"Developing Your Management Style" with Colleen Torell (CS #71)

Whether you’re defining your management style as a first-timer or re-examining your style in the face of personnel changes anywhere in your ecosystem, it’s important to focus on drivers that will make you and your team successful. We’ll talk through:

· Setting clear expectations for team members

· Giving performance-based feedback

· Managing client relationships and managing up

Speaker's Bio:

Colleen M. Torell, JD, Vice President and Senior Consultant, Keystone Partners Legal Practice Lead. MS. Torrell is a career management consultant, advising C-suite executives, managers, and professional individual contributors from a wide range of industries through their career transitions. Colleen also leads the Keystone Partners Legal Practice and offers in-depth and specialized career management solutions for attorneys and legal professionals at all levels.

She is a frequent presenter, recently appearing before MCLE, the Boston Security Analysts Society, Harvard Law School, MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association, and the Boston Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators. She has also published articles on Thomson Reuters, Global Legal Post and Legal Management Magazine.

Ms. Torell joined Keystone from law firm Choate, Hall, & Stewart where she was Director of Legal Recruiting and Senior Manager of Professional Development. Prior to that she was a career counselor at BU School of Law. Earlier in her career, she was a litigator at the firm of Massery & Gillis. She is a Certified Master Career Consultant by Career Partners International.

Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm (6:30- 7pm light supper & networking)

Venue: MIT Sloan, Building E62, Room 262, 100 Main Street, Cambridge

On-Campus Free Parking: Due to the never-ending construction, Sloan's Hermann Garage is only accessable via Main Street. It is a small garage without a gate, and directly under the Sloan library. Another option is the Amherst Street/E51 lot. These parking lots are free after 5pm. The closest public parking is Kendall Center Green Garage, next to the Marriott Hotel. The entrance is 90 Broadway Street. For other suggesions, click here.