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SEASON 2, EPISODE 27 SHOW NOTES
Lora McInturf supports high-performing lawyers and business professionals primarily in law, IT, finance, accounting, and coaching.
Through executive coaching, she works with professionals to transform important aspects of their work so that they can realize greater impact in their careers and feel more fulfilled in life. Through professional supervision and ICF mentor coaching, she supports coaches to identify and manage the coaching risks in their practices so that they can catalyze more successful coaching outcomes for their clients.
As her business is 100% virtual, Lora has worked with professionals and businesses around the world – from over 40 countries and counting.
Lora has realized several important derivatives from her rapidly expanding business. This year, she released a reflective writing journal tailored specifically for professional coaches with a legal background.
She is also a founder and co-leader of the following groundbreaking online networking communities: Lawyers Coaching Lawyers – International Network, Women Expat Lawyers and Law Students, and Women Expat Entrepreneurs Empowered Germany.
In our conversation we discussed:
- How being exchange student in high school lead to her putting down roots Germany
- The native English speakers conundrum when it comes to learning German while working in an international corporate environment
- How multiple international moves prompted her to create a portable business that made use of her strong background in law without actually being a lawyer (international licensing requirements would have made it untenable)
- How marketing ourselves on our backgrounds is effective; people like to buy somebody who they feel like understands their situation
- Why it’s important to try and do ‘all of the things’ when first starting out
- Where she got her first clients
- How and why she founded several successful Facebook groups and the joys and challenges of running them
- Visas versus permanent residency permits
- The joy of a good tech stack
Links mentioned in episode:
The Facebook groups Lora founded and lead or co-lead:
Women Expat Entrepreneurs Empowered (WE^3) / 2,500 members
Women Expat Lawyers and Law Students: (WELLS) / 1,200 members
Lawyers Coaching Lawyers – International Network (LCL) / 375 members