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April 29, 2025

Ep. 40 - Beyond the Briefs: Business Books Every Lawyer Should Read

Marc’s Top 10 Books, Ten Books for a Better Law Practice (And Business), Ten Books to Grow Your Firm Are you taking business advice from outside of the legal world? In today’s episode, Marc presents his top ten books for growing your law firm. True to character, he has broken…

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April 27, 2025

When Lawyers Lose It: Emotional Intelligence on Trial

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April 24, 2025

From Parenting to Partner: How EQ Shapes Leaders

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April 23, 2025

Balancing Logic and Emotion: A Lawyer's Guide to Effective Listening

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April 22, 2025

Soft Skills, Hard Truths: Emotional Intelligence in Law Firms

Sometimes, the soft skills are the hard skills. While emotional intelligence may seem like a fluffy concept, it can have real benefits in your practice. In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc and Diana discuss (and debate) the importance of emotional intelligence in law firms, particularly in your leadership…

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April 22, 2025

Ep. 39 - Soft Skills, Hard Truths: Emotional Intelligence in Law Firms

Is People Intelligence, Getting Emotional: Improve Your Firm’s EQ Sometimes, the soft skills are the hard skills. While emotional intelligence may seem like a fluffy concept, it can have real benefits in your practice. In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Marc and Diana discuss (and debate) the importance of…

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April 20, 2025

Books to Optimize Your Firm

Watch The Full Episode for more insights: The Successful Barrister - Ep 37 #owner #businessowner #lawfirm #lawyer #barrister Check us out on Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, just simply type in "The Successful Barrister Show" 🎙 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/74zqWxEvZBHVW5rSPNr7XD?si=_bAxtelvRSSlkfTQ4Aj9Kg

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April 17, 2025

Taking the Helm: Leadership Lessons from the Interview Room

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April 16, 2025

Beyond the Billable Hour: Leading with Emotional Intelligence

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April 15, 2025

Ten Books to Optimize Your Firm

In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Diana Berry presents a list of her top ten book recommendations for law firms. From general business tips to books specific to firms, Diana covers books that have helped her gain a better understanding of Marc Whitehead & Associates and her role at…

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April 15, 2025

Ep. 38 - Ten Books to Optimize Your Firm

In this episode of the Successful Barrister, Diana Berry presents a list of her top ten book recommendations for law firms. From general business tips to books specific to firms, Diana covers books that have helped her gain a better understanding of Marc Whitehead & Associates and her role at…

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April 13, 2025

Promoting Without Preparing: The Hidden Risk in Your Firm

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April 10, 2025

Outsource It: Why Doing It All Is Holding You Back

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April 9, 2025

The Executive’s Guide to Time: Planning, Priorities, and Leadership

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April 8, 2025

Sharpening Your Leadership Skills

Are you an effective executive? If you’re not sure, or even if you think you are, you can learn something from this episode of the Successful Barrister. In this conversation, Marc and Diana discuss leadership skills as conceptualized by Peter Drucker in his book The Effective Executive. Importantly, Drucker conceptualizes…

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April 8, 2025

Ep. 37 - Sharpening Your Leadership Skills

Are you an effective executive? If you’re not sure, or even if you think you are, you can learn something from this episode of the Successful Barrister. In this conversation, Marc and Diana discuss leadership skills as conceptualized by Peter Drucker in his book The Effective Executive. Importantly, Drucker conceptualizes…

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April 6, 2025

The Power of Thinking Ahead: The Decision That Paid Off

Watch The Full Episode for more insights: The Successful Barrister - Ep 36 #owner #businessowner #lawfirm #lawyer #barrister Check us out on Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, just simply type in "The Successful Barrister Show" 🎙 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cOygg02JeqyEpmlm2pCvi?si=Vzd01RaIRayjvnY4A4AD2A

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April 3, 2025

Building Your Legal Network: The Power of Paralegals

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April 2, 2025

From Paper to Pixels: The Evolution of Law Practice

Watch The Full Episode for more insights: The Successful Barrister - Ep 36 #owner #businessowner #lawfirm #lawyer #barrister Check us out on Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, just simply type in "The Successful Barrister Show" 🎙 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cOygg02JeqyEpmlm2pCvi?si=Vzd01RaIRayjvnY4A4AD2A

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April 1, 2025

How To Keep an Employee for Thirty Years

How do you retain your top talent? Fostering working relationships that last can be complicated, but Marc has worked with his paralegal Mel for thirty years, so he must be doing something right. On this first-ever guest cohost episode of Successful Barrister, Marc and Mel discuss why Mel stay for…

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April 1, 2025

Ep. 36 - How To Keep an Employee for Thirty Years

Thirty-Year Working Relationship! How do you retain your top talent? Fostering working relationships that last can be complicated, but Marc has worked with his paralegal Mel for thirty years, so he must be doing something right. On this first-ever guest cohost episode of Successful Barrister, Marc and Mel discuss why…

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March 30, 2025

Profit vs. Purpose: Do They Have to Be Separate?

Watch The Full Episode for more insights: The Successful Barrister - Ep 35 #owner #businessowner #lawfirm #lawyer #barrister Check us out on Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, just simply type in "The Successful Barrister Show" 🎙 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FfIUGzXKH791P1Lm2LZwd?si=-kfGzQZ0RUeBz5W4K0EDkg

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March 27, 2025

Unlock Your Legal Potential: Atticus Workshop Coming Soon!

Watch The Full Episode for more insights: The Successful Barrister - Ep 35 #owner #businessowner #lawfirm #lawyer #barrister Check us out on Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, just simply type in "The Successful Barrister Show" 🎙 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FfIUGzXKH791P1Lm2LZwd?si=-kfGzQZ0RUeBz5W4K0EDkg

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March 26, 2025

Build Your Legacy with the Infinite Game

In some ways, business can feel like a sport – there’s players, strategy, and to an extent, rules to play by to be successful. However, unlike a sport, business is not static; it does not have set p-layers, a set length, or an endpoint. In this episode, Marc and Diana…

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