How to Decide Which Tasks to Delegate

From Harvard Business Review authored by Jenny Blake:

“Ping! Something needs your attention. Is it an email? A tweet? A text? A reminder on your phone? A calendar invite? Ping! Another one. Ping! There’s that sound again. Or maybe it’s a visual cue, an ever-ascending ticker count on your app icons or inbox.

Quick, why don’t you just respond right now? Says the devil on your digital shoulder — your sender will be instantly satisfied and you’ll be rewarded with a hit of dopamine. But wait! The angel on the other side pipes up, imploring you to aim for focus, strategy, meaning, and impact instead. A bit dazed, you return to center: What were you working on again? What was more important than whatever just came in? It’s hard to remember.

When I reach Peak Ping — a sense that I don’t have room for yet another request without sacrificing my sanity or my strategic projects — I take a moment to focus on what matters most, and remind myself that I don’t have to fly solo in my day-to-day work.”

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Gender Equality And The Invisible Problem In The Workplace

From The Huffington Post authored by Mick Mooney:

“In a small, unassuming room on a university campus in the mid ’80s, one man sat amongst eleven women. They were meeting to discuss a relatively new movement that was emerging, called feminism.

During the meeting the man overheard a side conversation between two of the women. The more vocal of the two was speaking on behalf of all women, explaining how they faced the same oppression by the patriarchy and needed to stand united to bring about change. The other woman’s response surprised the man, because she disagreed. She asked the other woman a simple question: “What do you see when you look in the mirror?”

“A woman,” was her reply.

It was the counter reply that stunned the man. She explained the difference, ‘When I wake up in the morning, if I look in the mirror, I see a black woman. To me, race is visible, but to you, it’s invisible.’”

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Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

From The New York Times authored by Susan Chira:

“A year ago, dressed in suffragette white and addressing a cheering, weeping convention, Hillary Clinton stood for possibility. Now she is a reminder of the limits women continue to confront — in politics and beyond.

More than 40 years after women began pouring into the workplace, only a handful have made it all the way to the top of corporate America. The percentage of chief executives of Fortune 500 companies who are women just passed 6 percent, creeping up (and occasionally dropping back) at a glacial pace.

Why don’t more women get that No. 1 job?

Consider the experiences of the people who know best: Women who were in the running to become No. 1, but didn’t quite make it. The women who had to stop at No. 2.”

 

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A Judge Wants a Bigger Role for Female Lawyers. So He Made a Rule.

From The New York Times authored by Alan Feuer

“It is common for judges to publish guidance for lawyers who appear in their courtrooms on how to conduct themselves with regard to minor matters like how and when to file motions. But on Wednesday, Jack B. Weinstein, a senior federal judge in Brooklyn, used this typically mundane process to address an issue of growing concern to many in the legal profession: the lack of female lawyers in leading roles at trials and other court proceedings.

Following the lead of a handful of other federal judges, Judge Weinstein issued a court rule urging a more visible and substantive role for young female lawyers working on cases he is hearing.”

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Meet Alexandra Geczi of North Dallas

From VoyageDallas authored by VoyageDallas Staff:

“Today we’d like to introduce you to Alexandra Geczi.

Alexandra, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to share our message with your readers.

I’m an attorney, CEO, and mother who created a family law firm by women for women.  We are dedicated to providing clarity and guidance to women and mothers through the divorce process so that they can live happier and more fulfilling lives afterward.

Our mission has evolved as a result of my own childhood experiences.  I grew up in a high conflict home where my parents fought constantly.  I learned to isolate myself and withdraw from their conflict, preferring peace and quiet in solitude.  However, that made me the target of bullies at school.  I endured years of emotional and physical abuse from my peers.  I just couldn’t escape conflict.  I felt alone, angry, sad, and afraid for a long time.

But what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger…and smarter. It was a good lesson on how to deal with bullies, because they’ll always be there in one form or another, especially in divorce and the legal field in general. I use many of the skills I learned back then to deal with the bullies today.”

 

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How lawyers can avoid burnout and debilitating anxiety

From ABA Journal authored by Leslie A. Gordon:

“Soon after graduating from New York University School of Law and joining the corporate practice of a white-shoe Manhattan law firm, Will Meyerhofer gained 45 pounds, was sleep-deprived and was frequently sick. “I was a nervous wreck. I was shattered,” says Meyerhofer, who’d also graduated from Harvard. “Even though I got to the very top, I was treated like an idiot and I felt I didn’t belong in the field. I was a mess. At the end of the day, I really only looked forward to seeing my dog.”

Not surprisingly, this experience triggered major anxiety for Meyerhofer, who often found himself “curled up in a ball, crying, losing it.” Even after he left the profession, he had panic dreams about being back at the firm.”

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Mistaken For The Court Reporter: Litigating As A Woman

From Bloomberg Law Big Law Business authored by Stephanie Russell-Kraft:

“Ask a woman in litigation if she’s ever been mistaken for a court reporter, and there’s a good chance she’ll say yes.

Teri Drew, who specializes in the defense of commercial liability claims, said it happened to her just a few months ago.

“I went to a plaintiffs’ firm for a deposition, and the receptionist said, ‘OK you’re going to be in the conference room. You can go in because I know you need to set up.’” Drew recounted to Big Law Business.

“I said, ‘Set up? I’m pretty much good to go.’ And she said, ‘You have to set up your equipment.’ And I said, ‘I don’t have equipment.’ She said, ‘Oh, do you do shorthand?’”

“She thought I was the court reporter,” explained Drew, a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson. Drew estimated that she’s the only woman lawyer in 75 to 80 percent of the cases she handles.

Drew considers herself lucky that her law firm afforded her many opportunities to argue motions and take the lead on cases after she joined in 1987, but she said she knows that’s the exception.”

 

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The Apple Watch And Women Lawyers: The Perfect Match

From Above the Law authored by Nicole Black:

 

“It’s been a little over two years now since the Apple Watch was released. Since then, I’ve noticed it gradually appear on more and more people’s wrists. So it wasn’t all that surprising when I read last week that since launching in 2015, more than 30 million Apple Watches have been shipped. That’s a lot of Watches — no wonder I’m seeing so many Watches “in the wild.”

Gadget geek that I am, I’ve been a fan of the Apple Watch since it was released in 2015. After owning it for a few days, I was already appreciating the many benefits it offered. Interestingly, one of my favorite aspects of owning the Watch was that it helped to untether me from my phone, which in some ways seems counterintuitive. After all, how can adding another gadget to one’s electronic arsenal somehow reduce reliance on tech? And yet, that’s what I discovered after owning the Watch for just one week.

I also noticed that many of the Watch’s features would prove to be particularly useful to women attorneys.”

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Fern L. Holland Memorial Week honors local activist killed in Iraq

From The Joplin Globe authored by Kimberly Barker:

“Attorney and human rights activist Fern Holland will be remembered for her life’s work and the lives she touched with an annual memorial week in her honor that begins Monday.

The week will culminate Saturday with a 5K race named for the local activist from Bluejacket whose life was stripped away at age 33.

“Fern’s main goal in life was justice for humanity,” Community Crisis Center executive director Deedee Cox said. “She was very struck by the great discrepancies in justice for humanity around the globe. Some people have privilege beyond our comprehension, and some people have suffering beyond our comprehension. Reaching out to those who suffered the most was so important to her.”

After graduating from Miami High School, Holland became a successful attorney in Tulsa but felt the need to help others on a global scale.”

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I’m A Woman, Shake My Hand, Damn It

From Adequate Man authored by Catherine LeClair:

“A boozy office party was starting to dwindle, and as the drunker among us were sneaking off to find dark corners and hidden alcohol reserves, the reasonable ones had switched to water. The evening had kicked off early so it felt much later than it actually was. By any standard, it was a Thursday, and we’d all have to be back there the next morning.

My co-worker turned to our group. It was time to go home, he said, and offered our other male co-worker a handshake. Emboldened by beer, I stuck out my hand for a handshake when my turn came. It felt like an act of defiance—partly a joke, because it somehow felt too formal to shake hands with my co-worker, but it was an instigation too, because I didn’t understand exactly why a cross-sex handshake felt so odd. He looked down at my hand and laughed, and then opened his arms for a hug. I laughed too, undercutting my social experiment for fear of embarrassing one or both of us, and accepted the embrace.

The incident wasn’t a big deal; my co-worker is a close enough friend that the hug didn’t feel out of line. But others I’d received in the past from men in professional settings had felt less natural and more invasive, and from talking to other women, I’m definitely not alone.”

 

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