Adam Markel

Adam Markel, bestselling author, keynote speaker and resilience researcher, guides individuals and organizations to tap the power of resilience to master the challenges of constant change.

With 18 years as a trial attorney building a multi-million dollar enterprise and 10 years as the CEO of a leading personal development and business training company, Adam has much to share about resilience, culture and change. Yet, some of his most enduring lessons came from his years as an ocean first responder – a life and death environment where Adam learned the importance of cultivating high performance capacity and impeccable teamwork.

In his latest book, Change Proof, Adam shows how those principles of resilience are equally relevant today for any business that wants to move beyond managing change to actively embracing it and using times of uncertainty, crisis, and chaos to create opportunities and stimulate individual and team growth.

• Practicing Law & Loving Life: Choose Both

  
  

  In times of dramatic change, burnout, fear and stress – the idea of coming into each day with energy, let alone happiness, seems impossible. This is especially the case in the legal profession which is defined by constant adversity and challenge. However, Adam Markel can show you how to make it so. What Adam discovered in his research and work is that when life gives us big waves – we learn to swim. The waves make us stronger, more resilient, and even able to enjoy the rush of the water because we understand our own capacity.

  In this energetic and inspiring talk, Adam provides an active challenge for attendees to make changes for the better to go beyond the day-to-day struggles and choose happiness. Adam’s insightful stories based on his own experience as a lawyer and tangible thought-provoking actions will empower you to unlock personal and professional sustainable success, despite the complex changes, stress and uncertainty of the legal profession.

• Improving Mental Health & Professional Competence in The Law

  
  

  Leveraging the Power of Resilience Amidst Increasing Pressure and Constant Change Unprecedented, chaotic, overwhelming, stressful. These are the words most frequently used today to describe our personal and professional lives. And the legal profession has seen more than its share of this pressure and change, resulting in a significantly higher prevalence of substance
  abuse and mental health issues. The impact? Many of our key performance indicators suffer – and not just productivity and profitability. This includes an increase in professional ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct violations.

  Let’s face it though, this is not the first time – nor will it be the last – that we’ll be challenged on a mental, emotional, physical, and yes, even a spiritual level. Today’s imperative is for lawyers and legal organizations to cultivate the ability to become Change-Proof – to instead leverage these challenges to create long-term growth. Resilience is the foundation, both individually and organizationally, for maintaining or increasing the practicing attorney’s professional competence, skills and performance. Research shows that when we develop, practice, and invest in the skills of resilience, the results are improved physical and mental health, innovation, performance and even happiness.