In this episode of The Space Podcast, our host Emma Dennis speaks with Anna Fletcher, a Partner in our Employment team, as she prepares to retire after nearly three decades at Gowling WLG. Anna has been a driving force for disability inclusion, sharing her lived experience of sight loss and championing open conversations across the firm and beyond.
Anna reflects on her career journey, from joining the firm in 1996 to becoming a Partner, and how her diagnosis of PIC (a rare condition caused by inflammation at the back of the eye) shaped her professional life.
Anna candidly discusses the challenges she faced, from adapting to new ways of working to building confidence in sharing her experience. She emphasises the importance of open conversations, practical support, and the power of our internal disability network, Enable, which she helped to establish and lead.
The podcast explores common misconceptions about disability, particularly invisible disabilities, and the need to focus on what people can do rather than what they cannot.
Listen to this inspiring episode to learn how her legacy will influence the future of diversity and inclusion at Gowling WLG.
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