Individual Coaching: Tailored Coaching Solutions for Lawyers

Individual Coaching:
Tailored Around Your Priorities

Individual coaching sessions are aimed at achieving more effective performance. They begin with uncovering your challenges to make the situation clearer. We then explore what’s holding you back. After building your self-awareness, the focus shifts to exactly what you wish to achieve and how your unique strengths will get you there.

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I always feel a lot more confident after my sessions. There is always a renewed energy to work towards the goals set and to be able to come back with something for Mila at the next sessions. There is huge progress in terms of having a clear path and working towards it. I think Mila’s approach is fantastic. She’s easy to talk to and she almost always knows what you’re trying to say!

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Enitan Lawson

LEGAL CONSULTANT, TULLOW OIL

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Mila is a truly outstanding coach. She is a very empathic listener, a great challenger of even the most hidden assumptions and has a unique capacity to deeply understand people and situations and offer precious insights. Coaching with Mila is empowering: highly, highly recommended.

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Annalisa

DEPARTMENT MANAGER (FINANCE) AT A TOP GLOBAL FORTUNE 500 COMPANY

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Mila has a unique set of skills; not only she is an outstanding legal professional, with vast managerial experience, she also has very strong intercultural and interpersonal skills. Add to that a clear mind and empathy and you have found the perfect coach for your leadership challenges. Talking to Mila always helped me seeing things from a different angle. I can highly recommend her to any legal professional who wishes to truly develop his management skills (and don’t we all?)

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Eveline Molier

Senior Policy Coordinator, (LLM Bruge), Government Sector

So, How Do I Get Started?

The first step is a meeting (in person or online) in which we discuss your challenges and what you wish to achieve. Based on these, we design the best coaching programme for you. Every programme is bespoke. It is based on your priorities and timeline. For example, it could range from three deep-dive coaching sessions to a six-to-twelve-month programme.

What will I explore during my coaching sessions?

Management and Leadership

Lawyers in leadership roles often receive limited training to become effective leaders. Professional development traditionally focuses on competence and legal skills rather than management and leadership. With legal teams under increasing pressure to deliver more with fewer resources, being an effective leader requires clear vision, self-management and strong communication skills.

Coaching provides a solid basis and ongoing support for a solo leadership journey and the development of effective tools, thinking skills and personalised strategies to lead a successful legal team.

Career Progression

Lawyers rarely receive the full preparation and support they need to step up into new roles, including moving in-house or into managerial positions. Career progression involves not only acquiring valuable experience but also embracing a new mindset. This mindset piece, which includes thinking like a manager, is usually the hardest to achieve.

Coaching provides a roadmap that will allow you not only to maximise your chances of ‘getting the job’ but also to deal with your challenges with confidence, clarity and the thinking skills you need to succeed.

Business Development

Private practice lawyers who have not worked in-house (or have only limited in-house experience from, for example, secondments) may not have the benefit of exposure to the dynamics of decision making in client organisations and being on the receiving end of legal advice that requires translating for senior management. The most effective external advisers differentiate themselves by understanding and helping their clients navigate these complexities and sensitivities.

Coaching developed on in-house experience offers an opportunity to explore the insight of the client’s perspective and view legal advice through the eyes of the client, and ultimately businesspeople, from first contact and early pitching to final delivery and strategy.

Wish to discuss your challenges?

Schedule a call with me.
Confidential, free and no commitment.

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It is GREAT to have someone external to show another perspective, challenge my thinking and offer practical suggestions while at the same time guide deeper introspection. Mila combines huge experience with sound intuition and has a calm and crystal clear approach to issues. I found her support invaluable.

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Marco P.

ENTREPRENEUR & MANAGER

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From my first contact with Mila, I found her to be a very accessible, competent and comprehensive professional. She is kind and a very good listener. She is also technical, which makes me feel confident in her advice. I highly recommend Mila!

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Lenita Bandeira

HEAD OF LEGAL, MEDIA SECTOR

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Mila is an invaluable source of wisdom, inspiration and empowerment. She is an excellent sounding board and it comes from her years of experience at the top. She doesn’t sugarcoat what leadership entails and doesn’t mechanically push people in that direction. Mila is all about listening and discovering what is right for you and helping you achieve your goals with practical advice and a healthy perspective.

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M. Khan

IN-HOUSE LAWYER AT A FTSE 100 COMPANY

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Individual Coaching