100 Steps to DOable: Pocket-Sized Inspiration to Make It Rain

No time to think about business development? 100 Steps to DOable is your answer! 

This collection of Linked-In posts by highly acclaimed strategic business development coach and psychologist, Karen Kahn, provides you the succinct tips essential to move your rainmaking engine forward. Whatever your level of legal expertise, following one easy step a day will allow you to authentically generate business and even have fun doing it.

“Karen’s daily insights are on my "must read” list! She offers action-oriented and inspirational advice that helps lawyers successfully build and expand client relationships." --Wendy Bernero | Head of Client Development for North America , Baker McKenzie

"Being a rainmaker requires smart, daily actions. Karen’s posts, compiled in 100 Steps to DOable, provides the guidance that all lawyers need to be successful business developers. Each note gives you a brief sample of Karen’s helpful coaching." --Matthew A. Taylor | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Duane Morris, LLP

“Karen makes it easy for busy lawyers to make time for business development with her helpful daily LinkedIn tips. They serve as reminders of all of the things they ought to be doing and bring them top of mind.” --Stefanie M. Marrone | Director of Business Development and Marketing, Tarter Krinsky Drogin

Karen Kahn is the Founder and Managing Partner of Threshold Advisors, LLC, a growing collaborancy™ that focuses on developing talent in the legal industry. She is a professional who answers the request, tell me something I don t know, with fascinating responses. She lives on the cutting edge of new ideas and is driven to find new ways to solve old problems.

Powered by her knowledge as a psychologist, talent as a certified coach, and respected expertise working with lawyers at various levels and roles, Karen has developed a reputation among law firms and law departments as the go-to person to generate success in the ever-changing world of being an attorney.

The expanse of her work is vast and includes speaking, consulting and coaching topics such as strategic business development; implementing collaboration to foster internal and external valuable relationships; building/strengthening gender initiatives; expanding the impact of affinity groups; creating successful industry groups; and strategic advancement training and coaching. She is a strong believer and implementer of the people-helping-people philosophy; she practices what she teaches. Whether delivering a program/seminar, consulting with a law firm, or coaching attorneys, Karen seeks to be a valuable, active contributor. Her belief in inclusivity, the power of community, operating with a clear vision, and strong sense of purpose allows her to help organizations take action toward developing cultures where individuals stay and succeed. She accomplishes these goals in one-on-one, group, and workshop formats, as well as through organizational collaboration and consulting.

Presenting for organizations including the National Association of Women Lawyers, Legal Marketing Association, National Association of Law Placement and individual law firm retreats, provides Karen the vehicles she loves to share ideas and encourage success.

Before founding Threshold Advisors, Karen maintained a successful private coaching/psychology practice. She also established herself as a thought leader through her activities as a university professor, author, and developer/leader of more than 1000 seminars and workshops.

Karen earned her doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Virginia in 1977, followed by an internship at The Ohio State University. She received a B.A. with honors from Trinity College in Connecticut in 1973.