The Mother Board

What does your communication style say about your management style? And what does your management style say about your communication style? Join The Mother Board in this week's episode as we identify, analyze (and yes, even laugh at) our own communication styles, and discuss whether they are in line with what we predicted they would be, with how others perceive us to be, and what that all means in the context of leadership and management at work.

Find the book where we took the communications style quiz here.

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Aarati Subramanian is an experienced litigator specializing in workers' compensation defense and appeals, as well as a passionate mediator who enjoys the peacemaking process. But what do we not know about Aarati? Let's find out!

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Our voice -- it can be our greatest strength, but also our greatest weakness. The key is learning how to use it correctly, and as lawyers, to use it persuasively. Join us on this episode of The Mother Board as we chat with vocal coach, Rena Cook, about speaking with our authentic voice to find confidence and presence.

Be sure to check out Rena's latest book, Her Voice in Law, Vocal Power and Situational Command for the Female Attorney.

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Law school can be a very drastic and frightening change of pace for students, especially in their first year. Partners Melody Kiella and Whitney Lay Greene were no different, and today they're here to tell us to 10 things they would've told themselves back in law school as 1Ls. From Imposter Syndrome to balancing social and school life, tune in to find out!

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Whether you’re a firm attorney, business leader, psychologist, or mother of twins (or all of these at the same time), you know “imposter syndrome” as a convenient description of a type of insecurity that can arise when you step into an industry or a role in which you seem out of place. In this week’s episode of The Mother Board, we flip the script and challenge this pervasive "disease" after seeing it play out all too frequently in the tech and legal industries.  Join for an unanticipated dose of optimism as we redefine “imposter syndrome” and discuss how you can use this new definition to prevent the spread (masks optional!). Laugh along with the real-life anecdotes as we all build our immunity to imposter syndrome. 

Featuring: Aarati Subramaniam, Whitney Law Greene, and Melody Kiella 

Learn more about Meredith Fineman and her book Brag Better that is referenced in the episode at https://www.meredithfineman.com/brag-better-book.

Other resources from the ABA https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/publications/youraba/2018/october-2018/tell-yourself-_yet--and-other-tips-for-overcoming-impostor-syndr/

And practical response tips from the Cleveland Clinic
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/a-psychologist-explains-how-to-deal-with-imposter-syndrome/

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BuT HoW do I nEtworK WhEn I cAn'T gO AnYWhere!?! - We get it -- the pandemic has crushed our aspirations and limited our networking capabilities - or has it? We've got your answer! This week's episode of The Mother Board features Megan Whiteside, lawyer, mother, law professor, and entrepreneur, as we discuss how to network in the virtual age. Forget live, laugh, and love. This is about Mom Life & Law. See below for a link to her upcoming seminar.

https://www.momlifeandlaw.com/live

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Whitney Lay Greene is an experienced civil litigator, practicing primarily in the general liability field. She handles matters in the fields of transportation/trucking law, ride-share litigation, premises liability, and products liability in both state and federal courts all over Georgia. Whitney is also an active member of the firm and in her community. She serves on numerous firm committees aimed at associate development and diversity and recruiting efforts. Outside of the firm, she is on the Steering Committee for the DRI Trucking Law Committee and also serves as Vice-Chair of the ABA TIPS Commercial Transportation and Litigation Committee. In 2020, McLane Company, Inc. awarded her with its Outstanding Service Award, in recognition of the exemplary legal service she provides to her clients. But what do we not know about Whitney? Let's find out!

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Guilt is about as ubiquitous of a concept as stress, pressure, or determination for many professionals, especially those building careers while building families. It can break you down, but it can also serve as a motivator to set your own path, form your own rules and drive your own goals. We talk about Mom Guilt on this week's episode of The Mother Board, the pressure it can create, but also practical ways for putting it in the rear view mirror.

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Taylor Poncz has been litigating cases for well over a decade and focuses her practice exclusively in the defense of Workers’ Compensation claims for employers, insurers and self-insurers throughout the state of Georgia. She serves employers of all sizes across many industries, including construction, food & beverage, manufacturing and healthcare. Taylor's practice also includes work as a workers' compensation mediator. Listen to this week's episode of The Mother Board to find out more, including how she juggles her practice while playing the role of mom to 3 boys!

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Diversity, equity and inclusion is a hot topic in the legal profession -- it's the subject of seminars, studies, firm initiatives and basic human rights. But is all the work people are putting in to DE&I efforts really moving the needle? Listen to this week's episode of The Mother Board with special guest J.C. Roper, a constant DE&I advocate and partner at Drew Eckl & Farnham, as they talk about the current status of DE&I in the legal profession, and specifically, the results of the 2020 ABA Model Diversity Survey Report, what law firms should be doing to hire, retain, and promote diverse attorneys, and how clients can help ensure that law firms are taking action.

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