How Lawyers Can Prevent Burnout with Adrienne Prentice - Episode 151

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Kathryn interviews Adrienne Prentice, CEO of Keep Company, discussing work-life balance, focusing on the challenges faced by caregivers and working parents, which affect people of all genders. Adrienne, once a corporate attorney, emphasizes the need for skills in managing professional boundaries, a training lacking in many industries. She suggests the need for a review of incentive structures in law firms and professional services firms. Additionally, she shares tips for managing work-life balance, including prioritizing what's essential, and effective time management to avoid feelings of guilt and overwhelm.

Highlights

• Adrienne’s transition to a corporate attorney role from an employment lawyer and her eventual shift towards management roles
• Her love for the discrete work involved in technology transactions practice and her work with tech startups
• Her tenure at Hewlett Packard, leading a team of about 35 attorneys across North and South America
• The lack of management training in the legal industry, noting the leadership positions often go to the ones with the most business without any focus on people management
• Keep Company and its goal to reduce preventable attrition by improving the working conditions for parents and caregivers in professional services industries
• The importance of promoting social wellbeing in the workplace as part of Keep Company's mission
• The ROI that Keep Company promises to employers, to which Adrienne emphasizes on social wellbeing and resilience
• The importance of acknowledging that caregiving isn’t solely a women’s issue, but impacts all genders who are caregivers or parents
• The importance of taking a step back and incorporating strategic planning, rather than falling into the grind

Episode Resources

• https://www.keep-company.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienneprentice

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