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Retreat: In Defense of Anger
Feb 22, 2222
Washington
8:00 am - 12:00 pm

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In Defense of Anger

Real interviews with attorneys nationwide are presented as a 1-hour theatrical performance that's full of insight and laughs. This performance illuminates how effective communication can achieve professional objectives.

In this theatrically based CLE:

  • Experience first-hand accounts of lawyers' messages gone awry
  • Learn strategies to keep your own communications effective and on target
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This program has received CLE accreditation in over 30 states. Please contact us or your state bar for information about obtaining credit.

PRICE: $222.00



 
8:15   Registration
8:30 - 10:00   Communication Competence: A Key to Influence and Persuasion
Communication choices directly impact influence and success when working with others. Learn selected communication models and the style of the most persuasive lawyers in order to improve working relationships and increase persuasion.
10:00 - 10:05   Break
10:05 - 11:05   Performance-In Defense of Anger
Sit back, relax and enjoy a one-hour theatrical performance based upon interviews with attorneys, clients, and attorney family members. This multi-dimensional expose enables attorneys to experience firsthand accounts of typical communication scenarios, and observe the intended and unintended consequences of communication styles.
11:05 - 11:15   Break
11:15 - 12:15   Improving Communication Effectiveness
Reflecting on the situations presented in the performance, lawyers explore strategies to improve results when working with others. Attorneys leave with tools to increase influence with clients, colleagues and decision-makers.
12:15   Adjourn

Brian Hammer

Brian Hammer is the founder and a facilitator for The Likeable Lawyer. Brian practiced law for over ten years, and has spent the past ten years as an educator, facilitator and coach, illuminating for lawyers effective strategies to increase success and fulfillment in the practice of law. Brian has designed and delivered over 1,000 highly-praised programs to law firms, corporations and organizations nationwide. His CLE courses have received over 99% participant satisfaction evaluations from the thousands of lawyers who have attended. He is a frequent speaker at bar conventions, law firm events and other professional association meetings. Brian is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, the University of North Carolina School of Business, and holds a Masters of Psychology degree from the University of Santa Monica.

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Phone:(800) 524-2396

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Our courses are approved in almost all states that have CLE requirements. Accreditation for a particular course will vary by state. Please use our CLE calculator for CLE credit available in your state. For more information, please visit our FAQ.








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"The class content exceeded my expectations and caused me to think about the kind of person I come across as, which is important but not a subject lawyers are usually trained on."
John Lamb, Attorney,
Caterpillar Financial Services



"You will negotiate better after taking this course. I liked the seamless relation of Aristotelian principles to the neuroscience of what gets people to agree."
Marie Jordan,
JP Morgan Chase



"In a very convenient succinct manner, Likeable Lawyer conveys critical components of being effective at leadership and persuasion."
Jean Tuffet,
Attorney



"Deceptively good. Better than I anticipated."
Blair Parker,
Parker and Edwards