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The Rainmaker/Innovator

 
They have a quick, agile mind and a keen, powerful intellect. They are self-reliant and attract others with their ingenuity. Their ideas, while formulated from abstract concepts in many cases, are designed to lead to practical and constructive “real world” applicability. They are the consummate “orchestra leader”, combining and directing the elements of new projects until their vision is realized. Unlike the Warrior/Libertarian, the Rainmaker/Innovator is not motivated by control or power. Professional theme – “I create.”

Characteristics – Skillful communicator, mentally agile, highly adaptable, open-minded, ability to conceptualize and concretize, executive aptitudes, capacity to be rigorously analytical, good sense of financial issues/matters, strategic thinker.

Challenges – Intellectual pride, overly critical, absent-minded, manipulating, calculating, opportunistic, hyperactive, restless, scattered.

Core motivation – To be affirmed, admired and validated by others; to create an attractive image of themselves and to avoid failure.

Vocational qualities – They are able to successfully adapt themselves to intellectual or circumstantial challenges, and use their creative abilities to male all the necessary plans and arrangements for successful outcomes.

Career Options

    Client development partner
    Consulting lawyer:
      increasing law firm profitability
      interpersonal communication
      jury selection
      law firm management
      marketing and promotion
      marketing consulting
      mergers and acquisition
      negotiation skills
      strategic planning
    Corporate partner in law firm
    Counsel to venture capital firm
    Entertainment lawyer
    In-house counsel, arts organization
    In-house counsel for multinational company
    Inside/outside counsel for institutional investor
    International transactions lawyer
    IP lawyer
    Law firm practice:
    antitrust, appellate, business organizations, commercial finance, communications, computing, corporate transactions, entertainment, environmental, IP, international finance, international, lobbying, mergers/acquisitions, patent, real estate, small business formation, sports, technology licensing, venture capital.
    Licensing rights lawyer
    Politician
    Solo practitioner
    Speaker/presenter
    Staff counsel, investment bank
    US counsel for foreign companies/investors
    Venture capitalist

Angelique Electra, JD/MBA – Ms. Electra is a Denver-based career coach who created the JurisDoctor Profiles™, a self-assessment instrument designed to help lawyers identify and actualize individual strengths in their personal and professional lives. Contact – www.TheJurisDoctor.com.

 

 
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