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By Cheryl Leone and Dave favor, Specials to CPN Dave is writing a book about living a balanced life in today’s world. I told him he should call it “The Unbalanced Life” since the paralegals and lawyers we work with ...

In the past we have written a lot about how to do your job better, which got us to thinking about how to feel better about yourself. We have talked to many paralegals out there and the one theme we hear loud and clear is uneasiness about the future. There is a lot of stress out there.

Understanding the new workforce will greatly improve your ability to lead this new group of workers. This is all part of what has become known as a high performance team, where all members of the workforce are partners in the firm’s success. Several factors come into play:

By Cheryl Leone, Special to CPN Law firms tend to focus on the skills of firm members: lawyers, managers and paralegals. That attitude is changing, as firms are realizing that skill, although always of extreme importance, will not alone lead ...

Paralegals who want to be leaders must rely on good relationships, not just rank Any paralegal who wants to advance in today’s law firm must understand and demonstrate leadership at the highest level possible. But understanding what leadership is, and ...

By Cheryl Leone and Dave Favor Special to CPN As we teach leadership to lawyers and non-lawyers, we find it interesting the many misconceptions people have when it comes to understanding true leadership. It is gratifying when we see leaders ...

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We have spent this year looking at self-mastery. We started by telling you that taking control of your life allows you to transcend challenges and learn the secrets of soaring to new heights.

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By Cheryl Leone and Dave Favor Special to CPN As a reminder, the principles of self-mastery can be placed into four paradigms – fear, duty, achievement and integrity. No matter what type of task you seek to accomplish, arriving at ...

As a reminder, the principles of self-mastery can be placed in four categories, or paradigms: fear, duty, achievement and integrity. No matter what the event, you always start with fear and go through duty and achievement to arrive (hopefully) at integrity.

By Cheryl Leone and Dave Favor, Special to CPN This article focuses on the second stage of self-mastery – the duty paradigm. As we exit the fear paradigm and enter duty, we are attempting to gain control and exit the ...