After spending 14 years in house studying what makes employees succeed, Diane now translates her experience, combined with her graduate work in organizational psychology, into a coaching consultancy. Before launching her own business, Diane was the Senior Director of Professional Development and Organizational Effectiveness at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, an Am Law 100 firm with more than 18 offices worldwide. During her ten years at the firm, Diane devoted much of her time to associate development and the implementation of the firm’s comprehensive professional development model, which she was instrumental in creating. Prior to being promoted to Senior Director in 2006, Diane spent more than six years overseeing the firm’s legal recruiting, personnel and diversity functions. She sat on the firm’s associates, recruiting and diversity committees and led several human resources cross functional teams. Diane graduated cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the College of the Holy Cross in 1994 and received a Masters Degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, Teachers College in 2002. Recently, Diane received NYU certification in Organizational and Executive Coaching. She is also qualified to administer, interpret and coach from the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator® (MBTI) and the Emotional Competency Inventory® (ECI). In addition, Diane is a skilled meeting facilitator and trainer. Diane was recently appointed as Large Firm Discussion Vice Leader of the ABA’s Law Practice Management Section. Diane has been published several times in both the New York Law Journal Magazine and the National Law Journal Magazine - click to view articles. She speaks regularly on many professional development and performance enhancement topics ranging from leadership to mentoring and stress management. As part of her commitment to continuous learning and to developing herself at all times, Diane trains in a traditional Japanese style of karate at the World Seido Karate Organization (www.seido.com). Her current rank is advanced brown belt.  Diane is also an avid meditation practitioner.
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