The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken: The Scottish Play

Don't belittle your colleagues. Make them shine, and in turn, improve your workplace relationships.

The Road Not Taken: The Devils You Know

How can you be a team player and taken on menial tasks when you have real work to do?

The Road Not Taken: Survey Says It’s Time For Law Firms To Change Their Ways

Law firms that are able to change quickly and meet their clients’ business needs will be the ones with an advantage in the future.

The Road Not Taken: Strong And Wrong

If you are interacting with someone who invokes the “strong and wrong” technique, do you automatically roll over?

The Road Not Taken: I Love You, Man

If employees are confident in their trust of each other, they can then focus on the work they are paid to do. When the team is stronger, we are stronger.

The Road Not Taken: Do Me A Favor — Brag About Yourself (Part 2)

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.

The Road Not Taken: Do Me a Favor — Brag a Little

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

The Road Not Taken: Mastering The Art Of The ‘Group Project’ While Working In-House

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

The Road Not Taken: Reviving IRAC For In-House Emails

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

The Road Not Taken: The Wheels On The Bus

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

The Road Not Taken: Not My Problem

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

The Road Not Taken: There’s No Prize For Being The Smartest Person In The Room

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

The Road Not Taken: I Don’t Want to Participate. How Can I Support?

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.

The Road Not Taken: Finishing Touches

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

The Road Not Taken: Closing In

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.