The Legal Imposters Podcast with Caroline Flanagan

Weekly tips, guidelines and insights on Imposter Syndrome, career progression, and what it really takes to succeed as a Black lawyer in predominantly white spaces. Practical insight, lived experience, and strategy you can use immediately.

Podcast – Legal Imposters

Episode #119 What It Takes Part 5: The Tools

Whatever the task or goal you want to achieve, it pays to ask: How can I make this easier? Is there a way to do it quicker? How do I...

Episode #118 What It Takes Part 4: The Emotions

There are invisible forces behind all you do. They impact how you work, what you say, what you do, how you react – and because of that they have a...

Episode #117 What it takes part 3: The Mindset

You’re doing all the right things, so why aren’t you gaining traction? Why aren’t you getting results? If you’ve invested time and effort in your professional development and followed all...

Episode #116 What it takes part 2: The Skills

It’s the beginning of a new year and, even if you don’t know exactly what goal you want to achieve this year, you do know that you want to progress...

Episode #115 How to Progress When You’re the Only One

There’s a way to progress without working twice as hard. 5 simplesteps. 1 secret sauce. That’s it. As a black lawyer you don’tneed to do everything to get promoted.You just...

Episode #114 What it takes part 1: Ownership

What does it take to progress as a black lawyer? That’s the question Ill be asking and answering in a 5-part series here on the Legal Imposters podcast. First up...

Episode #113 Finish Strong

How do you want to finish the year? Depleted and exhausted or uplifted and empowered by the feeling that you gave it your all? It’s a choice you get to...

Episode #112 Focus vs Results

It’s time. No, not time to start thinking about Christmas which is just 4 weeks away – I’ll let you decide when you’re ready for that! No, I’m talking about...

Episode #111 Overcoming Feedback Frustration

You’ve finally got that meeting with your boss so you can ask those career critical questions about your prospects for promotion: Where do I stand? How close am I? Am...

Episode #110 Letting People Down

You’re drowning in your commitments. Working long into the night each day. Sacrificing weekends. It’s all too much but you keep going. You don’t stop. You can’t stop, you tell...

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