Alexandra Slack
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Alexandra Slack
@alexandraslack.bsky.social
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Career coach for professional women | Former dual-qualified lawyer
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In this piece I look at 7 things I wish I'd known before making the shift from private practice corporate lawyer to in-house counsel.

We often talk about the 'what' of learning.

But what about the 'who'?

In this piece I recognise some of the people in my life for the contributions they perhaps don't know they made to me.

Who's helped you become who you are today?
Stress is a natural part of life.

But what do you do when it becomes too much?

When it's caused by the behaviour of a colleague?

Time-management is a recurrent theme for practising lawyers.

Here I share one simple yet seismic shift in thinking which promotes creative thinking whilst also getting your to-do list done.

As a lawyer I loved to follow a process to achieve an outcome.

When I got into the world of personal development, processes and outcomes became much less clear.

Here's the process I wish I'd had at the beginning of my self-development journey.

Let me know if you find this useful.

Three mistakes lawyers make in their pursuit of career success, and what to do avoid these pitfalls.
Lawyers believe lawyering is about the law.

It's not. It's actually about a lot more than that...
What advice would I have liked at the start of my legal career?

Here's one tip from my experience to maximise your career success and happiness in law!