A Comprehensive Guide to Thriving Professionally and Personally
This course is designed to address the unique challenges faced by professionals in the legal field, aiming to tackle perfectionism and achieve a healthy work-life balance. Drawing on 28 years of experience in the legal industry and behavioral data, Douglas Leonard offers insights into managing self-awareness, expectations, and reactive behaviors under pressure. The course covers practical tips for maintaining well-being despite the demanding nature of legal work, emphasizing the importance of self-care, setting boundaries, and managing energy across different dimensions. It also explores financial stability's role in family health and well-being, alongside aligning personal values for spiritual fulfillment. Through understanding these dynamics, participants will learn to navigate the pressures of perfectionism and develop sustainable practices for a balanced professional and personal life.
Principal at Douglas Leonard Consulting
Doug brings over 40 years of leadership and diverse operational experience in the private and public sectors. He has spent the last 27 years in a consulting role working with senior executives of well-recognized domestic and global companies to develop strategies for improving their performance and their team's success. In addition, he helps organizations align operational business strategy with people strategy to maximize organizational effectiveness and profitability. He became committed to lawyer well-being due to his involvement in lawyer discipline as a member, vice-chair, and chair of the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board. He is certified in iMap®, Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ), and The Four Stages of Psychological Safety. Doug calls iMap, C-IQ, and Psychological Safety his version of the primary colors. He can "paint" solutions with any of those primary tools or create customized blends of those methodologies to help successful leaders achieve a positive, long-term, measurable shift in behavior for the benefit of themselves, their people, and their teams. Doug is a frequent speaker to bar associations and other legal organizations. Doug’s current and most recent affiliations to the legal industry are: Past Chair, Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board (Term expired August 2018) Past Member of the IWIL (Institute for Well-Being in Law) Past Chair of Pennsylvania Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being Previous law-related background and experiences: Executive Court Administrator of Allegheny County (5th Judicial District of Pennsylvania) Past President of PACM (Pennsylvania Association of Court Management) Earliest Mediator in Allegheny County Generations Program; heard child custody cases over two years in support of this effort Legal Administrator of the law firm of Mannsman Cindrich & Titus
