Why Clients Hire Us
Credibility and Reputation: More than three decades of successfully driving profitable growth in national and global law firms of all sizes, across a full range of industries and practice areas. We bring insights from 100’s of assignments, adapting and applying powerful strategies that have impact.
"We are considered to be the most adept in the industry at helping clients go beyond skill building to integrate the fundamental attitudinal and behavioral changes so vital to achieve, and even exceed, personal, professional and firm-wide goals."
Execute Beyond “Best Practices”: While grounded in metrics and industry standards, we tap decades of experience, intuition and business acumen to offer “next practices" to help clients successfully navigate above the status quo and accomplish their goals.
Translate Strategic Plans Into Action: We are highly skilled at turning our client’s overall vision into concrete outcomes.
Laser Focus On ROI: While a typical return on investment exceeds a 10:1 ratio, an intensive analysis conducted by a global law firm client found that on average the coachees that worked with us on their business development produced a 210% - 850% increase in origination fees over the “control group” of similar attorneys.
“We measure our impact – both quantitatively and qualitatively – if we don’t measure it, we can’t manage it.”
Focus On The “Stick Factor”: We design accountability programs to ensure successful ownership and ongoing execution of program strategies and skills development.
Inherent Value: Our passion for our work and ability to create trust and meaningful connections, ensures attorneys reach their full potential.
Our Team
Paige Hutson
With more than 35 years in the professional services industry, Paige has extensive experience developing and directing strategies that ensure profitable and sustainable revenue growth.
As a consultant, trainer and coach, Paige provides high impact counsel on critical issues affecting professional services firms. She works with individual professionals, practice group and firm-wide leadership as well as Chief Marketing Officers to create strategy, optimize marketing and business development efforts, foster strong teams, hone leadership and management skills, improve profitability and enhance market positioning to ultimately drive revenue.
Paige has a proven track record of zeroing in on key issues and providing impactful solutions in an effective, strategic and respectful manner. Her natural instincts are about connecting with people, listening well, and guiding individuals to reach their full potential. She approaches her consulting with integrity, respect, intent and dedication.
Paige has a degree in Economics from the University of California, Davis. She has worked in-house, in agencies and as a consultant in service of regional, national and global law firms. Paige has held numerous leadership positions for the Legal Marketing Association (LMA), including serving as the Chair of LMA, Bay Area. She is a dedicated fundraiser, spokesperson and policy advocate for cancer related causes and organizations including UCSF, The American Cancer Society and Memorial Sloan Kettering and is a volunteer for the Family and Children’s Law Center. Paige speaks Spanish fluently, is a pianist, author, avid skier, climber, surfer, scuba diver and mountain biker, and has traveled extensively across more than 90 countries on six continents.
Michael Colacchio
Michael is a leadership coach and business development advisor who focuses on helping attorneys and other professionals to grow their practices, their firms, their companies, and their revenues. His areas of emphasis include –
- Leadership Development
- Business Development
- Team Optimization
- Strategy Development
- Professional Development
Michael is a frequent speaker on topics related to leadership, business development and teamwork / client relationship management.
Michael holds a Masters in Neurolinguistics and is a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst. He is a member of the Legal Marketing Association (LMA), the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association (PCMA). He is a certified practitioner of Daniel Goleman’s “Primal Leadership” model and is also certified in Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence model and the corresponding 360° Assessment.
Michael graduated with honors from Dartmouth College (Class of 1980), where he majored in Classics and Art History, learned Italian, studied in Florence, refined his French and Latin, edited the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, and played on one of the nation’s top-ranked rugby teams.
Michael lives in Sonoma County, CA. He is both a movie buff and a news hound. He enjoys spending as much time as possible with his three children, reading non-fiction and novels, attending live performances and lectures of all kinds, playing Wordle and Connections, open water swimming (in the cold, cold SF Bay), cycling (road and mountain), Pilates, and hiking.