The Conscious Lawyer - Kiran Scarr

The Conscious Lawyer

Courageous leadership for high-performing professionals

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
260 Seiten
2023
Practical Inspiration Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78860-443-7 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
A simple, powerful roadmap for professionals seeking a more meaningful way of leading their high-performing teams through change in the legal sector.
Don’t just produce results, unleash potential.

Radical disruption in the legal sector has meant increased pressure on lawyers to be strategic business enablers and innovators. Today, leaders of law firms and legal functions must steer change more effectively to create client-centric solutions for the businesses they serve. But this requires a new set of leadership skills focused on delivering success through vision and values, purpose over profits and positive impact on people.

The Conscious Lawyer is a simple, powerful roadmap for professionals seeking a more meaningful way of leading high-performing teams through change. Discover a fresh perspective on how you can reshape your leadership to advance the future of law.

As an international lawyer, general counsel and law firm COO, Kiran Chawla Scarr has spent a global career leading transformational change in the legal sector. Widely recognized and awarded for transformative leadership, process innovation and contribution to the legal community, she is a prominent voice on the future of law.

As an international lawyer, general counsel and law firm COO, Kiran Chawla Scarr has spent a global career leading transformational change in the legal sector. Widely recognized and awarded for transformative leadership, process innovation and contribution to the legal community, she is a prominent voice on the future of law.

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Tables, black and white; Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort Tadley
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 300 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10 1-78860-443-1 / 1788604431
ISBN-13 978-1-78860-443-7 / 9781788604437
Zustand Neuware
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