Services

ELEPHANT Coaching & Consulting provides tailored support for law firms, legal departments and compliance teams.

In the legal profession, technical expertise alone is no longer enough. High pressure, complex dynamics, and leadership responsibilities require a strong entrepreneurial mindset. Many lawyers in law firms and in-house struggle with visibility, difficult conversations, team conflicts, or work-life balance.

ELEPHANT Coaching & Consulting provides tailored support for law firms, legal departments, and compliance teams.

Strategie & Business Development

Looking to position your law firm or legal department for the future and achieve sustainable growth? We support you with clear strategic direction and practical next steps.

  • Strategy work for law firms, legal departments, and compliance teams
  • Recruiting, promotions, assessment, and succession planning
  • Critical thinking & effective decision-making processes
  • Business development, client acquisition, and client listening programs
  • Networking & LinkedIn

Leadership & Personal Development

Want to step confidently into your current or future leadership role and continue growing both personally and professionally? We support you in purposefully developing your strengths and leading with clarity and self-confidence.

  • Smooth transition into leadership roles / partnership, including development of your personal USP and business case
  • Leadership skills, proactive role understanding, and self-leadership
  • Strengthening your presence and visibility

Leadership & Personal Development

Want to step confidently into your current or future leadership role and continue growing both personally and professionally? We support you in purposefully developing your strengths and leading with clarity and self-confidence.

  • Smooth transition into leadership roles / partnership, including development of your personal USP and business case
  • Leadership skills, proactive role understanding, and self-leadership
  • Strengthening your presence and visibility

Team, Collaboration & Culture

Want to strengthen your team, grow together, and pull together as one team? As your coach and catalyst, I support you and your team in building stronger connections, making the most of individual strengths, and developing a positive, high-performing culture.

  • Team building and strengths development (e.g. in new setups, reorganizations, or lateral hires)
  • Feedback, error culture, and growth mindset
  • Space for team development beyond day-to-day operations
  • Optimal use of individual strengths within the team
  • Work-life balancing

Efficiency & Crisis Competence

Facing high pressure and looking to become more resilient and efficient? We support you in managing stress and staying focused and capable of action even in challenging situations.

  • Dealing with stress and focusing on what truly matters
  • Efficient collaboration with limited resources (“Do more with less”)
  • Conflict management and Stakeholder management
  • Intercultural communication and negotiation skills

Efficiency & Crisis Competence

Facing high pressure and looking to become more resilient and efficient? We support you in managing stress and staying focused and capable of action even in challenging situations.

  • Dealing with stress and focusing on what truly matters
  • Efficient collaboration with limited resources (“Do more with less”)
  • Conflict management and Stakeholder management
  • Intercultural communication and negotiation skills

Formats

We decide the format of our support flexibly based on your requirements and needs. Everything is possible – from targeted, one-off interventions to ongoing advisory support.

  • Lunch Talks: Entry-level format with short impulses during breakfast or lunch breaks
  • Online trainings: Efficient knowledge transfer, especially suitable for career starters and mid-level professionals
  • 1:1 Coaching: Targeted work on individual potential – particularly valuable in preparation for the next career step
  • Keynotes: Inspiration for team kick-offs, firm offsites and client events
  • In-person trainings: Efficient knowledge transfer on relevant topics around business development & leadership
  • Interactive workshops: Insights through exercises and self-experience in small groups
  • Strategic support: Co-creation and shaping of firm or departmental strategy (market, target groups, products & pricing)
  • Interactive Leadership Programmes: Intensive knowledge transfer and self-experience in one- or multi-day sessions spread over several months
  • Team Coaching Series: Focused work on team DNA, cohesion and effectiveness – especially valuable for new colleagues (e.g., lateral hires) or when there is friction within the team

Keynotes

With short, practice-oriented talks, we support your kick-offs, annual meetings, client events, internal firm events, diversity initiatives and much more.

Every keynote is tailored individually to your ideas and preferences. We are also happy to support you in creating and rehearsing your own presentation.

Topics

  • Supporter or Challenger: Which leadership type are you? How to discover your leadership DNA and use it consciously.
  • Ask. Don’t tell. The power of good questions. How targeted questions lead to better decisions, greater ownership, and less micromanagement.
  • What we can learn from birds. Moving intelligently in the same direction as a flock – without losing individual strengths.
  • If I take a break, everything will break. The art of letting go without things falling apart – empowerment and Pareto instead of perfectionism.
  • The Boiling Frog Syndrome. From underestimated continuous stress to high performance with composure.
  • The Elephant in the Room. Addressing sensitive topics before they drain energy. Constructive feedback and courageous conflict management as core leadership skills.
  • Female Power in the Business World. Inspiration, visibility & networking.

What our clients say

“What sets ELEPHANT apart is a profound understanding of the specific demands lawyers face in leadership development. Elena and Lena also handle critical voices from the partner circle with confidence and use them constructively.”
Susanne SchreiberSenior Partner, Bär & Karrer AG
“Experienced and professional handling of stakeholders at all levels. Elena speaks the language of her clients.”
Ramona SchardtSecretary General, German Arbitration Institute (DIS)
“With Elena, you manage to gain mental clarity and see the path forward even in demanding situations and hectic times.”
Dr. Thomas Schnülle-WeingartPartner, FPS Law
“The team coaching series with ELEPHANT gave us important insights into how we work together. We are now much better attuned to one another and collaborate noticeably more efficiently and with greater trust.”
Lukas KrukowCorporate Legal Counsel, BayWa r.e.

“Eye-opening. She sees behind the surface.”

Associate DirectorMerck Healthcare
“Elena and Ingo supported our team with great sensitivity, clarity, and the right impulses during a challenging phase. They strengthened trust and created a stronger sense of ‘us’. The positive impact on our collaboration is still felt today.”
Team LeadCorporate Legal, Compliance & IP, Siemens
“If you are looking for a coach who listens attentively, constructively challenges you, and helps you gain new insights, I can warmly recommend Elena.”
Leader, Global Technology TeamSchneider Electric
“The negotiation techniques training was highly engaging, interactive, and thought-provoking. Elena created a relaxed yet professional atmosphere and shared valuable insights that encouraged us to reflect on our own negotiation style.”
Senior AssociateClyde & Co
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