Author: Renske

I keep coming back to the concept of the insecure overachiever as something that deserves more attention than it is getting. Without being consciously aware, overachievers make self-acceptance dependent on external achievements: a never-ending exercise as self-acceptance is not the product of external factors. Amongst professional services providers, this term can be used as a joke, a justification for a certain way of doing things and sometimes as a badge of honour: “This is how we are: insecure overachievers. Maybe not ideal, but it definitely has its upsides.”  Professional service providers, and lawyers in particular, suffer from mental health issues more than the average population. A survey done in 2021 by ALM Intelligence as part of the Law.com’s Minds Over […]

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘the great attrition’ has been an important topic. As with any crisis, this is also an era of great opportunity: opportunity for change. Moving away from ‘the great attrition’ and towards ‘great opportunity’, requires us to engage in ‘the great conversation’. Once we start investing in truly understanding each other, through dialogue and from a place of curiosity, that’s where the real magic happens. Now, more than ever, we are working together with people that are unlike us. First of all, there are four generations interacting in the workplace: boomers, Gen X, millennials and Gen Z. Without tarring everyone with the same brush, each generation has a certain way of looking at the world as a […]