Individual Contributors
The first year in Big Law brings both exciting opportunities and steep challenges. Beyond mastering legal work, associates must navigate firm culture, build credibility, and adapt quickly to new expectations. Thriving requires more than technical skill—it rests on three interconnected elements: belonging, growth mindset, and personal brand. Belonging provides the confidence to take risks, a growth mindset helps you learn from mistakes and feedback, and your personal brand communicates your value to others. In this workshop, participants will explore how these elements reinforce one another and leave with practical tools to succeed and grow in the demanding Big Law environment.
Research
Self Reflection
Discussions
Activities
Action Planning Participants will leave with an understanding of:
And the confidence and skills to:
In-Person or Virtual Workshop
In-Person or Virtual Keynote
Explore the challenges and opportunities of the first-year associate role. Frame belonging, growth mindset, and personal brand as mutually reinforcing. Invite reflection on what feels most exciting and daunting.
Present the science of belonging and how it affects performance. Connect belonging to the ability to adopt a growth mindset, reframe mistakes as milestones, and use feedback as fuel for improvement.
Reflection: Share a moment when belonging, or the lack of it, shaped your willingness to learn.
Introduce the 3 Ps framework (Purpose, Perception, Projection). Explore how everyday communication—asking questions, receiving feedback, contributing ideas—shapes brand and credibility.
Activity: Pitch a personal brand statement and give feedback.
Reinforce the integration: belonging builds confidence, growth mindset drives learning, and personal brand signals value. Commit to one concrete step to strengthen all three.
Meet the facilitators behind our workshops. They are interdisciplinary experts who bring research, empathy, and real-world insight to every workshop.
Paradigm empowers organizations to create high-performance workplaces where everyone can do their best work.
Increase in job performance
Decrease in Turnover risk
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