About Dorothea

Dorothea works with lawyers in private practice around the globe—people who are experts in their field yet need to enhance their firm's performance or their personal reputation and visibility to succeed in a rapidly changing marketplace. Dorothea's ideal clients are ready to build their self-understanding and use this in-depth knowledge to make informed decisions— forging their own unique professional path or enhancing the overall development of their practice.

Dorothea's value to legal professionals, whether associate or partner, is her keen understanding of the field combined with the objective perspective of an outsider. Prior to founding Stuart Associates Ltd., Dorothea enjoyed a 20-year career in human resource management and employee communications. She worked in multi-national companies such as IBM, Grand Metropolitan and The Seagram Company Ltd, primarily in sales and marketing environments with responsibilities both in the UK and in development markets.

Dorothea's clients benefit from her expertise in assimilating a range of ideas and methodologies and using them judiciously to fit the specific needs of individuals or firms. Her extensive training and a variety of qualifications in self-development approaches, from academic to practical, include:

• MA in organisational development (Employment Law major)
• MSc in work psychology
• BA (hons) History, Cambridge University
• Certified NLP Coach and member of the International Coach Federation and the Career Masters Institute
• Reach Certified Personal Branding Strategist
• Certified Lab Profile Consultant and Trainer
• Certified in MBTI and Hogan assessments
• The British Psychological Society's certificate of competence in occupational testing

Dorothea has a gift for seeing connections and patterns in seemingly disparate information, and she relishes the challenge of complex problems. Her clients appreciate her wit, creativity and confidentiality. Dorothea's ability to articulate ideas and issues concisely makes her particularly effective.

Dorothea's Personal Brand Attributes

• Fitness for purpose
• Bringing together ideas, information, people
• Seeking knowledge and understanding
• Tough-minded clarity
• Lightness of touch

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If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of the earth. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Elegaic Verses

Dorothea Stuart
London, United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 8891 2669 office · +44 (0)7930 634 047 mobile · email

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