Volta Talent Strategies Launches Innovative ICF-approved Coach Training Program
New York, December 11, 2019
Volta Talent Strategies has created a unique coach training program specifically designed for law firm professionals who want to coach lawyers and other legal industry professionals. Including representatives from leading law firms, the first cohort of Volta Certified Coaches graduated from the program in September 2019.
“Our mission is to transform the legal industry by creating and growing coaching cultures that are inclusive and collaborative and where people are engaged, inspired and happy” says Sang J. Lee, Volta’s CEO. “By creating this one-of-a-kind coach training program, we have taken an important step toward helping to train and develop in-house law firm coaches who will in turn develop and expand the coaching capabilities within their firms.”
Designed by Sang Lee and Whittney Beard and other members of Volta’s lawyer coach team, the intensive 15-week program is the only ICF-accredited coaching certification program that focuses on executive and leadership coaching for lawyers. Having been approved by the International Coach Federation, Volta’s program provides its graduates with 70 hours of coach specific training, meeting the training requirements necessary to apply for the ICF’s ACC credential. The program is designed to fit with a busy law firm professionals’ schedule and combines in-person modules with distance learning. “Volta Coach Training is ideal both for lawyers and professionals responsible for talent management, professional development, HR, diversity, and business development. All of these functions have a vital role to play in creating and sustaining coaching cultures within their firms” says Lee.
Additional Notes for Editors:
Volta Talent Strategies was created by Sang J. Lee in 2013, when she acquired The Shannon Group, an industry leader in lawyer talent management. Initially known as SJL Shannon following the acquisition, the company rebranded and changed its name to Volta Talent Strategies in 2017.
With team members in New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego and Washington, DC, Volta supports law firms nationally across the U.S.
Volta regularly works with over eighty law firms, including more than half of the Am Law 100, as well as corporate legal departments.
Over the past six years, the company has continued to develop and grow its coaching practice and it now has one of the largest specialist lawyer coaching teams in the U.S.
Volta boasts an impressive team of coaches including former practicing lawyers, law firm partners and professional development and HR experts with advanced degrees and certifications in law, human resources, organizational psychology and coaching.
Volta is certified as a Minority-Owned Business by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and as a Women-Owned Business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
In addition to coaching, Volta consults with and advises law firms on talent strategies and people management.
