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.

Episode #47 How to progress when you’re the Only One

In this Masterclass I give you practical advice for progressing your career that you can implement immediately. I cover everything you need to navigate the challenges of being the only...

Episode #46 Stop Procrastinating Your Goal

Are you letting your career dreams gather dust on the shelf of "someday"? Do you feel a nagging sense of dissatisfaction with where you are professionally, but find yourself constantly...

Episode #45 Racial Resilience

Have you ever walked into a meeting and felt a sudden wave of self-consciousness? You scan the room, and it hits you - you're the only person of color, the...

Episode #44 Growing in the face of feedback

Do you crumple in the face of negative feedback? Instead of seeing negative feedback as a gift for growth, you see it as a personal attack on your abilities. You...

Episode #43 Creating time for Business Development

Are you constantly remembering that you need to do more business development to build your business case for partnership, but you don't actually do it? You know that you need...

Episode #42 Working Twice As Hard

Think you have to work twice as hard as your white colleagues, to level the playing field and progress your career? This thought leaves you frustrated and resentful and puts...

Episode #41 Morning Mastery

Are you squandering your mornings? ⏰ The time between waking up and sitting down to get to work is the most valuable part of your day. But you’re not using...

Episode #40 Stay in the game

How do you make partner when your billings are low? Stay in the game! The biggest threat to your partnership bid isn’t your low billable hours. It's Checking Out. Checking...

Episode #39 Stop consuming. Start implementing!

Posts, reels, videos, trainings, webinars, podcasts, seminars, conferences, workshops, lunch-and-learns and programs (Phew 😮‍💨 ) So much to learn. So many different ways to learn it. But consuming content on...

Episode #38 Saying no to good opportunities

Just because the opportunity in front of you is a good one, doesn't mean you should say no to it! I know this sounds counter-intuitive. Why would I NOT accept...

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