5 career tips for attorneys & B2B professionals // World Series Game 7: won by mental focus under pressure // What's brand authenticity? // My Qs for Chair of Fed Reserve Bank, SF
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Career Coaching in Philly for Corporate Counsel - 5 Tips for Attorneys & B2B Professionals
Privileged to have coached 23 corporate in-house attorneys over 3 days in October in Philadelphia, at the Global Conference of ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel). Here are a few nuggets to share with the AGCs, GCs, in-house and outside attorneys, (also relevant to other B2B professionals):
As AI is disrupting the legal profession, a secure and promising legal career involves LEADERSHIP, RELATIONSHIPS, and TEAM BUILDING. In other words, the depth of your understanding about various aspects of humanity will play a large role in both lawyering and advancing your career through developing people;
To develop people and build teams requires first and foremost self-leadership;
Niche expertise alone hardly advances a career without holistic thinking, EQ, communication, and people skills. Even though AI may soon become better at being “legal technicians” and CPAs, human-to-human connection and communication not based on data will be the area where great lawyers and B2B professionals excel (thanks to AI);
A vision-driven career is based on knowing yourself, your well-defined target audience, and your competitive market - Schedule a “DNA Decoding” session with Joann Tan.
Your LinkedIn profile, resume, and bio are the RESULTS of decoding DNA first.
BTW, Philadelphia is an awesome city with great museums and historical landmarks as the birthplace of America. Worth going again next year for America’s 250th birthday!
Brand Authenticity: What, Why, & How
In the sea of AI enabled sameness, an authentic brand stands out. To be an authentic brand today is to have purpose and values beyond profit, and to show up in culture and community.
Mental focus under great pressure makes a hero
Why Game 7 of the 2025 World Series not only goes down in history as a legendary game, but delivered a case study in heroism and true leadership, with elite performance under extreme pressure.
Mary C. Daly, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, gave a brilliant talk in October at the Silicon Valley Directors’ Exchange Annual Dinner.
It was my great honor to ask her a number of questions while we chatted over dinner at the same table. Only wish she had more time to answer my questions on tariffs, synthetic data, crypto, nuclear fusion, …
Kudos to Silicon Valley Directors’ Exchange for organizing high quality events like this for board members.
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