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Episode 56: The Future of Work Can Be Better for All with Lawyer Niki Avraam
Episode 56. There is the typical way to advance in a law career, and then there’s the approach Niki Avraam took.
Niki is a legal entrepreneur, speaker, and the co-founder of Howat Avraam Solicitors. When she saw room for societal growth and change, she decided to pivot from focusing on commercial law towards employment and discrimination. Her approach to her legal career is different than most. Instead of the traditional, she has focused on the future.
Niki is working on answering some important questions: How do we shape the workforce of the future, how do we ensure people feel significant within their organization, and how can leaders support that? She’ll share why she’s so passionate about the work she does, plus where her desire to encourage agency in the workforce comes from.
Episode 32: The End of Work From Home with Adam Pekarsky
Episode 32. Our working habits have changed, but not everyone thinks that should stay. Many employers out there feel like everyone working from home right now should head back to the office. Others thing embracing the work from home or the hybird lifestyle is here to stay.
Adam Pekarsky works in the recruitment industry and has witnessed employers grappling with this issue. Is work from home dead, dying, or here to stay? Adam emphasizes that a career is a contact sport. He believes those who return to the workplace will have advantages over those who don’t. That said, working from home has not led to decreased performance, and it’s important to lead your people with as much flexibility as you can. The debate rages on…is the work from home dying, or here to stay?
Episode 31: Strategies to Find Your Happiness with Katie Jefcoat
Episode 31. Katie Jefcoat is an expert on happiness. She has read all the books, reviewed all the studies and has been on the hunt to help people bring more happiness to their lives. It starts with understanding what makes us happy.
A former lawyer, Katie is the host of the Everyday Happiness Podcast, she is also a best-selling author, public speaker, and entrepreneur. When the pandemic hit and she saw the way it impacted the world, Katie found herself researching everything she could about happiness. Sometimes its not about changing something to become happier, sometimes it’s about mindset, and all the happiness we need is right there today.
Episode 30: Feeling Like You Don’t Belong in Your Workplace with Tricia Montalvo Timm
Episode 30. Tricia Timm hid who she was for years as she climbed the corporate ladder as a lawyer, aspiring to be better and better eat each step. But, what did better mean and what was the top? Throughout much of her career she hid that she was Latina and in other cases hid that she was a mother.
With host Greg Martin, this interview covers her story and how many of us feel in the workplace, not totally comfortable with revealing who we are, but also not comfortable sharing our true selves. It wasn’t something she even knew, but once it dawned on her that she was hiding, she decided to reclaim her identity and began advocating for inclusivity and diversity in the workplace.
Episode 26: Building the Best Legal Career with M&A Lawyer Bill Ainley
Our guest this episode is Bill Ainley. Bill worked for decades in the world of law, mostly in corporate M&A. Right out of university, he joined a firm called Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg and became the head of M&A. After 40 years, Bill retired. He now sits on the Origin Merchant Partners advisory board.
In this episode, Bill dives into his career and shares the aspects he loved about working in M&A at Davies and the key reasons he found working in corporate law fun, exciting, and empowering.
Episode 12: One Lawyer’s Path Beyond the Big Firms with Adam Armeland
What are the career options for lawyers when they want to move on from a big firms?
Adam Armeland started his career working at a big law firm working long hours on major real estate transactions. Despite being absorbed by that world, after 3.5+ years he left and decided to explore an industry job.
Host Greg Martin and Adam talk about what it was like at each stage of his law career. Throughout this episode they also discuss the good and bad of the world of law, the path Adam took, what he gets out of being a business owner he couldn’t from practicing law and we follow what drives him to do what he does today.