reducing the number and
severity of “shadow” experiences
- Maintain an optimistic outlook, thereby preventing burnout
- Improve the ability to operate better in the workplace because
the lawyer understands and recognizes the sources of stress, and is able
to reframe events such that the feeling of stress is either entirely
avoided or minimized
- Transform culture by reducing the severity and frequency of the bystander’s experience of “shadow” behavior
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Program Instructor:
Anne E. Collier, MPP, JD, PCC, CEO, Arudia