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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 are often trying to swim …

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 to greatness. Leadership is rivaling …

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 what being a leader entails, …

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 deadlock of fear. In the …