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SL_PROFILE_Transition Strategies_0724_Layout 1 8 / 29 / 24 2 : 56 PM Page 1 AFORMIDABLE loved ones , so when something goes wrong in the workplace it can feel very personal . “ Something like getting passed over for a promotion , being treated unfairly , or facing B Y B I L L D O N A H U E atermination can be mentally defeating , and it can also have lingering effects that can ALLY P H OTO S B Y N I N A L E A P H O T O G R A P H Y follow you , ” she continues . “ That’s why it’s important to take the right steps before what - When executives and other working Americans ever situation you’re facing turns into some - thing more problematic . ” face challenging situations in the workplace , In her more than two decades as an employment attorney , Bond has played the Transition Strategies LLC founder Robin F . roleof formidable ally to approximately 5,000 clients who have sought her expertise in Bond guides them to a position of strength . solving legal matters specific to the workplace . She specializes in situations tied to executive compensation , discrimination claims , and hroughout her career as one of the Philadelphia area’s premier employment wrongfultermination , as well as performance attorneys , Robin F . Bond , Esq . , has helped working Americans in every coaching and the negotiation of job offers iteration of the economic climate — up , down , and somewhere in between . andseverance agreements . Current economic indicators may suggest a time of relative prosperity for workers , but “ I always approach these situations with Tshe says serious workplace problems can arise regardless of which way the economic civility , ” she says . “ I’m not a threatener ; I try winds blow . to explain the situation [ to the client’s “ A lot of people face complex , acrimonious , or otherwise challenging workplace situations employer ] calmly and try to elicit cooperation . that can have dramatic effects on their current employment status and / or future earning In a lot of instances , an employer has tried potential , ” says Bond , the founder of the Chesterbrook - based law firm Transition Strategies plenty of ‘ sticks , ’ but there also have to be LLC . “ We tend to spend more time with our bosses and co - workers than we do with our own ‘ carrots . ’ I think I’m good at being persuasive SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 15 ISSUE 11 66 |

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SL_PROFILE_Transition Strategies_0724_Layout 1 8 / 29 / 24 2 : 56 PM Page 2 cookie - cutter day . With every person I talk to , I see an opportunity to help . ” Bond has represented or advised clients in civil rights discrimination claims , noncompete disputes , breach - of - contract claims , executive - compensation matters , and wage - payment claims , among others . While such scenarios have the potential to affect someone’s profes - sional life and earnings potential , Bond bears in mind the fact that employment - specific legal matters also take a heavy emotional toll . “ That’s why you need someone like me in your corner , 100 percent — someone who is there for you and will advocate for you , and someone in whom you can confide , ” she adds . “ What I try to do is tell clients , ‘ Something unfortunate is happening to you , so let me help you shoulder that burden . ’ “ I recently had someone send me a note , saying , ‘ Thank you for being my angel , ’ ” she continues . “ Hiring me often helps my clients breathe easier and live a little more happily while they’re going through something chal - lenging and unpleasant . ” Regardless of the situation , her initial advice to every prospective client is uniform : Rather than discussing the matter with their company’s HR representative or sharing frus - trations with fellow employees , seek the counsel of an external attorney who has experience in employment matters . “ There are no confidential conversations with HR , which is why it’s so important to go to someone who is unaffiliated with the company , ” she says . “ Share your story with someone like me , saying , ‘ This is what hap - pened to me ; what would you advise me to Everybody who comes to me has a story , do ? ’ Only then , after you have that external andevery story is interesting and different . … advice , do you then go to HR . Whatever you decide to do , you have to be very strategic Withevery person I talk to , I see an opportunity about it . ” In addition to her work as an attorney in to help . ” the employment arena , Bond has earned praise for her work as an executive coach — Robin F . bond , Esq . , and a public speaker . In September , for TRansiTion sTRaTEgiEs LLC example , she will be speaking to the Main Line Chamber of Commerce’s Society of Pro - fessional Women . and convincing [ employers ] to do the right strength , while avoiding mistakes that could While she very much enjoys the oppor - thing , and that there’s something in the deal weaken their financial position or even derail tunity to share her knowledge through in - that works for them — the ‘ What’s in it for their future employment prospects . person speaking engagements , she remains me ? ’ factor . A former corporate lawyer and military laser - focused on her core mission : “ sitting “ The work I do is very nuanced , and it prosecutor , Bond became drawn to employ - down with people who need help , listening tendsto make a big difference , ” she continues . ment law after witnessing the imbalance in to their stories , and helping them get through “ Mygoal is to give people on the other end of representationbetween two disparate “ sides ” : whatever brought them to me in the first the line the opportunity to be the hero . Most in one corner , employees fighting for their place so they can move forward productively of the time they take me up on it . If not , then rights ; and in the other , deep - pocketed corpo - with their lives . ” ? wecan consider other options . ” rationswith seemingly inexhaustible resources . ? Bond takes particular joy in empowering She still loves the work — “ part art , part science , ” clients to negotiate for pay , perks , and pro - in her words — in large part because she has tections in new job offers and for enhanced theopportunity to make a measurable impres - severance deals . In fact , she wrote a book sionon each client’s life and career . Transition Strategies LLC about it : How to Negotiate a Killer Job Offer , “ I like the fact that everybody who comes 88 Militia Hill Drive designed to help employees research their tome has a story , and every story is interesting Chesterbrook , PA 19087 worth and demonstrate value to prospective and different , ” she says . “ The work requires ( 610 ) 640 - 5373 employers when negotiating terms for com - me to be a good listener and to have the robin @ transition - strategies.com pensation . Her situation - specific guidance is ability to come up with a creative approach transition - strategies.com designed to help executives and other clients to solving whatever situation they’re dealing make informed decisions from a position of with . There’s no such thing as a boring or SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 15 ISSUE 11 | 67

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