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Please review
past issues here:
Issue
26, Summer 2009
- At Last: A Move To Flexible Career Tracks
- Message to First Year Associates:
Come to Work and Learn
- On the International Scene: Changes to Watch
- Networking and Motherhood Go Together
- The Austin Manifesto
Issue
25, Spring 2009
- Professional Development Roundtable for Global Law Firms
- The Importance of
Mentoring in Turbulent Times
- Real World Education for Law Students and Associates
Issue 24, Winter 2009
- Looking at Lawyers' Work Through Clients' Eyes
- Global Conference Calls
Issue
23, Summer 2008
- Roundtable on Professional Development for Global Firms
- Going Global: Enhancing
Lawyers’ Cultural Competence
- InnovAction Awards
Issue
22, Spring 2008
- Hastings Leadership
Academy for Women
- Transitioning Clients
- Speed Mentoring: A Misleading Misnomer
Issue
21, Winter 2008
- Hastings Leadership Academy for Women
- Taking the Lead
- The Importance
of Informal Mentoring
Issue
20, Fall 2007
- The Rules of Engagement
- Law Practice Management in Australia
- The 2008 Hastings
Leadership Academy for Women
Issue
19, Summer 2007
- True or False: You Are What You Bill
- New Approaches to Time and Performance
- InnovAction Award Winners
Issue
18, Spring 2007
-
Welcome to the
Revolution
-
Best Practices
in Associate Retention
-
2007 InnovAction
Awards
Issue
17, Winter 2007
- The Hastings Leadership Academy for Women
- Best
Practices
- Preparing Lawyers for Global Practice
- Proving the Value of Mentoring
- Update
on "Opting Back In and Forging Ahead"
Issue
16, Fall 2006
- Women in Law: Off-Ramps
and On-Ramps on the Road to Success
- Law Firms That Support
Fathers and Mothers
- Law Firms Form Strategic
Alliances to Promote Diversity
- InnovAction: New Online
Journal
- Calls for Nomination for
Awards
Issue
15, Summer 2006
- Diversity in Global Law Firms:
Developing a Global Mindset
- Mentoring Groups and Mentoring
Circles: The Need for Careful Planning
- Case Study: Bridging Cultural Differences
Issue
14, Spring 2006
- Law Firm Mergers: The Role
of Professional Development Leaders
- Case Study: Acquiring a Group of Lawyers
- Mentor-Mentee Match-Making
Issue
13, Winter 2006
- Evaluating Mentoring Programs
- Case Study: Bar Association of San Francisco Diversity Goals
and Timetables
- The Growing Importance of
Employer Flexibility
Issue
12, Fall 2005
- Starting a Women's
Initiative
- Case Study: Responding to Poor Associate Satisfaction Survey
Results
- Practice Tip: In Mentoring
Programs, One Size Does Not Fit All
- VIP Mentors
Issue
11, Summer 2005
- Leadership Development Initiative
for New Partners
- Case Study: Coaching a New Professional Development Director
- Build on Summer Mentoring
Success to Improve Recruitment and Retention
Issue
10, Spring 2005
- Mentoring Programs for Minority
Lawyers
- Case
Study: Retain Associates Through Appropriate Assignments
Issue
9, Winter 2005
- Predictions for 2005
- Case Study: Improving Cross-Gender Communication
- Cost of Losing Associates
Issue
8, Fall 2004
- Eight Cost-Effective Ways
to Promote Lawyers' Development in Mid-Sized and Small Firms (and Practice Groups)
- Case Study: Using Appreciative Inquiry
Issue
7, Summer 2004
- Creating a Professional Development
Plan
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Case Study: To Find the Right Solution, Identify the
Real Problem
- Evaluating Training
Issue
6, April 2004
- Individual Development Plans:
Identifying Goals
- Case
Study: Stemming the Loss of Women Partners
Issue
5, January 2004
- Mentoring Across Differences:
A Guide to
Cross-Gender and Cross-Race Mentoring
Issue
4, October 2003
- Associate Retention: An
Ongoing Problem
- Being "Green": How one
firm's sustainability initiative is protecting the environment, saving money, developing
new business, and enhancing firm morale
- Management Tip: Welcoming
New Lawyers into the Firm
Issue
3, August 2003
- Spotlight on Feedback
- Delivering Constructive
- Handout: Giving
- Improving
Performance Through Coaching: Two Case Studies
- Management Tip: Using
self-assessments in the performance review process
- Training Innovations
Issue
2, April 2003
- Improving Performance
- Using performance
- Diagnostic Tool:
- Spotlight on Mentoring:
- Clarify the purpose
- Mentoring and Diversity
- Solving Management Problems:
Using an Outside Consultant to Deal with a Difficult Client - A Case Study
Issue
1, January 2003
- Helpful Diagnostic Tools:
- How Effectively
- How Effectively
- Succession Planning:
Do It Now!
- Solving
Management Problems: Restoring Morale Among the Highest Producers - A
Case Study
- Spotlight on Innovative Practices
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