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Gerry Riskin guests on Steve Fretzin’s Podcast “BE THAT LAWYER”
I am so pleased to have been a guest on Steve Fretzin’s Podcast: Be That Lawyer with Steve Fretzin. In the episode, Steve and I discuss: Leadership agility in trying times and attributes of successful...
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It’s Time to Learn How to Send an Effective Email
At Peter Diamandis’s website, he doesn’t even mention that he’s a Harvard medical graduate and an MIT physicist… Perhaps these pale in comparison with his other accomplishments you can see here....
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How Should Senior In-House Counsel Respond to Uncontrolled Social Media Postings
How Should Senior In-House Counsel Respond to Uncontrolled Social Media Postings: One of my Edge International colleagues, Jonathan Middleburgh, who is both an organizational psychologist and a...
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Leaders: Does Your Empathy Diminish Your Ability to Push?
Almost every leader experiences the same dilemma: are they pushing people too hard to get things done or are they too soft and empathetic such that people don’t perform up to par. This is Joseph...
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Five Things Lawyers Hate To Hear Clients Say
Five Things Lawyers Hate to Hear Clients Say By Gerry Riskin Do some things your clients say leave you speechless? Gerry Riskin has advice on how to respond in a way that helps build stronger...
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Guest Appearance on Dr. Mark Goulston’s “My Wakeup Call”
Dr. Mark Goulston is an eminent psychiatrist who for 35 years dedicated his practice to preventing suicide. In all of those years, he did not lose one patient to the outcome he worked so hard to...
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In Memory of My Dear Friend, Dr. Mark Goulston
Dr. Mark Goulston The passing of Mark Goulston is a very personal and private matter for me… we have been close friends for some time. Mark was a celebrity, and therefore I share his loss with so...
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AVOIDING NEGATIVE REACTIONS TO CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK
To win, your firm needs “peak performance” from all your people, which, in turn, requires that they be motivated and receive constructive coaching. THE PROBLEM In my experience, working with hundreds...
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Celebrating my son Matthew Riskin’s elevation to “Partner” at Bennett Jones
Now 50 years since my law school graduation, I am filled with pride as my son, Matthew Riskin, steps into a significant new role as a Partner at the esteemed Canadian national law firm, Bennett Jones....
View ArticleThe Dreaded Unexpected Question
We’ve all experienced being asked a question we did not anticipate. In that moment, we are eager to respond, but later, a better answer comes to mind. We wish we could rewind and deliver that better...
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