I don’t know about you but the last year has been pretty heavy in every way. From navigating suddenly working from home full time to dealing with a global pandemic
Why Hashtag Holidays Like National Puppy Day Are Just What We Need Right Now
Women Who Wow: Alexis Robertson
In this Women Who Wow profile, get to know Alexis Robertson, the Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Foley & Lardner LLP.
A former lawyer and legal recruiter, Alexis became a D&I professional after realizing that practicing law and serving as a legal recruiter wasn’t her true passion. She was able to take valuable skills from those positions and pivot to a diversity and inclusion career first at Baker & McKenzie and now at Foley & Lardner.
As Alexis noted in one of her terrific LinkedIn posts (you should follow her on LinkedIn!), if not for the pandemic, she would not have launched what she often refers to as her “pandemic podcast.” She says it was the need to introduce herself and check-in on attorneys that led to her personally calling 100 attorneys within her first few months at Foley.
She says that need created the space for the most amazing one-on-one conversations, which inspired a podcast unique to Big Law focused on showcasing human stories, highlighting the unique professional paths of Foley attorneys. The podcast is called The Path and the Practice and you should check it out.
Learn more about Alexis and her career path in this Women Who Wow profile.
Join Me Against Mean Girls and Embrace Supporting Other Women
I can’t tell you how many times I have encountered mean girls in my personal and professional life.
If you follow my blog you know this because I write about it quite often.
You you also know that I have been quite shocked to find out people who were my friends betrayed me. And people with whom I worked were actually plotting against me. Now did I deserve any of this? Absolutely not. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. Am I an expert in mean girls? Well sort of. I didn’t set out to be one. And I certainly wish I could erase all the terrible things that have happened to me over the years by them.
Women Who Wow: Kelly Enache
Philadelphia-based Kelly Enache is the Chief Marketing Officer at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr. She is a former practicing attorney at Dechert before transitioning to business of law and
Women Who Wow: Molly Pease
Molly Pease is the Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer at Curiam Capital LLC where she leads the day-to-day operations of this private investment firm that provides financing for high-value commercial litigation.
Molly is responsible for sourcing, underwriting and monitoring the firm’s single-case and portfolio litigation funding investments and oversees Curiam’s compliance program.
Molly started her career as a litigator with a focus on large-scale reinsurance, insurance, antitrust and securities disputes on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. Molly later worked as Executive Director and General Counsel at two boutique litigation firms, where she developed and implemented long-term business strategies in all aspects of firm management, including financial analysis and reporting, business development and marketing, human resource recruitment and management, legal project management, information technology systems, and office operations.
Molly received her law degree from New York University School of Law and her undergraduate degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. She is a member of the faculty of the High Performance Counsel #thinktank sessions, is on Law360’s Legal Industry Editorial Advisory Board, and has been named one of Lawdragon’s Global Leaders in Legal Finance. Molly has also spoken and written extensively about legal finance.
Learn more about Molly in this Women Who Wow profile. (Note, I even used the Oxford comma for her!)
Join Me and Other Women Who Wow for a Webinar on 3/24 on How Women Can Develop and Promote Their Personal Brands
March is Women’s History Month, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate the accomplishments of women past, present and future, than by hosting our first Women Who
Easy But Impactful Ways to Stay in Touch With Your Professional Network
It’s so easy to be forgotten today when we are not seeing each other in person on a regular basis.
That means the onus is on you to maintain relationships
Why It’s So Important to Be Kind to Others and Not Take Things Personally
I don’t think we stop to realize how many people among us every day (virtually for now) are walking wounded – meaning they’re dealing with something they don’t talk about
Why You Should Be Proactive vs Reactive on LinkedIn
You might not have the results you want on LinkedIn because you’re being reactive instead of proactive when it comes to your content and networking actions.
To be successful on
How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Company Page for Success
Right now, online networking is the most important tool we have to stay top of mind with clients, prospects, employees, alumni, the media, recruits and others who are interested in updates about your company and its people.
In many ways, your LinkedIn company page is a second company web site, and because LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network where many people go directly for information and research, it may be even more important than your actual web site.
Your company page gives you a platform to post information about what you do and promote important news, insights, events and services. It’s one of the most powerful online marketing tools for companies of any size if you consistently post and engage with your followers.
In order to maximize your LinkedIn company page, you’ll need to do three things:
- grow your company page followers,
- drive awareness of your page, and
- post content that helps and educates others.
Regardless of how many followers you have, you have to keep them engaged with helpful posts or they will lose interest and your content won’t appear in their news feed. You can do this by regularly posting helpful, non self-boasting content to provide value to your followers.
Here’s how: