You’re capable of more. Much more.

No more playing small. It’s time to go for it.

 

Change Your Thinking.

Conversations could include:Managing high levels of stress when dealing with complex international matters.Coping with major personal life changes away from the established support of friends and family.Dealing with the challenging cultural aspects in and outside of work.Leveraging past professional experiences for new foreign work situations.Addressing work-life balance in the context of global work.Managing the “inner critic” that can sabotage success while working internationally.Clarifying long-term goals and how current international experiences fits into those goals.Re-examining your personal leadership style to lead international teams and projects more effectively. Coping with the feelings of isolation as a global leader.

Examples of topics we can focus on in the work:

  • Learn to lead oneself first.

  • Create a bigger, clearer vision for your life and career.

  • Address work-life issues that are holding you back.

  • Leverage systems thinking for bigger impact.

  • Using creative thinking to expand your perspectives and options.

  • Manage the thoughts that can sabotage your success.

  • Leverage personal life challenges and changes as a source of energy.

  • Cope with changing relationships as you begin to excel.

Take Bolder Action.

Conversations could include:Dealing with the overwhelm of working internationally.Exploring whether and how to qualify in a foreign jurisdiction.Weighing the pursuit of more advanced legal education abroad.Managing the stress of a career away from the established support of friends and family.Clarifying long-term goals and how current work experience fits into those goals.International networking more effectively.Establishing work-life balance as a rising international lawyer.Managing the “inner critic” that can stall progress while working in a internationally.Creating your personal leadership style to lead international teams and projects more effectively.

Examples of topics we can focus on in the work:

  • Find and harness more energy for decisive action.

  • Navigate and adjust to the complexities of a bigger life.

  • Respond not react in high-pressure situations.

  • Network more effectively.

  • Increase your behaviorial consistency.

  • Take more effective and decisive action toward your goals.

Clarity - Focus - Decisive Action

Get clearer on your circumstances and the potential.

Find more focus toward your ultimate goal.

Take decisive action on your next steps.

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More about The Inner Advocate.

The Inner Advocate was founded by international lawyer turned executive coach, Lora McInturf, Esq., LL.M. (ACC/ICF). Lora has worked in Big Law in two different countries (the U.S. and in Germany). She is a licensed American lawyer as well as a qualified Solicitor (currently non-practicing) in England and Wales. For the last 15 years, she has been an expat working and living abroad across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. She deeply understands the immense challenges and opportunities felt by lawyers outside their home country.

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The Inner Advocate…Beyond.

Outside of the core offerings of The Inner Advocate, Lora McInturf believes in making a positive difference as widely as possible on the entire legal profession. Below are some of the main ways she multiplies her impact.

Women Expat LawyersIn 2021, Lora McInturf founded W.E.L.L.S., a growing network of women lawyers and law students living and working abroad. For more information about this group, then please click here.

Women Expat Lawyers

In 2021, Lora McInturf founded W.E.L.L.S., a growing network of women lawyers and law students living and working abroad. For more information about this group, then please click here.

Pro Bono for Law StudentsLora McInturf mentors and coaches a minimum of four International law students per year. She specifically works in association with the Institute for Law and Finance (Frankfurt, Germany) as well as Grow Mentoring (London, En…

Pro Bono for Law Students

Lora McInturf mentors and coaches a minimum of four International law students per year. She specifically works in association with the Institute for Law and Finance (Frankfurt, Germany) as well as Grow Mentoring (London, England).

If you are an interested law student, then please click here.

Lawyer CoachesIn 2020, Lora McInturf founded the "Lawyers Coaching Lawyers - International Network". With over 100 members sitting around the world, this network of lawyer coaches creates opportunities for collaboration, inspires new ways of providi…

Lawyer Coaches

In 2020, Lora McInturf founded the "Lawyers Coaching Lawyers - International Network". With over 100 members sitting around the world, this network of lawyer coaches creates opportunities for collaboration, inspires new ways of providing services, and expands awareness of the possibilities of coaching to the legal profession (and beyond).

Changing Legal PerspectivesIf you want to get to know Lora McInturf better, she posts several times a week on Instagram under the handle The Inner Advocate. Lora is most known for her engaging infographics looking at the legal profession from differ…

Changing Legal Perspectives

If you want to get to know Lora McInturf better, she posts several times a week on Instagram under the handle The Inner Advocate. Lora is most known for her engaging infographics looking at the legal profession from different perspectives.