Today’s post from rainmaking coach and expert, Jaimie Field, has us asking ourselves how we should define our “adaptation” to the current pandemic. Read on to decide the kind of lawyer you want to be.
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Adapt.
A word that is fraught with so much meaning these days.
One of the definitions of adapt
Rainmaking trainer and coach, Jaimie Field, is back this week with a great post on a topic we’ve talked about a lot – the idea of being the signal, not the noise. Are you guilty of this lately? Read on to find out – it’s more important now than ever.
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Yesterday, I received 15 emails from law firms alone about COVID-19 response and resource centers. I also got 22 more emails from companies with whom I have either signed up to receive their newsletters or have purchased from them. All of them were saying, in almost the exact same words, that the health and well-being of their clients/customers/members were of the utmost importance and that they were doing everything within their power to ensure that they minimize the impact of this disease.
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Today, we’re bringing you another great Rainmaking Recommendation from coach and expert, Jaimie Field! Especially for readers of this blog, Jaimie is offering you a complimentary Rainmaking Coaching session to thank you for your support – please consider taking her up on this offer!
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During this anomalous time in our history, one in which the entire world has been asked to self-quarantine to stop the spread of COVID-19, fear seems to be the dominant emotion for many.
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And now, for a break from the coronavirus, here’s Jaimie Field, rainmaking trainer and expert, weighing in with some advice on conversational narcissism. Are you a conversational narcissist? Read on to find out…
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Are you a conversational narcissist?
The other day, I came across a post entitled, You May Be a Conversational Narcissist and Not Even Know It (Here’s How to Tell). It was a fascinating piece that described the term “Conversational Narcissist” which was created by Charles Derber, a sociologist, and describes the trait of constantly turning the conversation back to yourself. This was the first time I had ever heard that phrase and was both fascinated and chagrinned.
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In this week’s rainmaking recommendation from expert and trainer, Jaimie Field, she talks about “failure to implement” syndrome – read on to find out what that means, and how to solve it. I’ll add my two cents as well – when you’re struggling because you have all the information you need to make changes, but you’re just.not.making.them, what you need to do is find your “why.” That is the thing that’s going to get you moving when you don’t feel like making change. It has to be a big enough why that even when you’re tired or frustrated or burned out, you’ll still take action, so it may take some soul searching. But it will be worth it. Read on to see what Jaimie suggests!
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In this week’s Rainmaking Recommendation post, trainer and expert Jaimie Field talks about breaking the cycle of stopping and starting your business development. Does that sound like you? Read on…
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With all due respect to Susan Powter (who you ask?? keep reading), I’m asking you to “stop the insanity!”
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This week’s rainmaking recommendation from trainer and coach, Jaimie Field, dovetails nicely with my second tip from this week’s post on “Fixing the Two Biggest Networking Blunders that Lawyers Make.”
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For almost 20 years as a Rainmaking Trainer and Coach, I have been saying the same thing: It’s not about you. It’s about them. “Them” being the prospective, current and former clients.
It’s always been about them, but every year there is a proclamation about the fact that lawyers and law firms must become “client-centric,” and “put the clients first.” You have been told that it is a buyers’ market (and it is).
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In today’s rainmaking recommendation, trainer and coach Jaimie Field gives lawyers ten things that may be holding you back from rainmaking success. Do any of these sound familiar to you?
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For years, you’ve promised yourself that you were going to take control of your legal career. You know that in order to do so, you need to have a book of business.
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In today’s Rainmaking Recommendation, coach and trainer, Jaimie Field talks about the importance of touchpoint, and why they matter even in legal.
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It has been a basic principle of marketing from time immemorial that it takes seven “touches” before someone will respond to your call to action. It was a concept began by Dr. Jeffrey Lant who is considered one of the godfathers of marketing.
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As we come to a close on 2019 (and the decade), rainmaking expert and trainer, Jaimie Field brings us a very personal post that will also help you build your roadmap to kick off 2020 on the right note.
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We are so close to the end of the year. But not only that, we are so close to the end of a decade.
To be brutally honest with you, the past 21 months haven’t been the most wonderful for me. That’s how long it has been since my father passed away. His death broke me emotionally. And while I have been able to hide it from the public, only my closest friends have known how bad it was (not even my family was aware).
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