PWE052 Discussing the T-Shaped lawyer with Peter Conner
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Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E052
Interview - Peter Connor
Key takeaway: Peter discusses his legal career, first in a variety of business settings and then running his own company. He describes the T-Shaped Lawyer concept and why he believes it is a great way for lawyers to deliver value to their businesses in turbulent times.
Topics covered in this video:
- Peter takes us through his background and professional career
- How the landscape for lawyers is changing
- How Peter wrote his first book, and his experience publishing
- The use of expertise vs. storytelling in writing
- Why it helps an expert (such as a lawyer) to be thinking of how to help the business more broadly and not to focus only on their area of expertise
- Lawyer’s duties to the company, the role of incentives
- T-shaped individuals and T-shaped team framework
- Why this is more than a question of new skills
- Skills as distinguished from capabilities (competencies, qualities, mindsets)
- The importance of vision
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