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 #108 The Sponsorship Conversation

Let’s talk about Sponsors. Why you need one and how to win one. You don’thaveto have a Sponsor to progress to the next level. But havinga person of influence invested...

Episode #107 The Monthly Progress Review

There are 3 things you need in place to guarantee your career goal: A clear goal A strategy that will get you there A system that will keep you on...

Episode #106 Protect The Asset

What are you doing to make sure the most important asset in your work, in your life, in the family that you hold together, the people you support, the clients...

Episode #105 Stay With The Hard

Let’s talk about procrastination – Doom scrolling Online shopping Burying your head in the sand Ignoring the task until it’s on fire and screaming for your attention These are just...

Episode # 104 Calculate Your Value

Here’s the problem: You know you must showcase your value if you want to progress to the next level (it’s step 5 of the career progression process I teach you...

Episode #103 Value Yourself

How much do you value yourself? Here’s how you know:   the way you treat yourself the way you talk about yourself to others how well you take care of...

Episode #102 If Not Now, Then When?

If you don’t go for what you want in your career now, then when will you? Right now there are a lot of reasons why you’re not taking that active...

Episode #101 Position Yourself for Promotion

You’re a mid to senior level black lawyer with years of experience and a track record of billing hours and running deals. Yes this will make you eligible for promotion,...

Episode #100 BE THE FIRST: Pressure or Power?

We’ve reached Episode 100! Woohoo To mark the occasion, what better topic to talk to you about than being the first? Specifically, let’s talk about how it makes you feel...

Episode #99 When to focus on Business Development

It’s never too soon to think about Business Development. But when should this be your main focus? And what should you do about Business Development when you’ve been told to...

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