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From Legal Technician to Visionary Leader
Catherine O'Connell Catherine O'Connell

From Legal Technician to Visionary Leader

Stop Practicing. Start Leading.

If you're toggling between being an excellent lawyer and the actual CEO of your firm, then this podcast episode is your wake-up call. In the final chapter of the Built to Lead series, I sat down with host Bridgit Norris to talk about the identity shift every woman in law needs to make if she wants to stop operating as a technician and start owning as a leader.

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The Missing piece of Allyship - reflections from international womens day
Catherine O'Connell Catherine O'Connell

The Missing piece of Allyship - reflections from international womens day

🚨🐝 Not all glass ceilings are broken by women: some are reinforced by them. We talk a lot about male allyship, but what about women supporting women? What about the times when it’s not men holding us back, but other women?

The truth is, some women climb the ladder but pull it up behind them, gatekeeping opportunities, withholding key information, and deciding who ‘deserves’ to rise.

~ Why does this happen?
~ What can we do about it?
~ And how can we shift from scarcity thinking to true allyship?

In my latest piece, I dive into the 🐝 Queen Bee effect 🐝, the real meaning of allyship, and why success is like Wi-Fi - not a pie.

Read on, and let’s change the conversation.

💬 Have you ever encountered gatekeeping in your career? Let’s talk!

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