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ProgramsPrograms Built for How Law Firms Actually Work
Every engagement is designed around your firm’s structure, culture, and goals, not a template.
Executive & Leadership Coaching
One on one, six to twelve months, with development goals set at the start so there is something concrete to measure against.
Executive Coaching for Partners
The skills that make someone an excellent lawyer are not the skills that make someone an effective leader. Strategic clarity, communication and feedback, delegation and trust, client relationships, and performing at this level for the long run.
See how coaching works →Coaching for Women Partners
A particular focus of Tara’s coaching practice. Building a book of business, stepping into firm leadership, navigating partnership dynamics, and sustaining high performance over the long term.
See the coaching focus →Meridian: Confidential Peer Forums for Partners
A confidential peer forum for law firm partners, co-founded and co-facilitated with Gwen Mellor Romans of Herald Talent, a former Hogan Lovells partner. Eight to ten partners, monthly two-hour sessions, ten months, under a confidentiality covenant. Built for the decisions a partner cannot easily raise inside their own firm.
It runs in two forms: a cross-firm cohort, where no two partners come from the same firm, and an in-firm version for a single partnership. 2027 is the first cohort. Applications close January 1, 2027.
The one pager covers structure, cohort composition, the confidentiality framework, investment, and the 2027 timeline. It is written to be forwarded to whoever approves the spend.
Send me the one pager
Speaking & Firmwide Work
For a single session, or for the whole firm.
Keynote Speaking & Workshops
Evidence-based keynotes and interactive workshops on sustainable high performance, high-performing teams, and building a practice that lasts. Sixty minutes to a half day.
Topics and past audiences →Bring In an Outside Coach
For firms that already have a coaching benefit and need a coach their partners will actually use. How Cultivate slots into an existing program, panel arrangements, referral logistics, and confidentiality.
How it works →Culture & Performance Strategy
For firm leadership ready to move past one-off programming. Designing the systems and structures that make high performance sustainable, tied to retention, engagement, and firm strategy.
Our approach with firms →Signature Sessions
Each works as a keynote, a workshop, or the opening session of a longer program.
The Science of Sustainable Excellence
What the research says about how high performers sustain it over time. An evidence-based framework for performing at the highest level without the cost that usually comes with it.
See the outline →The Secret to High-Performing Teams
What the research actually says about what makes teams perform. Cuts through conventional wisdom and gives practice groups and firm leaders a framework for building stronger teams.
See the outline →Building a Practice That Lasts
A practical, research-informed session for attorneys at any level who want to design a career in law that is both high-performing and sustainable, on their own terms.
See the outline →Common Questions
Can a partner engage Cultivate directly, or does it have to go through the firm?
Either. Many partners engage Tara directly and pay themselves or through a firm coaching benefit. Others are referred by their firm’s professional development or talent team. If you are looking for a coach for yourself, start at executive coaching for partners.
How long is a typical engagement?
One-on-one coaching runs six to twelve months, meeting every two to three weeks. Meridian forums run ten months, with monthly two-hour sessions. Keynotes and workshops are single sessions, from 60 minutes to a half day. Culture and performance strategy work is scoped to the specific question the firm is trying to answer.
Do you deliver programs in person or virtually?
Coaching is usually virtual, because it is easier to sustain a regular cadence that way. Meridian forums meet in person: the trust the model depends on does not build the same way on a screen. Keynotes and workshops work either way.
How do you measure whether a program worked?
Goals get set at the start, with the firm and with the individuals, so there is something specific to measure against rather than a satisfaction survey. Depending on the engagement that might be retention in a practice group, upward feedback scores, or specific behavior changes the participants and their supervisors both name.
What size firms do you work with?
Most of the work is with AmLaw 100 and AmLaw 200 firms, plus regional firms and in-house legal departments. The programs are built around partnership dynamics and the billable hour, so they translate across firm sizes better than they translate outside the profession.
Can you build something that is not on this page?
Yes, and that is a good share of the work. These are the standing formats. A fair number of engagements start with a firm describing a specific problem, and the program gets designed around it.
Not Sure Where to Start?
That’s what the discovery call is for. We’ll talk through what you’re seeing and find the right starting point.
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