YOUR ON-DEMAND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERT

I work with busy law firm partners and managers who want to support their employees but don’t have the time - or necessarily know how. Not everyone has access to or the need for a full-time talent professional. That’s where I come in.

HOW I HELP…

You’re busy and pressed for time, but know that supporting and developing your employees, especially top performers, is vital to your long-term success. I work with you as your “on-demand” professional development expert. Your employees are expecting greater individualized career support and development, and progressive talent policies and programs. Let me help you deliver them.

  • Performance review processes and management - stop struggling to make annual performance reviews timely and effective

  • Mentor strategies and programs - boost mentoring that’s stalled or lacklustre

  • Compensation and bonus policies - ensure you maintain your competitive edge in the marketplace

  • Professional development programming and workshops - get your practice management CPD credits with workshops designed to meet your needs, or create a more comprehensive professional development program for your lawyers or students

  • Recruitment and on-boarding assistance - work with me like your own HR team on lawyer or student recruitment, resume review, interviewing, candidate selection, and orientation and integration plans for new hires

For those wanting to offer individualized career support and development, I provide career coaching services in a number of areas through my coaching practice.

  • Practice management, leadership, & profile-building coaching - for those needing straightforward and practical methods to gain control of a busy practice, or get them to the next stage in their career

  • Parental leave coaching - create loyalty and retain talent by supporting new parents before, during and after leave

  • Outplacement coaching - develop stronger ties with alumni by supporting them to find new and rewarding career opportunities

WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING…

“Our firm hired Marketta to implement and run our associate performance review process. Marketta's knowledge and experience in this area streamlined the entire process and improved the feedback we collected. With her help, reviews were more detailed and meaningful for our associates. To top things off, Marketta is also a pleasure to work with and provides valuable insight into many of the other operations of our firm.” Chris Schuld, Management Committee Member, Eyford Partners LLP

“The [parental] leave coaching Marketta provides to our lawyers is a key support for those planning both the departure from work and the return to work. In addition to being a certified coach, Marketta brings a wealth of law firm experience to the planning process which, combined with the frameworks she employs, provides both structure and reassurance to lawyers as they navigate a new stage of life and career.” Director of Professional Development, National Law Firm

“Marketta has become a trusted resource for us, providing transitional career coaching for departing students and lawyers. She knows the Vancouver legal market and offers confidential, forward-looking support at a critical time. We recommend her.” Regional Vancouver Firm