Episode 59-A Mock Coaching Session-Part I

Counsel to Counsel - Career Advice for Lawyers

Counsel to Counsel is now in it’s third year and with this episode, we decided to try something a little different. Many people ask me to explain what coaching is. While I’ve written about the subject and had on today’s guest in an earlier episode to talk about coaching, I thought that doing a mock coaching session would be a great way to demonstrate the power of working with an executive coach.

I decided that Beth Masterman would be a great guest to invite back. Thankfully, she agreed to do it. Beth has been a wonderful mentor to me and I truly value her wisdom and the guidance and support she has given me over the last two years.

Beth is a certified and credentialed by the International Coach Federation and has a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching. She is also a lawyer and has a master’s in psychology.

As an executive coach, Beth is great at helping her clients consider possibilities and interpret the big picture. She was recently named the Number One Executive Coach in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Readers Rankings awards.

In this mock session, I play Steve, a 9th year real estate associate at Smith Johnson, an AmLaw 100 firm. Steve has been passed up for partnership and he has reached out to Beth for help. Steve is is based on a client that Steve Secker worked with several years ago.

This is the first of two parts.

Additional Resources

• Listen to my original interview with Beth Masterman
• What is attorney coaching and how does it work (follow links to see examples and read more about how coaching works.)