Speaking & Training

Workplace and interpersonal conflict increase stress and reduce performance and productivity. Colleen guides growth-minded lawyers, law firm, and business leaders in navigating difficult conversations to:

Workplace and interpersonal conflict increase stress and reduce performance and productivity. Colleen guides growth-minded lawyers, law firm, and business leaders in  navigating difficult conversations to:


  • Improve relationships
  • Enhance culture
  • Drive operational performance.

Improve relationships

Enhance culture

Drive operational performance

Colleen regularly speaks and facilitates workshops and trainings on:

  • Effective Communication Skills
  • Advanced Negotiation Techniques
  • The Competitive Advantage of Mindfulness

Colleen regularly speaks and facilitates workshops and trainings on:

Effective Communication Skills

Advanced Negotiation Techniques

Mediation and Mediation Skills

  • Speaking

    “Are You Talking But No One is Listening? How to Have More Effective Workplace Communications.”


    “Hardwired: What Our Experiences Can Teach Us About Managing Stress and Anxiety,” Panelist, North Carolina Bar Association Professional Vitality Committee


    “Finding Your Path to Well-Being,” Co-Presenter, Forsyth County Bar Association


    “Effective Facilitation for Collaborative Attorneys,” Co-Presenter, Collaborative Conflict Resolution: the New Uniform Act and How to Apply It


    “Mindfulness and Self-Care for Non-Profit Leaders,” Women Emerging Leaders (WEL), HandsOn Northwest North Carolina

     

    “Watch Out! Malpractice Avoidance, Claims Repair & Ethical Considerations,” Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) Presentation, Estate Planning & Fiduciary Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association


    “Lawyer Well-Being in the Time of COVID,” Panelist at Virtual Town Hall


    “Breathe: Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On First,” CLE Presentation, Children’s Law Center


    “Thrive: Creating Well-Being Amidst the Challenges of Lawyering and Life,” CLE Presentation, NC Bar Association (Oct. 2019) and Wake County Bar Association


    “Negotiation Skills and Effective Advocacy in Mediation and Arbitration,” CLE Presentation, Forsyth County Bar Association


    “Practical Techniques for Being the Calm within the Storm,” CLE Presentation, North Carolina Bar Association and North Carolina Civil Collaborative Law Association


    “Hindsight is Always 50/50: Common mistakes and pitfalls across various practice areas,” CLE Presentation, Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company

  • Writing

     "Micro-Mindfulness for Modern Lawyers," North Carolina Bar Association Blog


    “Five rules to maintain your calm within the storm of lawyering,” NC Lawyers Weekly


    “A Non-Traditional Approach to Conflict Resolution,” The Defender, NC Association of Defense Attorneys


    “Compassionate Conflict Resolution,” Winston-Salem Yoga Festival Wellness Guide


    Guardianship in North Carolina of Elderly Family Members, Whitepaper


    "Work Worth Doing: Alternative Dispute Resolution,” NC Bar Blog, Dispute Resolution Section 



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Getting Out of Our Own Way: Overcoming Self-Sabotage in Negotiations

Featured Guest on Negotiate Anything Podcast (June 2022)