QLD Events

Wednesday December 10th 2008

Christmas Party

Downtown Rugby Club

Level 1, Pier One

1 Eagle Street

Brisbane

12 noon pre-lunch drinks

12.30pm luncheon 

For manual bookings or further information click here

Wednesday 19th November

Lunchtime Seminar

12.30pm to 2.00pm

Creating a High Performance Culture

Presenter:  Rob Davidson, Davidson Recruitment

Auditorium, Queensland Law Society House
Level 4, 179 Ann Street

Brisbane

For more information or manual registration, please download the associated flyer.

Wednesday 20 February

An Analysis of the Long Term Impact of Incorporation

Presented by Dr Peter Ellender

Auditorium, Queensland Law Society House

Level 4, 179 Ann Street, Brisbane

12.30pm to 2.00pm

For more information please contact Jenny Watson on j.watson@alpma.com.au  

Wednesday 19  March  

Depression in the Legal Market -   Lunchtime Seminar

Presented by Rolf Moses, Minter Ellison

Auditorium, Queensland Law Society House

Level 4, 179 Ann Street

Brisbane

12.30pm to 2.00pm

More details to follow

Wednesday 16th April

Lunchtime Seminar

Managing Stress in the Workplace

Presenter:  John Lunny, Partner

                     DLA Philips Fox

This session will expolore the nature and causes of work-related stress and psychological injury, the increasing prevelance of which should concern all employers - large or small.

Are law firms inherently more stressful places to work? 

If so what prudent measure can be put in place to protect professional and support staff alike and to minimise the exposure to liability?

12.30 to 2.00pm

Auditorium

Queensland Lawy Society House

Level 4, 179 Ann Street

Brisbane

Click here to download more information or your manual invitation. 

John Lunny

John embarked n his legal career after some 10 years experience as a quantity surveyor and senior human resource professional in the international construction industry. Accordingly, his advices and assistance have an element of practicality and pragmatism based on the time he spent in the 'real world'.

Thursday

15 May

Wednesday

May 21

Breakfast Seminar 

 

KM - What is KM and

what is not!

Presenter:  Paul O'Byrne

  

Time:    7.30am - 9.00am

Venue:  Tattersalls Club, Templeton Room

            215 Queen Stret, Brisbane

Cost:    $55.00 Members

            $88.00 Non-members

Dress:  Business Attire

Knowledge Management (“KM”) seems an obvious requirement for the individual knowledge worker. But do we truly manage our own knowledge?

Though we each have our informal methods of filing and finding, could it be more effective and could we share our and others' knoweldge better?

How KM fits in:

• Things that masquerade as KM
• Examples of KM in practice
• It's not an IT project! (but IT is needed)
• Workshop activity:  uses and types of knowlege
• Plenary:  Agree uses and knowledge types
• Workshop Activity:  knowledge and its sources 

For more information, please download the attached Registration Form.

Lunch Seminar - Monthly Meeting

 

Smarter Selling - Building Better Client Relationships 

Presenter:  Keith Dugdale

  

Time:    12.30pm - 2.00pm

Venue:  Auditorium, QLS House

            179 Ann Street, Brisbane

Cost:    FREE - Members

            $25.00 Non-members

Keith will cover topics such as:

• The psychology of selling
• Understanding your behaviours
• Matching behaviours
• Passing control to the buyer 
• Opening a conversation
• Understanding facts, challenges and outcomes

For more information, please download the attached Registration Form.

Wednesday 18th June

Lunchtime Seminar

12.30 to 2.00pm

Auditorium

Qld Law Society House

179 Ann Street

Brisbane.   4000

Taking talent to the next level - Incentives, risks and processes

Presenter:  Dr Peter Lynch

From one perspective, an annual performance and rewards review process is a necessary, but fortunately brief evil where the firm is ritually held to ransom by its producers – the firm’s choices being either to roll over on demands or have an office that resembles a revolving door.

There is, however, an alternative and better perspective – and one which gains even greater traction in labour-scarce markets. This is one where ongoing constructive conversations about personal development make formal annual salary reviews relatively minor events in the scheme of things.

We have proven that this alternative approach can make a significant positive difference to both turnover and internal wellbeing - and importantly, firms don’t need big investments in HR infrastructure to pull it off.

For more information please download the associated flyer

Our Presenter: 

Dr Peter Lynch

Dr Peter Lynch is Principal of dci lyncon, a specialist legal practice improvement consultancy.

He has consulted to small and large firms and individual practitioners within the legal profession since 1996, and has published on practice management issues in Proctor and in Law Practice Management.

Peter’s mantra in dci lyncon is to challenge firm owners to quickly move beyond the vision thing into commitment and discipline in execution.

Peter’s qualifications and key appointments are listed at the website www.dcilyncon.com.au
 

Wednesday 23rd July

Lunchtime Seminar

12.30pm to 2.00pm

How to avoid the Brick-walls in business

Presenter:  Paul Crane, Shirlaws

Auditorium, Queensland Law Society House
Level 4, 179 Ann Street

Brisbane

This framework identifies and places feelings along the business cycle thus allowing business owners and managers to understand why they are feeling and behaving in a certain way as well as the staff.

This will also highlight why some partners may be feeling disillusioned and unable to make decisions.

·         Staff having less judgement about other peoples behaviour and communication

·         Partners understanding why they are feeling like they are 

·         Partners and managers can manage staff differently according to where they are on the stages framework

·         Frantic staff can be managed more effectively and teamed up with people who are not frantic

              Allows staff and the principle to utilise their time more effectively

      Increasing efficiencies thus maximising the use of time and resources

      Provide a common language in the school for clear communication

     Empowers staff to take appropriate decisions and avoid unnecessary reliance on the principle

     Colour coded diaries, meeting agendas etc:

    Free up the Partners and lawyers “headspace”

Paul joined Shirlaws in 2000.  He has a passion for creating a space for businesses and their owners to grow both commercially and culturally, as well as mentoring other coaches.

Over the course of Paul’s career he has coached and facilitated companies such as Oracle Asia Pacific, NAB and The Colorado Group.  He works with businesses from a range of industries such as Accounting, Legal, Architectural, Horticultural, Real Estate, Construction and Development to help them achieve the vision for their business.

Professionally he holds an MBA and a Diploma of business management as well as the practical experience gained from his diverse background in operating a Coaching Business, a Health Retreat and a Landscaping business in the late 80s.

Paul lives on the North Coast of NSW with his wife and three children. When not coaching he is either playing or coaching hockey, surfing or spending time with family.

Wednesday 20th August

Lunchtime Seminar

12.30pm to 2.00pm

IT Disaster Recovery - a Case Study

Presenter:  Kate Hart, KD Hart Consulting and Daniel Buchanan, IT Manager, Trilby Misso

Planning for Disaster recovery in IT is a complex process.  in most cases, failing to thoroughly investigate the DR requirements of the business will result in a large unnecessary expense, an ineffective DR solution, or both.

For more information on this session please download the associated flyer.

For Online registration - click on the BOOK NOW button to your right.  For State Supporters and non-members, please register via the flyer above or email Jenny Watson on j.watson@alpma.com.au.

Auditorium, Queensland Law Society House
Level 4, 179 Ann Street

Brisbane

Wednesday 17th Sept

Lunchtime Seminar

12.30pm to 2.00pm

Auditorium, Queensland Law Society House
Level 4, 179 Ann Street

Brisbane

AGM and Guest Speaker

Megan Mahon, President

Qld Law Society.

Please click here to download associated flyer.

Wednesday 20th October

Lunchtime Seminar

12.30pm to 2.00pm

Risk Management

Presenter:  David Durham, Lexon Insurance

Auditorium, Queensland Law Society House
Level 4, 179 Ann Street

Brisbane