The Catherine O’Connell blog
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Capturing Success: Video Recordings of Award-Winning Speeches with LIFE.14
Interview with Life.14 about my impressions and thoughts of working with their team for recording award speeches in advance.

Catherine O’Connell becomes global dexterity certified trainer
The Global Dexterity course was incredibly informative and practical. Each session was packed with actionable insights that I could immediately apply to my professional and personal interactions in global contexts.

Catherine O’Connell featured on the FocusCore podcast
Catherine was thrilled to be invited to speak on the FocusCore Podcast with Dr. David Sweet.

Catherine’s Monthly Wrap Up - February 2024
Wrap up from February 2024 from Catherine O’Connell Law.

Catherine O’Connell to Moderate the 2024 ANZCCJ International Women’s Day event
Catherine O'Connell will moderate a discussion with senior business leaders on the 2024 theme of 'Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress”.

Catherine O’Connell becomes a CriticalEye Board Mentor
Catherine O’Connell is proud to announce that she has become a Criticaleye Board Mentor. Based in Japan, Catherine’s extensive experience further strengthens Criticaleye's regional capabilities, complementing our global network of over 90 Board Mentors who offer support to Executive Members worldwide.

Catherine’s Monthly Wrap Up - January 2024
Wrap up from January 2024 from Catherine O’Connell Law.

Parents in the law in Japan
We wanted to inspire as many women as possible who are working parents in Japan and particularly those working in the law, so we have created a compilation of the episodes where our guests talk about their careers and also mention parenting. In some episodes, there may be references to how parental leave was handled or how childcare works with the busy schedule of being a lawyer. Lawyers featured in these episodes are parents or support people who are parents.

Catherine’s Monthly Wrap Up - December 2023
Wrap up from December 2023 from Catherine O’Connell Law.

Catherine’s Monthly Wrap Up - November 2023
Wrap up from November 2023 from Catherine O’Connell Law.

Catherine’s Monthly Wrap Up - October 2023
Wrap up from October 2023 from Catherine O’Connell Law.

Catherine O’CONNELL Featured on hsu untied podcast
When the interviewer gets interviewed! Podcaster Richard Hsu of Hsu (pronounced “shoe”) Untited I found myself as a podcast host in the hot seat with the mike reversed on me. It’s a very natural conversation about life in the law in Japan and how niching down in my specialist field of the manufacturing industry for my in house legal counsel roles has been the key link to securing two corporate board roles in Japan.
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