The Conscious Lawyer

Preface

• Where it began

• Why it is time to change

• What it means to be a conscious lawyer

• My approach

Chapter 1: Doing high performance

• How we are taught to behave

• How we are measured

• How high performers perceive themselves

• The power gap

• Being the Conscious Lawyer

Chapter 2: Leading through change

• The changing role of the in-house lawyer

• What law firms face

• The new generation of lawyers

• Barriers to change

• Leadership skills for leading through change

Chapter 3: Choosing I CARE

• The need to be client-centric

• The need to be human

• How I CARE can help

LEAP I: CONNECT to the leader in you

Chapter 4: Why egos crush souls

• When ego serves us

• How you see yourself is not how others see you

• Shades of The Dark Triad

• When ego stops serving us

• The Authenticity Gap

Chapter 5: Being your leadership brand

• Your leadership brand

• The problem with being a brand

• Nourishing your brand

Chapter 6: Letting your values speak

• The case for values-based leadership

• Know your values

• Aligning behaviour with values

• Know what your values look like in action

• Control your choices

Chapter 7: Taking down the mask

• Finding connection to greater consciousness

• Starting with submerging ego

• Letting go of perfection

• Finding compassion

• Dealing with blind spots

• Having courage to take down the mask

LEAP II: AWAKEN your purpose

Chapter 8: Why results limit us

• Competition is scarcity mindset

• Abundance is limitless

• Resentment in past limits our future self

• Detach yourself from results

Chapter 9: Shifting your mindset from results to impact

• What fixed mindset looks like

• What holds us back

• What frees us

• Moving into growth mindset

• Believe in impact

Chapter 10: Choosing greater impact

• Go in search of purpose

• Focus on process not destination

• Being prepared to fail

Chapter 11: Focusing on experience every day

• Using flow to deliver outcomes

• All we have is the present moment

• Letting your thinking get in the way

LEAP III: RELATE to the people around you

Chapter 12: Why impact on people matters

• Awareness of impact

• Impact on people

• The cost of impact

• Shift to sphere of influence

• Harnessing potential

Chapter 13: Being the Conscious Lawyer

• Choosing conscious leadership

• Identifying a conscious lawyer

• From results to people

• From profits to purpose

• The state of being rather than doing

Chapter 14: Transforming your impact

• Motivating the new generation

• Transforming the experience

• From tasks to flow activities

• From outcome to process

LEAP IV: ENTRUST others to fulfil their potential

Chapter 15: Why trust matters

• The problem with fixed mindset

• Without trust, there is no leadership

• What builds trust in the workplace

• How growth mindset allows trust

Chapter 16: Making learning your success criteria

• Why inclusion matters

• Harnessing collective wisdom

• Making room for growth

• Mentor a shift to growth mindset

Chapter 17: Creating change leaders of the future

• Whose potential do you own?

• Decentralise your decision-making

• Less Authority, more Autonomy

• Make succession your success

Chapter 18: Drawing this together

• Conclusion

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

References