The Path to Engagement: Enjoy more growth, happiness and success

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Introduction: Turning individual talent into organizational success : the PD mission -- The evolving role of PD professionals around the world / Terri Mottershead -- Promoting top performance : a holistic view / Gaye Mara -- Defining a standard of performance : competency models / Gaye Mara -- Building and using a competency model : one firm's experience / Heather Bock and Lori Berman -- Attaining superior competence : the stages of competency development / Gaye Mara -- Basics of adult learning / Randall B. Christison -- A developmental toolkit / Gaye Mara -- Matching the learning strategy to the level of competence / Gaye Mara -- Identifying the target population / Gaye Maya -- Assessing learning and performance needs / Gaye Mara -- Transfer of training : strengthening PD's connection to performance / Gaye Mara -- A case study in strategic professional development / Gaye Mara -- Pilot testing a new program / Gaye Mara -- Evaluating your training program / Gaye Mara -- Templates for needs assessment interview -- Sample focus group session -- Sample survey questionnaire with cover memo -- Tools for identifying and hiring high performers / Caren Stacy -- Competency-based interviewing and reference checks / Gaye Mara -- There has never been a more important time : 10 ways to strengthen and deepen your diversity and inclusion efforts / Vernā Myers -- Advancing women to firm leadership / Terri Mottershead -- Millennials and technology in today's workplace / Lauren Stiller Rikleen -- Integrating lateral partners / Andi Cullins and Steve Nelson -- New lawyer orientation : chunk it, space it, make it real / Gaye Mara -- Keeping high performers : PD for the "keepers" / J. D. Neary -- Planning and conducting exit interviews / Chris White -- Leveraging relationships with alumni / Kate Neville -- Sample lateral partner checklist -- Sample new associate arrival checklist -- Sample new associate seminar schedule and announcement memo -- An orientation exercise / Gaye Mara -- A comprehensive approach to learning substantive law / Gaye Maya -- A four-step model for skills training / Gaye Mara -- Teaching to different learning styles / Gaye Mara -- Design for an engaging multiday conference or retreat : using "TED Talks" and the World Café group facilitation methodology / Mary Gardner Burrelle and Elizabeth Foster-Nolan -- Moderating a panel / Gaye Maya -- Energizing a panel discussion / Gaye Maya -- E-learning : bite-size is the right size / Steve Gluckman -- Knowledge management : 11 ways PD and KM can join forces to enhance lawyer performance / Chris Boyd and Mara Nickerson -- Training formats for partners / Gaye Mara -- Experiential learning activities : putting the "do" in know/show/do/review / Gaye Mara -- Using PowerPoint effectively / Gaye Maya -- Adding physical activity to maintain group energy and focus / Gaye Maya -- Selecting and recruiting in-house faculty / Gaye Maya -- Training in-house faculty / Randall B. Christison -- Working with outside consultants / Gaye Maya -- Helping faculty to focus on priority content / Gaye Mara -- Teaching legal research / Ellen M. Callinan -- Legal writing : solutions to ten common problems / Ross Guberman -- Legal writing : teaching the key organizational skills / Steve Armstrong -- Legal project management : the apprenticeship model is broken / David Cruickshank -- Business development skills for attorneys / Tasneem Goodman -- Leadership development / Steve Armstrong -- Performance appraisal basics / Susan G. Manch -- Sample case studies for a workshop for new mentors -- Sample case studies and role plays for a feedback workshop -- Instructor guide and case studies for an appraisal workshop -- Work allocation systems : the "whys" and "hows" of work brokering / Heather V. Edes -- Associate development through effective paralegal utilization / Heather V. Edes -- The small case program : learning while billing / Gaye Mara -- Pro bono work as a professional development tool / Kristy Weathers -- Job aids : improving performance without training / Gaye Mara -- Giving ongoing feedback to SPIF up performance / Gaye Mara -- Performance appraisal as a professional development tool / Gaye Mara -- Upward evaluation programs : asking the right questions at the outset / James R. Lovelace -- Upward evaluation : five keys to success / Gaye Mara -- Mentoring : how can we do better? / Heather V. Edes -- Better ways to match mentors and mentees / Gaye Mara -- One firm's mentoring program : lessons learned / Sejal M. Shah -- Case study : reverse mentoring on social media at The Hartford / Gaye Mara -- What mentors can learn from coaching / James R. Lovelace -- Coaching attorneys to be exceptional writers : lessons from the classroom, the writing center -- and the track / Ben Opipari -- A template for an individual development plan -- A template for associate self-appraisal -- Leading law firms with multidisciplinary teams / Terri Mottershead -- Supporting practice leaders / Stephen Chitwood and Gaye Mara -- Executive coaching / David Coleman -- Succession planning for firm leaders : overcoming the resistance / Victoria Ruttenberg -- Implementing succession planning and knowledge transfer / Randall B. Christison -- Taking a positive approach to change / Gaye Mara -- Envisioning the path forward / Gaye Mara -- Generating and prioritizing ideas / Gaye Mara -- Solving problems in teams : the Z model / Gaye Mara -- Sample vision statements for strategic planning -- Learning after law school : an open letter to new law graduates / Gaye Mara -- Attention associates : seize control of your career development / Kathleen Brady -- The seven biggest opportunity blockers in professional development / Ari Kaplan -- Networking ROI : understanding the return on investment / Roy Ginsburg -- Writing a strong LinkedIn profile : ten tips / Kathleen P. Dunn -- Holding your own in meetings, as leader or participant / Dottie Palazzo -- Boosting creativity through exercise / Ben Opipari -- Succeeding as an introvert in an extrovert world / Dottie Palazzo -- Preventing burnout / Randall B. Christison -- Thriving in the law firm environment / Heather Bock, Lori Berman, and Juliet Aiken.