Overview
THE FIRST 100 DAYS
Master Class for the New Managing Partner
Thursday, January 26, 2012 • 8:30am – 4:30pm
University of Miami Newman Alumni Center • Miami, Florida
Why The Master Class for New Managing Partners?
It may not be fair, but it’s true: Your first few months as Managing Partner or Law Firm Chair — the time when you are just starting to grasp the dimensions of your new job — may well turn out to be the most crucial in setting the stage for a tenure that hopefully should last for years.
In spite of how well your peers might claim to know you, during those first few months, your formal decisions, informal behavior, and symbolic acts will be closely scrutinized. Everything you do and say will send messages, set tone, establish expectations, and communicate direction about what is of importance to you.
While these first 100 days will present a unique window of opportunity, they also hold potential for others to misunderstand you. How quickly you swing into action as the new leader, for example, might provide a basis for your peers to characterize your management style as rash, purposeful, or indecisive. Your selection of colleagues within the firm for consultation on your early decisions will fuel others' notions that you’re inclusive, authoritarian, or even playing favorites. Your colleagues might rush to label you as fair or arbitrary; a visionary or a cautious bureaucrat. Some might even try test your authority in the early going.
Your early decisions will shape perceptions of you that may persist for years. In addition, the breakneck pace at which the world moves today will afford you little time to adapt to your new role. This one-day master class is designed to help you hone critical skills and develop a plan for a successful transition as you move into your role as your firm’s new leader.
Who Should Attend The Master Class
NEW Law Firm Managing Partners
The First 100 Days is designed especially for NEW firm leaders who want to learn how to be effective in their new roles, learn how to work effectively with their peers and explore where to direct limited and precious leadership time in order to maximize their impact.
COOs and Firm Administrators
The most helpful person to a new managing partner can be the firm’s COO. Therefore, firm administrators are, for the first time, invited to accompany their new managing partners at a substantial discount.
Your Master Class Materials
• 24-page Monograph – “First 100 Days: Transitioning A New Managing Partner”
• 50-page WorkBook includes case studies, exercises and discussion materials
• Copy of 140-slide PowerPoint presentation
• 20-page personal and confidential (Hogan) personality assessment with recommendations
Ongoing Follow Up Support for 100 Days
For 100 days following completion of this Master Class, participants may e-mail Class leaders Patrick McKenna and Brian Burke with any short questions related to the content of this program or their unique management challenges. This service is included in your registration fee.
Registration Fee
$1,495 on or before Friday, December 30, 2011
$1,995 after December 30, 2011
Firm administrators may register for $295 on or before December 30, 2011, and $495 thereafter.