Is there really psychological safety in law firms?

It is a formidable achievement to make it to the senior ranks of a law firm – especially Partner. It signals that you have worked hard, that you are an expert in your field and that other people see that in you too.

Emotions and business have been kept separate for many many years. Traditionally, business leaders have been taught that emotions are for outside of the office walls and when we enter into the workplace they are to be tucked away and dealt with when the employee returns home.

Lack of focus is one of the biggest post-pandemic issues we are now facing according to Lynda Gratton at London Business School. At NEP we would argue this has always been a problem, and we agree it has definitely been exacerbated during the pandemic.

If you’ve read Part One of this piece, then I must tell you the reason I broke it into two is because I’ve learnt to take my own advice.

If you’ve ever taken our personal pace indicator, what’s your score? Mine’s 99. It came as no shock to me.

It’s ironic that many people are trying to work in a way that makes them more productive, and yet those very actions are actually reducing productivity.

Most people jump in straight to the task at hand. That’s efficiency, that’s not procrastination. That’s good, right? Except, what you are doing is called precrastination. Let me explain.

It’s brought to my attention regularly at the moment, both through my own experiences and through those of my clients, that we commonly struggle to create real change in our lives.

I coach many CEOs and Senior Leadership Team members, and while these are the most senior people in the organisation, they are often not functioning as well as they could be.

I know, I thought this was a pretty interesting question too. Leaders are becoming increasingly interested in helping people to improve performance and reduce excessive stress, burnout and mental health issues in the workplace. And mindset interventions certainly have some interesting evidence to support that they might be useful in workplace setting. So naturally it […]