TRP 333: [Legal] Elevating Emotional Intelligence for Lawyers with David Sarnoff
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You are listening to the Rainmaking Podcast. Hosted by legal deal maker, author and professional speaker, Scott Love. You're listening to the Rainmaking Podcast, and my name is Scott Love. Thank you for joining me on the show. This episode is part of our legal specific series of shows. Our special expert today is David Sarnov. David works with law firms where the work actually moves people. They take action, not just training that gets forgotten by Monday morning. He does coaching and leadership development that changes how leaders think. Communicate and show up for their teams. David is an ICF certified coach, a leadership trainer, and also a former attorney, so he brings a perspective that most coaches can't offer.
He lived inside the high stakes, high-pressure environments that his clients navigate every day. I've seen David speak before at a legal conference. He's fantastic, he's an excellent presenter, and he's got real-world expertise and advice that can help you solve it. problems. Also, we talk about David's book in our conversation. Make sure you go to the show notes. You can order that directly and also connect with him. I'd highly recommend that. As always, this podcast is sponsored by SurePoint Legal Insights, formerly known as Leopard Solutions, turning legal intelligence into opportunity. And also by the Rainmaking magazine. Now it's entirely complimentary, no charge for the subscription. This is for the intellectually driven and results focused professional that wants to be the number one professional services provider in their niche.
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Thanks for listening, and I hope you find great insights in my conversation with David Sarnoff today. Hey, this is Scott Love with the Rainmaking Podcast. Our special guest today is a good friend, David Sarnoff. And today we're talking about elevating emotional intelligence for lawyers. David, thanks for joining me on the show. Scott, pleasure to be with you.
Thank you so much for your invitation.
Yeah, thank you. And this is great to see you. I've seen you speak when SurePoint had the managing partner lab. The feedback from the leaders in the room was very positive. And I'm a fan. And by the way, I've read not all, but most of your book, Beyond the Courtroom, that you co-authored with Natalie Loeb: Proven Strategies from the Legal Field for Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Wellbeing in the Modern Workplace. So you have a message that I think can solve a lot of problems. problems in the legal industry. And so our topic title today is Elevating Emotional Intelligence for Lawyers. And David, I always like to start with working definitions. What is emotional intelligence and why is that important in the legal industry today?
So thank you for the question, Scott. Emotional intelligence is a really large topic, and we we could literally spend days on it. But for purposes of our conversation, I'll define emotional intelligence as having the self-awareness to understand how you show up, how you're perceived, and what the impact of your words and actions are on other people. And when I say self-awareness, Because it's identifying emotions as you're experiencing them, naming them, and using emotional intelligence skills to influence them. If you're in a heightened state, if you're agitated, frustrated, angry, being able to de-escalate that, to have a productive, collaborative conversation with a colleague or a subordinate.
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