Gorick Ng

For law firm associates (or other professional services).

Many talented associates leave—not due to burnout but due to a perceived lack of career progression. Who stays? Those who’ve mastered the unspoken rules of building, inheriting, and growing a book of business. In this session, Gorick deconstructs the career paths of successful attorneys and the “invisible work” they did, step by step, to build relationships, build a reputation, and “grow the pie,” becoming the firm’s next generation of partners and leaders.

For HR and talent leadership teams.

Want to build your next bench of leaders—but struggling to attract, retain, engage, and promote junior talent? In this interactive session, Gorick analyzes your firm’s talent acquisition, onboarding, and talent development practices from the perspective of your prospective and current front-line employees and then facilitates a discussion and brainstorm with your talent leaders on what your firm can do.

For people leaders.

People don’t leave companies; they leave managers. Unfortunately, the vast majority of managers get zero training, leading to management through trial and error. In this session, Gorick shares the most common frustrations managers have towards their teams—and how tiny tweaks in one’s management approach can help people leaders help others help themselves.

For all audiences (especially individual contributors).

What separates star performers from the rest? An ownership mindset. In this session, Gorick demystifies what ownership looks like and sounds like, from “level 1” (how school conditions us to behave) to “level 7” (what star performers do subconsciously) in some of the most common scenarios at work, from asking for help to managing projects.

For students + interns + early career professionals.

Hard skills get you hired, but a lack of soft skills gets you fired. In this workshop, Gorick shows how little things in your first day, week, month, and year can make a big difference in the trajectory of your career.

For all audiences (especially individual contributors).

If you want it, you have to strive for it. If what you want doesn’t exist, you have to create it. If you aren’t sure you can have it, you have to ask for it. In this session, Gorick shares strategies for how to take your career development into your own hands.

For talent from underrepresented backgrounds and members of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups).

Who are the high performers at your work? Chances are, you’re thinking of people who grew up with family or mentors in the white-collar world. How can all of your employees thrive, not just survive? In this session, Gorick shares the tacit-but-not-talked-about career tips he learned as the son of a working-class single mom.

For first-gen college students, low-income students, and other non-traditional students.

Look around your campus. Who are your most engaged students? Chances are, the students you are thinking of have family and mentors with a college or advanced degree. How can all of your students persist, graduate, and succeed? In this session, Gorick shares his experiences as a first-gen college student, first-gen MBA, and Harvard career advisor, how he came to navigate the unspoken rules, and the tips he learned along the way.

For higher-ed faculty and administrators.

Your work as a higher education professional is more important than ever as our campuses grow more diverse, with more non-traditional students and students who are the first in their families to pursue a college degree. In this session, Gorick shares how higher education changed his life as the son of a working-class single mother and offers strategies for faculty and staff to make the “magic” of higher education accessible, empowering students to take charge of their futures.

For all audiences.

Have a firm representative facilitate a 60-min live Q&A with Gorick on topics of your choosing. And / or, have Gorick design and moderate a panel with senior leaders of your firm along a theme of your choosing (e.g., how to navigate the unspoken rules of the workplace).