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 direct impact on your ability to succeed as a black lawyer. And in this video I’m going to tell you exactly what they are. Welcome … Continued

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 the right steps to achieve that career goal, but nothing seems to be working – this one is for you. Welcome to episode 117 of … Continued

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 this year. If this is you, you’re in the right place. Welcome to Part 2 of What it takes – a 5 part series designed … Continued

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 need to do therightthings, withtheright mindset. This week on Legal Imposters I’m sharing the replay of my free webinarwhere I tell you everything you need … Continued

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 and the subject of this week’s episode: Ownership It’s easily overlooked and yet it’s impossible to progress in any meaningful way without it. As you’ll … Continued

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 make and I invite you to make it in this week’s episode of legal imposters. This time of year people typically fall into one of … Continued

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 the New Year which is a seemingly distant SIX weeks away! Now before you roll your eyes to the heavens and rush for the “listen … Continued

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 I on track? What else can I do to guarantee I’m on the list of next year’s Partners? You’ve asked all of this before. But … Continued

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 yourself. I don’t want to let anybody down. Well I’m here to tell you otherwise Not only that you can. I’m here to tell you … Continued

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 in you and going out to bat for you Is going to make achieving that promotion significantly quicker, easier and likely to result in success. … Continued