Tuned Up & Connected! 2009 Annual Meeting Workshop A Success!
Not just business as usual! In addition to installing the new officers of the WLAM - Wayne region, attendees at the May 28, 2009 Annual Dinner created new connections and simple personal plans of immediate action to enhance their careers and/or personal lives. With advice from, and facilitated by, speaker and new officer Elizabeth Jolliffe, an executive coach for lawyers, the women lawyers completed an individual assessment tool and then broke into groups of three. In the triads the lawyers helped each other brainstorm ideas and choose an effective, time driven action step to move toward their chosen goal. By tapping into a variety of professional and personal life experiences, the triads proved an effective way for the lawyers to learn and to make more and stronger connections within the WLAM-Wayne community. The Detroit Legal News ran a front page story on the event on June 1st, authored by Legal News writer Taryn Hartman who attended the dinner and even participated in the workshop. (See later entry above for link to copy of the article.) Thank you to everyone, including Taryn, for your enthusiasm and energy. Thank you, especially, to Judge Lynne Pierce, and to Natalie Yaw and Allison Bach of Dickinson Wright, for coordinating the event at the Dearborn Golf and Country Club. Finally, a very big thank you to Dickinson Wright's Women's Network for its generous support as the sponsor of this annual dinner meeting.
