Legal Executive and Support Staff Lunchtime Series 2022: Building Skills and Tools to Effectively Deal with Different Communication Styles
Key to communicating in your team, and with different stakeholders in the workplace, is to understand how to change your communication style to get your message across in a clear and concise manner. You’ll learn valuable tools to allow you to effectively communicate with different communication styles at any time. WEB228N35C
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Tanya Burns, Practice Manager, Nicholas O’Donohue & Co
1.00pm to 2.00pm Building Skills and Tools to Effectively Deal with Different Communication Styles
- Understanding your own preferred communication style
- Being aware of different communication styles and how to work best with them
- How to effectively get your ideas and thoughts across
- Keys to communicating within your team and other stakeholders
- Developing open and effective communication with all stakeholders
- Managing difficult clients and self-represented parties
Presented by Lara Wentworth, Principal, Lara Wentworth Wellness and Performance Coach
*This seminar series is also suitable for Junior Lawyers
Presenters
Tanya Burns
Tanya has over 25 years’ experience in legal business management and has worked in law firms since 1977. Tanya takes a holistic approach to management with a keen focus on achieving best outcomes for our people and our clients. She completed her Masters of Administration (Distinction) at RMIT in 2014. Tanya is a member of ALPMA (Australasian Legal Practice Management Association) and sits on the Victorian Branch Committee (Treasurer) and the Governance Committee. She is a co-convener of the Small Firms Management Group and enjoys contributing to the peak organisation for Legal Practice Management. Tanya is a keen traveller (pre-Covid) and enjoys spending time with good friends and her dog. She also loves watching her AFL team win (and lose) at the MCG.
Lara Wentworth
Lara is a certified coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) who specialises in coaching members of the legal profession. She helps lawyers to overcome barriers and create remarkable change in their performance, career and life. She’s passionate about supporting lawyers to enhance their leadership skills and develop and maintain a healthy mindset so they can build resilience and flexibility to manage the demands and pressures of legal practice and thrive in their careers and lives. Lara is former Partner in Family Law with a career spanning almost 20 years and involving Business Development, Leadership and Training, Coaching and Learning and Development. Being a Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Lara is equipped with knowledge, skills and experience to really help clients be in charge of their minds and therefore their results. Some areas of expertise: Breaking though limiting beliefs; Enhancing and building resources; Imposter Syndrome; Stress management; Career development.