Eve, in an intimate setting,continue to grow their own networks not just to thrive in their practices, offered advice on effective advocacy, on what not to do in the courtroombut to excel and exceed expectations. Now, our members must United States District Court Judge Amy J. WBAI offered programming/events featuring (1) the new technologyThe “Old Boys” network of the past has been fragmented by the strong instituted in federal court, (2) Illinois Appellate Court justices andwomen who have blazed the trail before us. In addition toWe must share substantive and management skills with each other to hosting our Top Women Lawyers In Leadership event in November, thenavigate the ever-changing substantive and “political” practice of law. to provide our members with diverse substantive topics. We continuedand of men who have held top leadership positions in our profession. We must have the help of women who have gone before us Other Substantive Topics Offered During This Quarter.

While we members.all have leadership skills, law is not a field where we can succeed onour own. These women leaders shared their experiences of how they made it to topThis quarter, we focused on providing hands-on, practical programming leadership and gave valuable advice to our young and seasonedto empower our members to reach their goals of leadership. The discussion was led by Amy Manning from McGuireDear Honorable WBAI Members: Woods and Kathleen McDonough from Seigel Mc Cambridge. Last October, “Empowering Through Leadership: Leave No Woman Behind.” we featured eleven managing partners from large, medium and small law firms. O’Brien feature top women in our profession in hopes that our members are empowered by these women’s journey to their positions. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE In further keeping with our bar year theme, the WBAI continues to By: Hon. Ultimately, our participants learned to leverage their strengths and manage their “blind spots” in order to be effective leaders. The test itself was a valuable tool in ascertaining our participants’ strengths and weaknesses. Each of our participants also was given the opportunity to receive an objective written evaluation of their current styles of leaderships based on answering a thorough standardized leadership test. 2Ģ016 Winter Edition at their work places. See /licensing for a complete listing of private investigator licenses. 00005184 Navigant Consulting is not a certified public accounting firm and does not provide audit, attest, or public accounting services.

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