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For managing partners, chief talent officers, professional development directors, and practice group leaders.
Book a Call →The Real Challenge
You’ve invested in development before. A coaching program, a retreat speaker, a leadership workshop. Some of it landed. Most of it didn’t stick, because it wasn’t designed for the specific pressures, incentive structures, and culture of a law firm.
The firms seeing the best results aren’t doing more programming. They’re doing the right programming, tied to retention, team performance, and the specific leaders they need to develop.
That’s what we build.
Who We Typically Work With
Three groups, with different problems and different budgets.
Managing Partners & Executive Committees
Connecting leadership development to firm strategy, retention, and long-term competitiveness.
Professional Development Directors & Chief Talent Officers
Who need programs attorneys actually engage with, partners support, and leadership can point to as a return on investment.
Practice Group Leaders
Who want to run higher-performing, more cohesive teams but don’t have a playbook for how.
Already have a coaching panel and need a coach your partners will actually use? There’s a page for that.
Bringing in an outside coach →What a Typical Engagement Looks Like
Discovery Call
A 30-minute conversation to understand your firm’s challenges, culture, and goals.
Needs Assessment
We review your current programs, talk with key stakeholders, and identify the highest-leverage opportunities.
Custom Design
Format, cadence, content, and the measure of success, built for your firm rather than adapted from a template.
Delivery
We lead the engagement, whether that’s individual coaching, a cohort program, or a strategic consulting project.
Measurement
Goals and the measure for each one are agreed at the start, reviewed at the midpoint, and reported at the end. Individual coaching content is never part of that reporting.
Something to circulate internally
If you need to make the case to a partner or a committee, this covers the program structures, what firms ask before committing, and how outcomes get measured. Written to be forwarded.
- Program structures and formats, side by side
- What firms ask about cost, time commitment, and measurement
- How success gets defined and tracked
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Common Questions From Firms
How is Cultivate different from a generic leadership development provider?
Every program is built for law firm culture rather than adapted from a corporate setting, which means it accounts for the billable hour, partnership economics, and client demands. Those are the things that determine whether a new leadership habit survives a busy month. Programs are multi-session engagements with accountability and measurable outcomes, not one-time events.
Who does Cultivate typically work with at law firms?
Managing partners and executive committees connecting leadership development to firm strategy, professional development directors and chief talent officers who need programs attorneys actually engage with, and practice group leaders who want to run higher-performing teams.
What does the engagement process look like?
Five steps. A 30-minute discovery call. A needs assessment reviewing current programs and talking with key stakeholders. Custom program design covering format, cadence, content, and success metrics. Delivery. Then measurement against the goals set together at the start.
We already have a coaching benefit. Where does Cultivate fit?
Often as a coach on the panel, particularly for partners and for women partners, where firms frequently find their existing panel thin. There is a page covering how that works: bringing in an outside coach.
Can you work with a single practice group rather than the whole firm?
Yes, and it is a common way to start. A practice group or a single partner class is a sensible unit for a first engagement because the results are visible and attributable, which makes the case for expanding it much easier than a firmwide pitch would be.
The First Step Is a Conversation
Book a 30-minute call. We’ll talk about what you’re seeing at your firm and whether there’s a fit.
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