Michelle Cecchini Nash

Ms. Nash has more than eighteen years of concentrated experience in the area of legal professional development. As a counselor and coach, she supports lawyers in identifying personal and professional goals, and assists them in developing a strategy to achieve those goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

For the last two decades, Michelle Nash has counseled and coached attorneys on all aspects of professional development. She has developed and presented seminars and workshops on a wide range of legal career development issues. Ms. Nash has served in a leadership capacity with professional organizations and published articles on topics relating to professional development. Her areas of expertise include:

Supporting attorneys through the self-assessment, career exploration, and transition process
Administering, interpreting and facilitating workshops on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Strong Interest Inventory
Counseling attorneys in transition on the range of legal career options and helping them develop job search strategies.
Coaching attorneys:
- Examining and clarifying organizational expectations and personal goals
- Setting specific, attainable goals that provide focus and accountability
- Developing a strategy with an action plan and timeline to measure success
Developing workshops and programs including:
- Team Building
- Work-Style
- Communication
- Executive Leadership
- Career Transition
- Interviewing Skills
- Public speaking
- Career Life Planning

BUSINESS/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Prior to Shannon and Manch, L.L.P, Ms. Nash was a name partner in the professional development consulting firm of Briggs & Nash. She has also served as: Assistant Director of Career Development, The George Washington University National Law Center; Career Consultant, Catholic University Columbus School of Law; Graduate Fellow, American University Career Development office.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

M.Ed. American University
Counseling and Student Development in Higher Education

B.S. St. Thomas Aquinas College
Business Administration/Marketing

Coaching for Development, Center for Creative Leadership

Using Type in Coaching, Center for Applied Psycholoical Type

ASTD Coaching Certificate, American Society for Training and Development

Using the MBTI and the Strong, Association for Psychological Type

Using Type in Career Counseling, Center for Applied Psychological Type

Advanced Interpretive Techniques for the Strong, Consulting Psychologists Press

Ms. Nash is qualified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Strong Interest Inventory.