The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken: What To Do When Work Is Too Intense

Sometimes work is too busy, life is too intense, and either your activities suffer or you suffer.

The Road Not Taken: End Of Year Feelings

There has to be at least one thing you can derive a benefit from in your workplace. Find it, pursue it, and benefit from it.

The Road Not Taken: Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

If you are using a colleague’s absence to promote yourself, you are contributing to a culture of discouraging vacation, and in the end, that hurts you.

The Road Not Taken: Going Back To The Basics Of Negotiation

Sometimes in-house counsel need to go back to the basics, especially when they become frustrated with how their negotiations are progressing.

The Road Not Taken: Going Back To The Basics Of Negotiation

Sometimes in-house counsel need to go back to the basics, especially when they become frustrated with how their negotiations are progressing.

The Road Not Taken: Shark Tank

There’s no reason to start treating a former client as an adversary. Keep communications civil.

The Road Not Taken: Margin Call

Your work at work is a constant, but the margin is where you can create your own joy.

The Road Not Taken: Enemy Of The Good Enough

Releasing imperfect work is something we all have to do and, for most of us, it is something we learn on the job.

The Road Not Taken: Uncultured Pearls

Once lawyers know how to improve the situation at work, we no longer have an excuse for tolerating the status quo.

The Road Not Taken: Can We Really Have It All?

Law does not have a reputation of being the sort of industry that inspires and motivates its participants, but it doesn’t have to be this way.

The Road Not Taken: Tailored To Fit

The minimum one can do is be aware of the importance of workplace culture. How much you can adapt without betraying your own authenticity?

The Road Not Taken: Law Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry

As a lawyer -- and particularly, for in-house lawyers -- how can we use apologies?

The Road Not Taken: Can Lawyers Be ‘Originals’?

How can lawyers, with an obligation to zealously advocate for our clients, take a risk on Originals?

The Road Not Taken: Sell Me A Story (Part 2)

In-house columnist Celeste Harrison Forst gives tips on how to pitch your services to clients.

The Road Not Taken: Sell Me A Story (Part 1)

What's the best way to pitch your firm to an in-house client?