Practice Development Counsel

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT US

TESTIMONIALS

ON PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT COUNSEL'S SERVICES

"Phyllis has spent a great deal of energy, time, thought-leadership on generational issues and at this point, in my opinion, is an expert."
Silvia L. Coulter
Vice President, Client Development and Growth Practice
Hildebrandt International

"Phyllis Weiss Haserot is one of the leading experts in the area of inter-generational relations in law firms."
Nancy Myrland, President
Myrland Marketing, Inc.
Indianopolis, IN

"Phyllis is a wonderful speaker and insightful adviser. If you have not been to her website, it is worth browsing through the hundreds of articles on practice development, career counseling, and collaborative culture"
Mark Beese
Marketing Director
Holland & Hart, Denver Co.
Author of Leadership for Lawyers blog

"Our firm, which had no formal marketing program before we engaged you to help us, has benefitted from a heightened awareness of the need to market, how to do it, and the desirability of teamwork for marketing. You also helped us stress our focus on initiatives in particular practice niches, which have much greater potential than we were realizing.
For me personally, while I have had substantial success in business generation before working with you, your efforts have led to considerably more action in making and using my contacts for new business. It has paid off. In addition, you have been instrumental in getting us media attention for one of my niche areas, "business divorce," which immediately had the phone ringing.
You have also pushed us as a partnership toward discussing important management issues we had tended to avoid. We continue to have these discussions."
John M. Brickman, Partner and Head of Litigation Practice
Ackerman, Levine, Cullen & Brickman LLP

"Thank you so much for facilitating the business development discussion at our meeting in April. The neutrals had very positive things to say about your presentation. I am optimistic about their renewed commitment to their existing relationships."
Beth Wiener
JAMS

"We want to thank you for all that you have done for our firm. It has been a pleasure working with you during this period of time."
Donald J. Bezahler, Administrative Partner
Baer Marks & Upham LLP

"Thank you for the excellent job you did for our Board of Directors over the summer by facilitating the strategy planning meetings. As we go through our transition phase from a mid-size non profit to its next phase of growth, the sessions were extremely useful in helping the Board, Advisory Committee members and staff to come to terms with key issues that are arising as we move forward. We also have been able to take the steps toward identifying roles and responsibilities more clearly.
As we go through this dynamic process of change and growth within this challenging environment of a post 9/11 New York, we feel more confident that we are clear in our direction."
President/CEO
Not-for-profit Arts Organization

". . . your ideas work anywhere . . . thank you for common sense, dignity and some measure of sanity in the workplace. . . respect."
Barbara Guillette

"I need to send another $100 just because having Phyllis Weiss Haserot on this listserve would be worth doubling the price. I don't know where I'd be today had I not had The Rainmaking Machine on my desk at all times."
Angela Spall
Director of Marketing
Lionel Sawyer & Collins

"I'm gearing up to get a good foundation put together prior to my leave & you've certainly helped me to do that."
Kathy Lester
Director of Business Development & Marketing
Gray Plant Mooty

" I liked your last newsletter. . . tough challenge to take on the topic of emotions in biz and discuss them in any rational way . . . your letters have good info and are well delivered . . . and very much an extension of you."
W. Duke Grkovic
Cambridge Advisors

"I recently read your excellent article titled Managing for Retention and Productivity. This article was extremely pertinent because our District Attorneys Office has lost many new lawyers to private firms. Your article confirmed my impression that merely throwing money at the problem, ie., increasing salaries is not solution at all. Effort making the office a better environment to work may be more effective."
Ron Freitas
San Joaquin County District Attorneys Office

"Your tips are right on the mark for me. I only wish I knew half this stuff upon starting out my career."
Gwen Onatolu
Management Resource Services, Inc.

"On behalf of Gotham and all the members I want to thank you for the job you did drafting , analyzing and putting together the results from our Annual Survey.

It was discussed at great length at the Summit with all of the Chiars and GC's and received very well. It has initiated many discussions and will probably result in some new and exciting opportunities for members.

We all appreciate the time and effort you put into it.

Thanks again."

Mitch Tobol
Gotham Webmaster
(Gotham City Networking, an organization of over 500 members in the New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago metropolitan areas)

ON COACHING

"Working with you on business development skills training and coaching as a partner at Charles Hecht & Company LLP, I found myself much more focused, developed a higher level of comfort with my marketing role and paid more attention to follow up. We also dealt with some difficult internal issues that were getting in the way of team efforts. Thank you for your time and professionalism."
Thomas Engelhardt, CPA
Marks Paneth & Shron LLP

"Phyllis, thank you for your insights this morning. I just met with two members of the Advisory Committee. I was able to ask some of my most burning questions, and provide them with insight that I had gained from our discussions and from my own analysis of the issue. Our time working on that issue was well spent . . .
As always, I thought our session yesterday was very invigorating and fruitful. These ideas may seem simple and perfectly obvious to you, but I had not really focused on them before. Hearing them from you gave them validation, and I was significantly energized to discuss them with my husband last night after 11:00 when he got home from a meeting . . .
I thoroughly enjoyed our meeting last week. Your help has been so valuable for me this year.Thank you again for your input. You gave me the confidence to assume the management role that I should have been filling all along."
Mary Jane Augustine
Partner, 400 lawyer firm

"Our program went very well and there was a lot of good learning shared among the team. Your insights were indeed great food for thought for me in preparation."
Claudia Gilman
Corporate General Counsel
Boston, MA

"As for the coaching, I am doing the priorities list and low and behold things are getting done!!! Thank you for your time, it is helping!"
George M Phillips
Office Administrator
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP

"Phyllis Haserot has been of invaluable assistance in helping me shape a marketing program targeted to my intellectual property client base and then nudging me just enough to ensure I carry it out. My time with her has been well spent."
Andrew Berger
Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt

"Thanks for the suggestion -- and all your helpful pointers. They are appreciated."
Solo Attorney

"You are a wonderful questioner...observant, persistent, but gentle. Thank you for your time, wisdom, good company and great reading list!"
Former Executive Director, The White House Project

"Thank you for the quick feedback and your tremendous support."

Flor Mauri
Thinking Well Consultant and Faculty, New York University

ON WEBCASTS

"I enjoyed your webcast on bridging intergenerational differences. Thanks for being such a great leader and educator on this topic."

Senior Manager of Professional Development
Major International law firm

ON TELECLASSES

Your teleconference was both enjoyable and instructive, exactly what such events are supposed to be, but rarely are. I want, especially, to congratulate you on a number of points:
1. The preparatory materials you forwarded prior to the teleconference enabled all of us to prepare for the meeting and "to hit the ground running;"
2. Your "BUILD YOUR INFLUENCE QUOTIENT (IQ)" presentation is terrific. Clear and concise.
3. And, most important, you yourself are the best trainer/coach I have met. Supportive, insightful, devoid of empty platitudes and "psycho-babble," you offered specific suggestions in response to the specific questions which people asked, and your responses were particularly relevant to the venues in which they work.
As a management consultant, my "influence quotient" must be high, and I found the teleconference to be extraordinarily helpful and productive.
Donald Cecchi
Management Consultant

"As you were talking I was imaging preparing and presenting my proposal, so it was quite helpful. I was thinking about how to be a better lobbyist. I now have some new ideas about getting people ready; preparing them for what I'm about to propose
You were clear and had an organized approach. You asked engaging questions and got people to participate. It was well-delivered and I loved your slides. They were great.
It was really good! Congratulations!"
Flo Mauri
Thinking Well Consulting

"makes you aware of the way you approach and interact so you can be more effective."
Carol Huang

"Another great class. thanks."
Stephanie Chau
Salomon Brothers Asset Management

"You were well prepared and I appreciated the notes beforehand Everything was covered in the course description. You are well versed and comfortable in your subject matter as well as experientially versed easily sharing experiences. Thank you for letting me receive an excellent
demonstration of your skills."
Janet Spittler
Ceramic Artist, Life Coach

"This is the first time I have attended one of these sessions and I found it very helpful.".
Michelle Johnson
Executive Director
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP

"Thank you for the opportunity to attend last evening's teleclass. I look forward to future sessions."
Patricia A. W. Daniels, Director of Marketing and Business Development
Bingham McCutchen LLP

ON CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

"Your excellent presentation today for the ALA generated good round table discussions at our office during your presentation. We certainly could relate to most of the issues you discussed. I think it helped the Shareholders understand the asociates a little better., , , I think you're right though, they're not retiring at age 65, so we better figure out how to all get along. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and expertise."
Jennifer Thiele
Administrator
Gross & Welch, P.C., L.L.O.
Omaha, NE
ALA Intergenerational Relations Webinar

"I was very impressed with the detail in your presentation and in your materials."
Pamela H. Young, Manager, Professional Development and Training
Haynes and Boone, LLP

"Your speech was exactly what we were looking for and was well received by the audience. We appreciate your sharing your insights and knowledge with the audience. I think everyone who attended took something away from your session that will be helpful."
Laura Proctor, Program Chair
Defense Research Institute,Young Lawyers Annual Conference

"You certainly kept the attention of everyone in that room - and on a Saturday morning, no less.Thank you so much for your participation. We greatly appreciate having "the experts" show us the way, and you proved to be just that. The discussions were very enlightening."
Laura Baker
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

"Phyllis' perspective on influencing individuals was thorough and "eye opening". Also helped me do some self-reflection."
Elizabeth Butcher
Robinson & Cole LLP

"I very much enjoyed your speech and am continuing to enjoy your written materials."
Mary Q. Wydysh
Goldberg Segalla LLP

"Thanks again so much for coming and doing the program. I enjoyed seeing you and watching you - great job!
Stewart Hirsch
Strategic Relationships
Legal Marketing Association/New England 2004 Conference Committee

"Thanks for the great seminar yesterday. The more I'm reminded of my personality traits, the better person I become. I like the test you administered, and I enjoyed my discussion group. I thought the format was effective and the summaries were concise and straight-forward. For more comprehensive seminars, I would be curious to know which personality types appear to fit well in certain professions, and I would also like to know how to work on gaining some of the traits of the other personality types so we can work on building a well-rounded persona.
Natasha Kohne
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP

"Your presentation was very interesting and I know the alumnae present were fascinated in the results of the exercise your provided."
Marike Bradford Toothaker, Senior Associate Director
Cornell University Regional Office

"On behalf of the Association for Accounting Marketing, I would like to express tremendous thanks for your recent presentation at the AAM "Beyond Strategy to Purpose" conference in Kansas City. I enjoyed being your host and hearing your perspective on partner consensus and conflict. It seems that this subject is what accounting marketers have to deal with on a continual basis. So, I appreciated the tips you shared."
Debbie M. Ketel, Marketing Director
Ketel Thorstenson, LLP

"Phyllis' coaching advice is well delivered and valuable. She has a way of getting to the heart of the matter without being intimidating. She is a very gently effective teacher."
Melinda Guillemette
President, Association for Accounting Marketing, 2001

"On behalf of the Association for Accounting Marketing, I would like to express our heartfelt thanks for your recent coaching skills presentation at the AAM Marketing Summit 2001. I was very much looking forward to your presentation because of my focus on coaching at my firm. I took some good ideas and will be referring back to your presentation outline to make use of the information you shared."
Judith A. Kennedy, Sales & Marketing Manager
BKD, LLP

"Thanks Phyllis! You did a great job. The interactive presentation was well received. I hope to get to work with you again."
Robert Veon
Chair, Young Lawyers Division
Defense Research Institute

"I am writing to thank you for your participation in the lunch program at the City Bar. This program was a terrific success, and I am grateful for your help."
Steven M. Ratner
Law Office of Steven M. Ratner

"On behalf of the New York Women's Bar Association, I would like to thank you for your participation in last night's CLE program on business development. The program was extremely well received and I have no doubt it was due in large part to your participation.
I greatly appreciate your generosity in sharing your time for what we consider to be an important topic to all attorneys, particularly women attorneys."
Heather Martinez Zona
Former President, New York Women's Bar Association

ON E-ALERTS

"Again, insightful! I don't think I would have ever recognized the impact age plays in strategy execution until you brought it up. Of course, I feel it, but you've given it substantive clarity. Thanks!"

Al Berrios
Managing Director
Management and Behavioral Exconomics Consulting firm

"Wow, this is brilliant, Phyllis. Thank you!"

Jezra Kay
Communiate with Power and Ease

"Phyllis - Terrific article as always. This is going to be especially useful."

Murem Sharpe
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
Evoca

"Dear Phyllis - Thank you so much for putting me on the e-alerts. Very impressive and I think they will be very helpful to me who is transitioning into a new phase of my life and career. It's difficult trying to carpenter together a career which consists of different parts of publishing: editing, agenting, general consulting. But mail such as what you send is informative and moral bossting.

Olga Vezeris
Book Publisher

"As usual, Phyllis you are ahead of the curve. Thanks for the Gen Y materials. Margie"

Margie Turner
Turner & Associates
Buffalo, New York

"I love being on your mailing list...I think about you and the mission of your organization when I go to work, as my company (about 350 employees spread over three locations) is highly diverse and very liberal. We range in age from 21 to 92, all sizes, shapes and colors."

Judy Walter
Director, Human Resources
Share Group Inc.

ON BLOG

"Love your Blog! It looks great! Congrats!"

Flo Mauri
Thinking Well Consultants
Coach/Consultant to Emerging Leaders
New York

ON WEBSITE

"Your website has given me so much information and insight."

Jeanette DeLoatche Phelps, M.Div.
YMCA of Greater Richmond

tel: 212 593-1549
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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT US TESTIMONIALS