Values
All law firms are well aware that they must develop their people – their only asset. Yet often too little time is available to develop the required skills and behaviours which can make or break careers and businesses. We aim to:
- Provide tailored, relevant and practical development programmes which improve performance
- Equip individuals with the skills to match the strategic needs of the business
- Develop greater self-awareness to achieve behavioural change and support career development
- Develop expertise and excellence from which the firm and individual can profit together
- Provide programmes which prove the in-house Learning and Development team is a strategic partner to the business
Sally Sanderson
Sally has over 25 years experience of designing and delivering training for professional services firms: for 13 years she worked in-house managing L&D functions. She has won training awards for programmes for lawyers and for support staff including a National Training Award, Investors in People Award for Innovation, The Lawyer Best Use of Training and LETG Trainer Provider Award in 2011 for best training idea and in 2003 for “her professionalism, enthusiasm and credibility, understanding of the legal market and ability to ensure programmes are relevant and tailored.”
With a degree in English from Lincoln College, Oxford, a PGCE and two years teaching experience, Sally joined Arthur Andersen to set up their European Tax training function. There she learned cutting-edge instructional design and project management techniques. She completed qualifications in training, management and organisational development. Sally lead high profile international projects and facilitated international workshops gaining the experience which makes her popular with international groups today. After 6 years she moved to Theodore Goddard where she was Head of Learning and Development for 7 years. There she worked closely with the partners and began using psychometrics in her coaching and development programmes. Sally is licensed by the British Psychological Society to use a range of psychometric instruments.
In 2001 she set up Profex Consulting to provide bespoke development programmes enabling law firms to get a better return on their investment. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a conference speaker and published author.
Articles and podcasts
5 things you need to become a top lawyer in your specific field published in Authority Magazine (December 2021)
Why is leading lawyers so challenging? published in Lawyer Monthly (October 2021)
Self-Awareness: A foundation for team success published in the Dream Team edition of Modern Law (Issue 55)
Winning Trust and Making Change Happen published in Counsel (August 22)
Leadership in the next normal with Thomas International Podcast (January 2021)
Addressing the challenge of growing management time within law firms Lexis Nexis blog (March 2022)
For more ideas, see Sally’s book: Leading Lawyers published November 2021