You got the leadership title. 
Nobody told you that's not what makes people trust you.

Legal expertise got you promoted (or you went to the Bar)
Trust in you as a leader is a different thing entirely, and nobody ever taught it to you.

The colleague everybody talks about behind their back. 
The team member everyone gets warned about. 
The talented lawyer or colleague who is a bully. 

You've rehearsed the conversation a dozen times and had it zero times.

That colleague isn't the real problem. 

People learn what gets tolerated, not what is said, and once they've learned it, they stop bringing you the early version of anything.

They wait until it's unavoidable, because they've learned that's when something eventually happens. 

By the time it reaches you, it's already expensive.

The title changed. 
The problems didn't.

This isn't a personality flaw. 

You were trained and promoted in legal skills, knowledge, billables, and winning matters. 

Nobody trained you on what earns trust as a leader when things get hard.

That's what the "Pressure Tested" workshop is for. 

We'll work through the actual person, behaviour or situation you're dealing with right now (you don't have to talk about it or expose it publicly). 

You'll leave knowing exactly which standard needs to be stronger, where your leadership is currently being tested, and what you'll do differently in the next 7 days.

If you don't walk away with at least one thing to implement immediately to start to improve trust in you as a leader, I'll refund your full registration fee.

Seats are limited. I run it live, not on demand.

đź”— More details and to register HERE

Ready to put this into practice?

Contact Louise @ louise@louisemathias.com.au for your next mediation.

 

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