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BakerWell Corner: The Gift I Never Asked For

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I'm just going to come right out with it. Something no psychologist, psychiatrist, researcher, professor, author, or speaker ever says. Something many behavioral-health specialists dance around. It's simple, really. I didn't...more

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Mastering Delegation: Practical Tips for Managing Complex Teams

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Managing a large team in a fast-paced legal environment requires more than expertise – it demands strategy, communication, and trust. We spoke with three of our seasoned client team leaders – Blair Evans (Memphis), Linda...more

IR Global

The Leadership Reset: The Identity Shift Your Firm Needs In 2026

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Every December, law firm founders and managing partners crack open dashboards, budgets, and KPIs hoping that better planning will unlock better results. They set new goals, adjust staffing, talk about efficiencies, and build...more

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How to Own the Room: Networking Strategies for Business Leaders

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Networking is not simply a social exercise. It is a core business skill. The ability to build trust, strengthen relationships, and create meaningful connections is essential to leadership success. Whether you are attending an...more

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Three Keys to Strong Decision-Making

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I've made a career out of helping other people make decisions. Along the way, I've learned that there are three keys to strong decision-making....more

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Baker's Dozen: An Entrepreneurial Spirit

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In a professional landscape that rewards initiative, cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit requires more than just technical expertise. For those launching their careers, it is about stepping forward with curiosity, embracing...more

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Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 537: Planning for a Better Second Semester in Law School

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In the first week of January, we're talking about the second semester – how to make a study plan, get feedback on your first-semester exams, and even use AI to help you out with...more

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The Ancient Art of Leaving Well: Why Lawyers Should Look to Proverbs When Parting Ways

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The legal profession has a departure problem. Partners backstab on the way out. Associates ghost their firms. Firms retaliate against people who dare to leave. Non-competes get weaponized. Deals get made and broken before the...more

Jaburg Wilk

Don’t Believe Everything You Think!

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The fastest way to lose credibility is to treat your first thought as your final answer. You’re in a meeting, someone asks a complex question, and your brain immediately serves up a response. It feels right. It sounds...more

Law School Toolbox

Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 535: Listen and Learn -- Public and Private Nuisance

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have another episode in our "Listen and Learn" series. This time, we're talking about nuisances (public and private).   In this episode we discuss: >How does...more

International Lawyers Network

What 2025 Taught Me About Community, Leadership, and Showing Up

As 2025 comes to a close (this year has FLOWN), I’ve been thinking about what it has meant — for the International Lawyers Network, for the legal profession, and for me personally as someone who spends her days at the...more

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The Dangerous Business of Having Values in Law Firms

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The Wu-Tang Clan taught us that Cash Rules Everything Around Me. And nowhere is this more true than in law firms. I have learned a lot about people over the last two years. I have been through a lot. I have been betrayed by...more

Poston Communications

PR: Leading from the Middle – The Dual Art of Managing Up and Down

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Leadership is not reserved for the C-suite. It’s cultivated in the space between strategy and execution. At the recent LMA Mid-Atlantic Conference in Washington, D.C., we had the opportunity to explore what it means to lead...more

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Kathryn Whitaker of Burr & Forman on Turning Moments into Momentum in Legal Marketing - Passle's CMO Series Podcast

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Law firms are no longer operating in a period of stability; they require momentum. Marketing leaders are expected to evolve alongside the business, retrofitting strategy around lateral growth, proving value through data, and...more

Law School Toolbox

Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 338: Studying for the Bar During the Holiday Season

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! We've made it to another holiday season, which means joy, good food, family, and friends. However, for those studying for the bar exam, it can also bring a lot of stress as you...more

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Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 534: Handling ADHD in the Legal Workplace (w/Emily Haan)

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode, we're speaking with ADHD and executive function coach Emily Haan about the unique challenges attorneys with ADHD face in the workplace, such as time management,...more

Poston Communications

PR: Essential Reading for Change Management Leaders

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Leading organizational change requires more than instinct. It demands frameworks, insight and the wisdom that comes from understanding both the mechanics of transformation and the human experience at its center....more

Hutchison PLLC

Founding Vision: Mike Halpert on VR Training and Entrepreneurial Resilience

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Host Trevor Schmidt chats with Hutchison law partner and former D1 athlete Anna Tharrington and Mike Halpert, CEO of Ver Coaching, about Mike's journey fueled by a sense of "calling" to develop an app that uses VR headsets...more

Woodruff Sawyer

The Essential Guide for Board Education in 2026

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Effective board members know that staying current is key to upholding their responsibilities to their shareholders. The good news is there are numerous educational opportunities for directors offered in a variety of settings:...more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Alumni Spotlight: Steve Brown

We’re pleased to feature Steve Brown in this episode of Wolf Greenfield’s Alumni Spotlight series. He was previously a technology specialist in Wolf Greenfield’s Biotechnology Practice. Today, Steve serves as Associate...more

Society54

Leading with Heart: Lessons from Loss and a Challenge for 2026

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2025 has been a year of profound personal reflection. January started with a devastating jolt as the Pacific Palisades fires swept across my childhood home, erasing happy memories in its wake, like bicycling with my twin...more

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Your Bonus Check Is Your Escape Hatch: Why 2026 Is the Year to Start Your Own Firm

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December is here. Bonuses hit bank accounts. And thousands of lawyers are doing the same math they do every year: Is this enough to keep me here? Here is the truth most BigLaw partners will never tell you: The barriers to...more

TransPerfect Legal

Redefining Your Value in the Age of Legal AI

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Before We Begin… By the end of this piece, you’ll understand why AI rattles even the smartest people in our profession, why that fear says nothing about your intelligence, and how one small action—today—will turn...more

A&O Shearman

UK: Finding the perfect formula for workplace culture

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Hands up. I’m biased. Throughout this year’s Formula 1 season, I’ve been rooting for McLaren’s Lando Norris. He did it. He won his maiden title. The Formula 1 track and its vast infrastructure may not look like your...more

Law School Toolbox

Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 337: Listen and Learn -- Will Revocation

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this episode, we explain the ways in which a validly executed will can be revoked (by a subsequent document, by a physical act, and by operation of law), and analyze examples...more

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