The Law in Lockdown and Beyond, with Hannah Beko Hannah Beko

Luaskya Nonon has been an employment attorney for 20 years and, alongside her legal work has created the Diversity Equity and Inclusion consultancy Equity Principle Consulting.

This is taken from the front page of her website. I'm in complete agreement with it, and that's why I was so keen to have a conversation with Luaskya.

If you keep doing things the way you always have, there should be no surprise when you get the same results.
No More Business As Usual


In this episode we dive into Diversity and Inclusion in law firms especially, what's working and what's not.  What the future might hold and what forward thinking firms can do now.  We also get into mental health and wellbeing and authenticity plus just how versatile a legal education can be.

You can find out more and connect with Luaskya at www.equityprinciple.com or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/luaskyanonon/

About your host, Hannah Beko

Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach, corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing.

Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and runs The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way!

If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers

Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here   / hannahbeko  or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals.

You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle. 

Join us for an upcoming event - you can find these here: 
https://hannahbeko.eventbrite.com

The Law in Lockdown and Beyond Podcast with Hannah Beko, Lawyer, Author, Speaker, Coach & Trainer
In this episode, we talk to Claire about her portfolio career, from leading a property litigation team inside an international law firm to becoming a tribunal judge, founding a business consultancy, being a non-executive director, and now working with wolves!

Having followed Claire's journey over the past few years, it was fantastic to hear more about how meeting the wolves inspired her to adapt her mini MBA course to include retreats in the wild with these great creatures.  We hear about how wolves operate effectively as a pack, shifting leaders depending on the needs of the group, regulating each other and welcoming new members.  What can our leaders and teams learn from their unique behaviour?

Legal teams and lawyers often get caught up in hierarchy and titles, how could we adapt our team behaviour to support everyone to play to their unique strengths?

You can find out more about Claire's work with the wolves here https://orthelian.com/

About your host, Hannah Beko

Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach and corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing.

Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and runs The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way!

If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers

Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here   / hannahbeko  or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals.

You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

What a pleasure it was to speak with Lesley about her experiences of running a PI practice during and post lockdown and how they came out "fighting" for their clients when the courts reopened.

We also discussed perceived differences between the profession in the UK and US (and no most of us UK lawyers don't take 8 weeks holiday and finish at 2pm as a rule :-))

To watch the video version, please visit https://youtu.be/OsX-jglWb4o

You can find out more about Lesley here https://www.lesleyholloway.com

About your host, Hannah Beko

Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing in law firms.

Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...

If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers

Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk.

You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

Client Listening Expert Darren and Lawyer, Coach/Trainer & Author Hannah Beko, discuss the expectations lawyers put on themselves to work long hours and how clients really view it - is it really what they expect?

How have things changed post-pandemic?

Do lawyers put the pressure on themselves to be all things to all people unnecessarily, damaging their own mental health and well-being at the same time as potentially reducing client service excellence?

You can connect with Darren here Darren Francis | LinkedIn

Working long hours under pressure increases the risk of lawyer burnout and if you'd like to receive our guide to Boundaries & Burnout (the legal epidemic) you can find this at https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/g...

About your host, Hannah Beko

Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing in law firms.

Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...

If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers

Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk.

You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

In this post pandemic world, have the expectations of clients changed?

Do they care what time their lawyers work until?

Are they more aware of different working patterns and do some clients actively promote the use of usual working hours rather than expecting their lawyer to work late?

In this episode, I speak with Client Listening expert Darren Francis about his thoughts on this topic which clients have raised with him when he's engaged by firms to conduct client listening interviews. 

About your host, Hannah Beko

Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing in law firms.

Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/build-your-legal-business/id1569422462

If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers

Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk.

You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle. 

I really enjoyed my conversation with Emma about her experiences of qualifying through ilex, her mental and physical health struggles and how this shaped her response to lockdown/the pandemic.

Emma talks a little about her book Take My Hair (but not my humour) and how humour (and friendship) helped her through a breast cancer diagnosis.
 
Do connect with Emma on Linkedin here https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-davies -0b678b22/ where you can find out more about Cilex and order a copy of her book!

About your host, Hannah Beko

Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills in law firms.

Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/build-your-legal-business/id1569422462

If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers

Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk.

You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle. 

In this episode we mention the Women in the Law UK Day Event in March 2023, you can find details here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witluk-conference-celebrating-international-womens-day-tickets-469853874587