A Guide to Executive Coaches for the Legal Profession

What has driven most people to their success, be it a politician, a business owner, a professional, or an artist is an adviser who has played a crucial role in their life, in their success. The logic seems to reflect over the reality that when one, or a group, is engrossed over something important or critical, the ability to think out of the box gets out of the question, and the likelihood of deciding over something severely substantial to alight themselves with a better analysis or a judgment, is fundamentally curtailed. They have a blind spot or things they are not able to see or consider when making decisions. And this blind spots are possessed by everyone and the reason why in this present economy the trend is for top corporations to hire external coaches to work with senior level executives.

These coaches that are hired by companies to coach executive act not only as a sounding board but it also conditions everyone to a reality check. They provide support and validation, using their resourcefulness, their acumen and expertise.

Well, for all you know, professional coaching is also spreading to the legal profession as well. And in our case, they help lawyers succeed in their career by putting an edge on their performance when they exploit the advantage of having an accomplice mentor. Even top lawyers benefit from having a mentor and you will find them achieving peak performances with their help.

Coaching picks up what traditional consultation can’t do. And what makes them differ? In a typical consulting relationship, a consultant will identify ways that you can achieve your desired objective. In most cases, a consultant does not act as a mentor but a role alleviator. It usually ends in detailing the steps that are necessary to achieve the desired outcome of the case, of one’s professional career or in getting more business. Sometimes the consultants even do the work for you to achieve their own ends.

This is not how a coach works. Key to the success of this relationship is not the type of mentor who because they are more senior or more experienced acts as an advisor or guide to a junior or a trainee. A coach however is one who is responsible for providing support, feedback and an alternative outlook to squeeze out an unsought premise that even the mentor himself or herself is clueless where it will lead to. This will eventually help the lawyer to think is a different, unconventional way.

Executive coaches often charge a monthly fee and schedule weekly phone conferences with their clients. Fees can range from a few hundred dollars up to several thousand dollars.

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