Episodes
Change is constant. Anna Lind, head of strategy & business transformation at RPC, talks about how she works to drive change through her organisation. She provides some tips and a model to help firms navigate change. Find out what her views are on the art of the possible.
Published 02/28/22
Helen Lowe of Easy Jet is making waves in legal for all the right reasons. In the middle of the pandemic she devised a pitch with a difference. It challenged law firms in order to get the sort of advisors they needed. Two years on from the Himalayas Pitch we caught up with Helen to find out whether it delivered the results she was expecting.
Published 02/21/22
Raya Blakeley-Glover, Head of Business Development - Markets & Business Relationships at Bird & Bird speaks to us about her passion for business development. She opens up her toolkit and shares a wealth of tips and tricks for law firms. She might even get you rethinking the S word: sales!
Published 02/14/22
Mary Bonsor saw a problem and created a company to solve it! Mary speaks to us about the journey of Flex Legal, from idea to investment and beyond. She also describes how Flex Legal is now working to diversify the profession and helping businesses to grow and retain talent.
Published 02/07/22
Ruth Heaton is the Head of Learning and Development at Gateley plc, she is also an executive coach. She speaks to Oliver about the skills that lawyers will need to face the future.
Published 08/09/21
Pamela Cone works with firm leaders to address the growing expectations of all stakeholders - clients, prospects, employees, recruits and communities - around their firms' Social Impact and Sustainability programs. She talks to Oliver Hansard about what that entails and about what firms should be focused on.
Published 08/02/21
Dana Denis-Smith is the CEO of Obelisk Support, she is also the Founder of the First 100 Years Project. She speaks to Claire Rason about why it is important that we look back in order to move forward. They speak about how to get more women into leadership and some of the challenges that have in the past got in the way.
Published 07/26/21
Anthony Kearns helps lawyers become leaders. Anthony speaks to Claire about: the insights lawyers gain when they listen to their clients; why lawyers should be focused on, and understand, the value that they truly add; and how he is turning lawyers into leaders.
Published 07/19/21
William Johnson, GC at BMW Group UK & Ireland joined Oliver Hansard to speak about his journey as a lawyer, on the importance of taking control of your own career in-house, and on how he and his team have navigated the pandemic.
Published 07/12/21
Colin Levy is a corporate lawyer and a legal tech evangelist. He speaks to Claire Rason about his passion for legal tech, issues around the adoption of legal tech and its impact on law firms. What will the future role of lawyers be?
Published 07/05/21
Miriam Gonzalez Durantez is a leading international trade lawyer. She is also the founder of Inspiring Girls. Claire Rason caught up with Miriam to discuss how her journey led her to where she is today. Miriam believes that it is time to start doing, however she also recognises the need to generate discussion around difficult issues and both women discuss one of the existing taboos with women in work. This episode also looks at the importance of role models and breaking down stereotypes...
Published 03/07/21
Manu Kanwar is the founder of LexSolutions. Manu is passionate about bringing wellbeing and culture to the fore and we explore how culture can drive forward so much within business. We talk about the need for lawyers to be emotionally intelligent as well as technically excellent. We think about what clients want and how they can drive change in the profession. We also review 2020 and think about the impact on the future of legal tech, contract optimization and collaboration.
Published 02/14/21
Amy Gibson’s versatility has enabled her to work as a lawyer in a range of industries. We talk about how relationships, flexibility and connectedness are key tools of her trade, and how using past experiences in new contexts can enhance a lawyer’s impact.
Published 02/08/21
Andrew Calder is partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. We spoke to him about the impact of 2020 on his practice and about how firms in the US have reacted to a very unique year.
Published 02/01/21
Alice Stephenson is a lawyer who is not afraid to challenge the way things have always been done. She created Stephenson Law to do just that. Clients have been delighted with the result and peers have sat up and taken notice. We find out about her journey, ask her what she sees as controversial, and discuss her efforts to humanise the legal profession. ​
Published 01/24/21
Benjamin White created the community for in-house lawyers. He started it to fulfill a personal need. He soon came to realise that the need was greater than he first thought and so Crafty Counsel was born. ​ We speak about his journey in law and what he sees as the legacy of 2020 on the legal profession.
Published 01/18/21
Sadie Baron is CMO of global law firm Reed Smith LLP. She reflects on the positives of 2020 and the impact on the legal profession. She reflects on the need not just to do different things but to also do things differently.
Published 01/10/21
In this episode we hear from James Lewindon, Head of Legal Resourcing UK, at Konexo. We also reflect on series 2, discuss the different ways lawyers are defining their own success and talk about the need for agility for the future.
Published 10/12/20
Natalie Salunke is Head of Legal at RVU and also a committee member of O shaped lawyer. She speaks about adding value as a GC, her career and how being a lawyer is not just about the technical. She also speaks about her very unique fight for justice.
Published 10/04/20
Susan Lamb leads the global information management compliance programme for all Shell Group information. However, it is her second role at Shell, championing the care and wellbeing programme for Group Legal, which has provided her with her biggest sense of achievement.
Published 09/27/20
Eloise Skinner is a senior lawyer. She is also the host of a podcast, an author, a pilates instructor and teaches yoga and barre! We caught up with Eloise to speak about Mindfulness in Law and having a portfolio career. We also found out why, although she is proud of her conventional achievements, she believes true success is something else entirely.
Published 09/20/20
EP2: THE ROAD TO PARTNERSHIP Andrew Hutchings is a partner and the co-head of the Financial Institutions Group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He talks to us about his journey to partnership, why he hasn't paused to think about success and how being a lawyer is more than just the technical.
Published 09/13/20
Sarah Hawes is Head of Corporate Knowledge at Herbert Smith Freehills. She talks about her journey, seizing opportunities as they were presented and forging her own path in the City. She speaks of her passion for social mobility, how HSF are championing diversity and how she demonstrates leadership in difficult times. Lawyer's Coach is brought to you by Client Talk and Hansard Coaching Follow Claire Rason on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/clairerasonbdexpert/ | Follow Oliver Hansard on...
Published 09/06/20
Claire Rason speaks to Harry Clark in this special crossover podcast between Lawyer’s Coach and More From Law. Claire and Harry explore the concept of success, personal branding and how firms should be embracing social media to attract new recruits. Harry is the host of More from Law and will soon be embarking on his training contract with a leading international law firm. Claire is a consultant, coach and co-hosts Lawyer’s Coach with fellow lawyer and coach Oliver Hansard. Find more...
Published 09/01/20
Empathy has been a theme throughout this first series. Joss Mathieson describes how leaders can develop and use empathy to power their businesses. Claire and Oliver think about how this is relevant to lawyers and their relationships.
Published 07/19/20