Michael P. Maslanka
May 28, 2019 | Texas Lawyer
Work Matters: 4 Danger Signs to Recognize We're Losing Our WayEach of us will lose our way. Doing so is all too human. But finding our way back, with the help of friends and counselors, is the flip side of the coin. Be a friend. Be a counselor.
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
April 29, 2019 | Texas Lawyer
Work Matters: Unlawful Discrimination Cases Demonstrate Why Merit Alone Can't Serve as Our North StarAs I write this, the college admissions scandal is breaking fast: famous actresses arrested, CEO's handcuffed, a co-managing Big Law partner indicted.…
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
March 28, 2019 | Texas Lawyer
Work Matters: 3 Lessons About Betrayal, Sociopathy and Cruelty from ShakespeareShakespeare never blinks in the face of human nature. Ever. Exhibit A: King Lear. Betrayal as standard, sociopathy as constant, cruelty as norm. In…
By Michael P. Maslanka
5 minute read
February 27, 2019 | Texas Lawyer
5 Habits to Develop Mental ToughnessThe army of mental toughness is not an army of conscripts adhering to dutiful obedience, grudging adherence, blind loyalty.
By Michael P. Maslanka
5 minute read
December 28, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Work Matters: A Starter's Kit to DeposingIgnorance is always curable. In that spirit, here are questions that are commonly asked but seldom answered.
By Michael P. Maslanka
5 minute read
November 30, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Work Matters: Turn Annual Holiday Virtues Into a Daily DevotionalIt's the Christian holidays! The virtues of mercy, justice and reconciliation are delivered from pulpits, celebrated at dinner table, taught to the…
By Michael P. Maslanka
5 minute read
October 29, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Work Matters: 5 Mindsets to Become the Best Lawyerly Versions of YouThese Mindsets are mere scaffolding unless we ”love” our clients. A client's greatest fear is not losing a case or of a deal gone bad. No, their greatest fear is isolation, that no one cares about them. Isn't that true for all of us?
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
September 30, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
5 Oral Communication Clichés Re-ImaginedI strive to transform clichéd and tired sounding truths—made so by well-meaning yet constant repetition—into vibrant and accessible ones. So here are five truths re-imagined.
By Michael P. Maslanka
5 minute read
August 31, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Safeguarding the ADA and Those It ProtectsThe Americans with Disabilities Act is broken. As the sportscasters intone, let's go to the stats.
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
July 31, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Five Golden Opportunities That Come Only With ExperienceThis month, I turn 65. At this milestone, I'd like to share five beliefs I now hold. Let me add: This is not, I hope, my "Last Lecture." Those decisions are well above my pay grade. So, join me in looking in life's rear-view mirror.
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
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