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A dramatically changing dynamic has surfaced in the recruitment and selection of C-Suite executives and corporate board candidates, from the legal profession, according to EOLIS’ January trend study. Public profile and social media presence matters more than ever before for lawyers who aspire to participate in the most senior and sophisticated in the business world.

More than 90% of the 200 respondents–corporate board members on nominating and vetting committees — said they use Wikipedia as a reference material in their process  to identify attorney prospects and candidates to fill potential board seats and more than 75% expressed a decided preference for candidates with publicly documented careers, citing a suitably footnoted Wikipedia listing as “highly desirable.”

While EOLIS’ findings are intended only to provide indicators and do not reflect formal market research, we believe the information obtained from this study leads toward an inevitable conclusion: Wikipedia is being treated as an increasingly  credible resource, and it  presents new opportunities for law firms and lawyers that qualify for listing references. The development of a viable Wikipedia submission is dependent on the availability of publicly verifiable information pertaining to subject matter presented.

For further information regarding EOLIS’ January 2017 Trend Study: “Evaluating the Relevance of Wikipedia to the Legal Profession,” please email eolis@eolis.comor call E. Mead  at 212.472.4000

Note: EOLIS assists career management candidates in the development, of LinkedIn profiles and Wikipedia submissions as well as providing advice on public profiles and online self  assessment and review of their public profiles,and self protective online reputation management.

Members of the elite Women’s Forum of New York gathered, in advance of International Women’s Day, for a unique seminar: Power Poker from the Board Room to the Card Room, presented by Wendeen Eolis, at the Friars Club. Wendeen’s lessons in empowerment got under way quickly with revelations about negotiating strategies, particularly as they apply to women. To prove her points, Wendeen called upon three eager attendees. After a quick review of their “biographies,” she guessed,instantly, the favorite negotiating strategy for each one of them.

Relying upon her extensive expertise as an entrepreneur, interviewer and deal maker in business, as well as her career in politics and government, Wendeen entertained as she educated her colleagues on the application of business principles to the game of poker. She knows from whence she speaks.Wendeen was the first woman to cash, in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. She counts 10 record setting performances for a woman in major competitions around the world and competes on Poker Night in America (CBS Sports), in her spare time. She says, “poker is a mind-bending game of bets, raises, calls, and folds that is only sometimes played with cards,” while making the case that women win more by bluffing less than men.

Using her theories on “negotiating DNA”  and her 12 Point System for People Reading Excellence, Wendeen offered tips and tells throughout the evening, which was capped with a No Limit Texas Hold’em game. She was assisted with her lessons at the tables by her hand-picked tutors–businessmen who play poker winning poker against pros of the game. They were the only men in  the room!

With crib notes that reviewed the basic rules in hand, they began to practice “desirable hand selection,” before betting their chips with gusto. The woman with the most chips at the end of the evening was feted, with a bottle of pink champagne!  Wendeen  closed the program adding  more  people reading insights that travel well back to the office, including her foolproof tip to determine, within seconds of a greeting, if a person is happy to meet you.

For more information on Wendeen’s negotiation seminars and availability as a negotiation coach for senior lawyers, C-Suite executives, politicians, and poker enthusiasts please visit https://wendeeneolis.com/decision-strategies/.

To book Wendeen for a speaking engagement, seminar, or an evening of “Power Poker from the Board Room to the Card Room” please email: eolis@eolis.comor call 212-472-4000.

While the public hears, daily, from media and political pundits about the new President’s contingent of advisors in the West Wing– the name Don McGahn, Chief White House Counsel has yet to evoke a serious riffle.  But it is McGahn, who is likely to be in the center of any firestorm over conflict of interest issues effectively hoisted against  President Trump. Mr. McGahn has quietly charted the course of sticky legal wickets that have confronted the president since the inception of his campaign. He landed perfectly in the fray over efforts to keep Mr. Trump from getting on the ballot in the 2016 New Hampshire primary, back in the days of January 2016. Indeed, at that moment  he opted for a policy of discrete determination rather than a bombastic show, as any self-respecting Jones Day lawyer might be expected to do.

President Donald Trump and Attorney Donald McGahn, connected only from afar until a year ago, at this point look like two peas in a pod on a mission. Mr. McGahn may prove to be the President’s most important and most impactful relationship in the West Wing of the White House. Stay tuned for a further report.

For decades, lawyers labored over their resumes–not their public profile or  social media postings or  comments of family members in not so private chat rooms. Today, any lawyer worth his/her salt, knows that the right LinkedIn profile can expand opportunities–dramatically. it can also uncover frauds, a penchant for providing “alternative facts,” and more. than an unschooled user can imagine.  Linked in profiles are fast becoming the most critical biographical material in the job search toolbox and the one public profile on the internet  that you can control.  Your LinkedIn profile is also a unique tool in self-protective online reputation management, a vehicle by which to enhance your contacts and connections–intelligently, and a quintessential vetting instrument,  once you understand both the inherent challenges and the breadth of opportunities that can be unlocked.

It is worth your while to stop whatever else you are doing–if you want to play bigger and stronger–and get cracking with a deep dive into LinkedIn ! And listen up, because crafting a worthy LinkedIn profile, is more than an easy walk in the park.

LinkedIn is rapidly becoming the single most essential element in branding an individual’s identity and vetting a candidate’s bona fides.

Want to know how to expand your contact network exponentially? Want to know how to get an interview at a Company-where you have not a single connection? Want to be nominated for a board seat at your golf club or a cultural institution? Looking for a high level appointment in  State government, or the new presidential administration? Want to get the best information about  the morale of a company? Want to present yourself more factually than anyone else can present you?

Connect with an EOLIS Social Media Consultant and learn the power you can put into your LinkedIn profile. It may well impact on your upward mobility and professional destiny–more than your resume, and your references combined.

 Call Us 212-472-4000 or   Email Us;for more information on Social Media Counseling Services for lawyers on the prowl!

What could be better to celebrate our 50th anniversary of legal consulting services, than our  brand new responsive website design with more robust content, presented crisply. Go no further than our logo banner for instant email, and contact data. Access our CEO in About Us. Connectivity links to our social media are in our footer  Follow us , like us , and share any page of the website with links at the bottom of each page. And by all means, check out what is new at EOLIS in our current assignments. Our current assignment overview offers tidbits about the market, as well as a a sampling of our current projects.

Our top menu bar paints the big picture on the information you can find on our site.  Open the menu bar and dig into the specific links of your choice. If you click on our services you will  find the details related to each service.

Scroll below the Media Matters Heading for news you can use, analysis and opinion pieces and photo stories with our CEO.  We invite you to give us your feedback at our Contact Us  page or you may send an email, directly to eolis@eolis.com.

For many years, EOLIS has produced blog posts on an external site and we have published articles at various digital media outlets. Now you need to look no further than this commentary blog for EOLIS opinions, and musings and links to any relevant media outlets receiving material from EOLIS International Group or our journalist and motivational speaker-in chief, Wendeen H. Eolis.

Small law firms with strong start up and mid-sized growing clients have catapulted into star status in the eyes of mid -sized  as well as national and global law firms that seek to infuse their practices with clients and talent for tomorrow.

For media wishing more information on this developing story contact Emead@eolis.com.

NEW YORK (May 20, 2014) A recent survey of partners at Am Law 200 firms indicates a likely slowdown in partner group acquisitions in the third quarter.

Two managing partners at global law firms cite concerns about profits as the major reason for avoiding potentially costly investments of this kind. For more information on this survey contact emead@eolis.com.

NEW YORK (Spring 2014) Based upon EOLIS’ updated  findings in a survey of lawyers over 60, EOLIS is moving forward with a customized attorney career transition services (ACTS) division  to serve the needs  of this segment of the  population of attorneys looking for “new adventures.”

Single jump start consults, 1/2 day coaching sessions,  and innovative short-term employer targeting programs assist lawyers in developing exit strategies and  negotiations for separation agreements and future employment arrangements.

Asking productive questions is a key element to an effective negotiating strategy in business, politics, and card rooms.—where I have spent a fair share of my spare time.

Children frequently blurt out whatever questions come into their heads, unnerving adults by their brash simplicity and clarity. More often than not, they ask basic questions designed to understand facts, and context  or to challenge parental authority: They easily inquire, “Why are you asking?” and “What do you mean?” These queries are among the most powerful probes.

At virtually every negotiating table,  gaining leverage and making deals is dependent in large measure by proficiency in the use of the PEP Principle.  Job seekers, especially senior level candidates are equally well-served to pay close attention to this principle, as errors are generally more costly  in direct proportion to one’s age, experience, and perceived sophistication.

Put the PEP Principle to Work

Probe, evaluate, and perform accordingly—PEP—combines the use of appropriate questions for specific situations, with analysis of answers from different vantage points. PEP calls for logic and common sense in the development of information. It also emphasizes the use of practical strategies to gage the relevance and credibility of responses. Lawyers are known to be faithful to this principle,  on behalf of clients; not so much on their own behalf in the career transition process. 

The keys to mastering the PEP principle, as a job seeker, reside in the career journey. “Seamless presentation of  the major decisions along the way unlock opportunities  for the broadest range of new adventures, ” says Wendeen Eolis, CEO of EOLIS.   In a new  interactive seminar series open to the public as well as one-one one collaborative aching sessions for senior level lawyers and leading executives, Wendeen explores the power of the PEP Principle  at every stage of the search process.  For further information on interactive workshops and coaching options contact at  emead@eolis.com.