The Unstuck Lawyer®
for when ‘one of those days’ is every day
Coaching for law firm owners, partners, directors, & lawyers
When responsibility stops with you. The work never seems to end.
You did not spend years building your expertise to now feel overloaded and frustrated by everything outside of client work as well. Yet your days are filled with interruptions, emails, and administration. Everyone in the firm relies on you. You are constantly available to clients, colleagues, and your team. Responding as things arise, rather than protecting time for what really matters most.
No one is protecting your time, including you.
The work that would move things forward for your firm keeps sliding to next week, and the idea of switching off in the evening, or taking a day off without checking in, can feel out of reach. Over time, that constant pressure costs you motivation, amd enjoyment of your work, income, and the life you wanted outside it. It can tip into exhaustion and burnout.
Is it time to regain control?
I help law firm owners and partners who are overwhelmed by competing demands and interruptions to reclaim their time. I also provide coaching for lawyers who are new to partnership, to help them develop greater confidence in their leadership role.
Final responsibility sits with you – but overwhelm need not.
Your working life does not have to stay this way. The lawyers I work with are capable and motivated. What holds them back is rarely ability, but the patterns and pressures beneath the day-to-day decisions. Change those, and running your firm (or stepping into the leadership role) starts to feel so much easier.
“.. navigating the pressures of practice or self-employment.
Her ability to cut through overwhelm and help you move forward with purpose is second to none.”
Qarrar Somji, Law Firm Founder, Witan Solicitors
Responsibility may sit with you. Overwhelm need not.
Ready to make leading your firm feel easier?
No obligation. No pressure. Time to think things through. A confidential 35 minute conversation with Simona.
Coaching for new to partnership
One day a fee earner. The next a partner, expected to know it all.
Making partner, salaried or equity, is something to be proud of. Alongside that can come a worry, am I ready for this, how do I best develop my skills? There is a team to lead, new business to bring in, and credibility to build with your board and colleagues, while the fee earning carries on.
Stepping up is exciting, and it can also feel exposing.
When we are new to role it can feel exposing, and few want to find their way by trial and error alone. Most new partners know what the role requires. What is less clear is how to lead in a way that suits you, how to build the skills quickly with or without external training, and how to handle the self-doubt that can creep in.
A full hands-on approach
We work on all of it. We develop the skills, implement practical changes, and tweak the thinking that supports them, so they work for you and your role.
Partnership may be yours. Self-doubt need not.
Ready to step up with confidence and skill?
No obligation. No pressure. Time to think things through. A confidential 35 minute conversation with Simona.
Meet Simona
Helping you to become The Unstuck Lawyer®
Like you, I am a lawyer. I spent 20 years in practice as an employment solicitor including as a salaried partner.
Over the past ten years, I have coached partners, law firm owners, solicitors, and legal executives.
From day one, as a newly qualified solicitor, my legal career also involved business development, self-development, and later individual development.
I help law firm founders and partners who have too many competing demands, and cannot find a way to take control of their time.
I also support junior partners and managing associates as they take on firm management responsibility and lead teams, to do so with greater skill and confidence.
My approach to coaching for lawyers combines practical solutions with an understanding of what makes change or growth difficult, to help put the skills, habits, confidence, and improved self-talk into practice.
Between my experiences and those of my clients, there is very little about your working life as a lawyer, your approaches, and its challenges that is unknown.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
“If you are looking for someone to really help you overcome all those annoying habits and traits..then I cannot recommend Simona highly enough. She really gets down to the nub of the issue to come away with actionable strategies.” Piers Clayden, Law Firm Founder, Clayden Law
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
“As a lawyer herself, she really understood the pressures of the profession and how much stress and strain it can place on you.” Claire Darby, Equity Partner, Pearson Hard Solicitors
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
“Personally, I don’t spend enough time planning for the business. I tend to start work each day and deal with urgent issues until I clock off. My session with Simona forced me to take some time out from the business and put a plan in place for tackling some important projects that I’ve been struggling to make progress with.” Law Firm Partner
How I help Law Firm Owners & Partners
20 years as a solicitor & salaried partner | 10 years as a coach | Qualifications include senior executive coaching, neuro-linguistic programming & solution focused approaches.
(become) The Unstuck Lawyer®
How we work together
BECOMING UNSTUCK
A focused one-to-one programme for making a real shift in how you lead, work, and feel, over three to four months.
BEYOND UNSTUCK
The natural next step, providing ongoing support as new challenges and opportunities arise, for the firm to evolve, and you to thrive.
Ready to take control of your work, or your leadership?
No obligation. No pressure. Time to think things through. A confidential 35 minute conversation with Simona.
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Ready to talk about what needs to change? Get in touch, and we can explore whether coaching with me is right for you.