Celeste Harrison Forst

If you have the luxury of using softer tactics, playing dumb can be a smart move.

Nobody is going to know how wonderful you are unless you tell them. Nobody will know how you can help them unless you tell them. Nobody will know what a great member of the team you are unless you tell them.

Self-promotion is something you have to get comfortable doing, as columnist Celeste Harrison Forst explains.

Group projects at work aren’t often called “group projects” -- they are called “doing your job.”

When working in-house, what are the most important things to include in an email to ensure you'll get the response you need?

As lawyers, our “work wheels” are valuable tools, but all wheels need realignment eventually.

Sometimes someone has to look at the end-goal and say, “That isn’t our goal and this isn’t our problem.”

There is a prize, however, for being the person in the room with leadership and communication skills. And that prize is one worth winning.

What’s worse than not participating in a corporate-wide initiative? Not participating. What's worse than not participating? Not participating and complaining about it.

Find the good in your experience as a lawyer and articulate it, not just for your non-law interviews, but for yourself as well.

If you're trying to find a non-legal job, you're going to have to rewrite your résumé entirely. In-house columnist Celeste Harrison Forst has some advice on how to do that.

You have skills, you have talents, and identifying how those skills and talents provide value to non-legal employers gets you closer to finding your way out of the law.

How can you find a non-law job? Here's some advice from in-house columnist Celeste Harrison Forst.

Is one of your resolutions to get a job, either a first job out of law school or changing jobs -- maybe even one outside the legal profession? Here's some advice for you.

If your organization values collaborative effort over individual success, then it may benefit you more to share tribal knowledge. If your organization rewards individuals who resolve internal gridlock or provide historical context to an issue, you may be better off hoarding than sharing.

Sometimes the best gift is the one you don’t receive. Better to “do it right” than “get it done.”

As lawyers, part of our job is to see what can go wrong, issue spot, and identify risks, but we have to be right.

The difference between bragging and informing is that informing is based on facts. You probably do a lot of work in the year, so keep track of it.

There are always diverging roads. Those who keep their life map updated have a better chance of getting to their destination, regardless of the road they take.

There are benefits to letting your colleagues know you appreciate them. Increased job satisfaction and sense of community are two benefits of saying “thank you” to your colleagues.