Sheila Murphy is a former award-winning senior legal executive who is now a career business development coach. Sheila teaches her clients the power moves and mindsets to take their careers from uninspired and uncertain to unstoppable. She has 20 years of experience as a former senior legal officer at a Fortune 50 firm. She is also a certified coach with deep expertise in developing careers, businesses, and talent, as well as a champion of women and diversity in the workplace.

0:00 Introduction

1:43 How Sheila Got Her Start

7:18 Coaching Tips for Fledgeling Lawyers

9:39 Why Leave Law for Coaching?

13:19 Sheila’s Coaching Style

16:12 Turning Followers Into Leaders

23:07 Attracting Coaching Clients

27:02 Common Legal Marketing Mistakes

31:40 Sheila’s Coaching Style (cont.)

35:08 Wrapping Up

Focus Forward Consulting works with lawyers, leaders, and legal practices to help them reach the next level of success in their field. Sheila is a veteran litigator, as well as a champion of diversity and women-led businesses—all wrapped up into one person. There’s no doubt that she has the experience, expertise, and extensive credibility to coach you and your practice into a new age of operational excellence. Get in contact with her today to learn more at focus-forward-consulting.com.

- Tom Foster of Foster Web Marketing
- Sheila Murphy of Focus Forward Consulting

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