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Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and challenge us when we need to stay on track to achieve the overall company mission – the purpose behind why we do what we do.
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The Fiftyfaces Focus series builds on the successful model of The Fiftyfaces Podcast by showcasing the richness and diversity of the law by focusing on its people and their stories. We meet with people who have had unusual career paths, sometimes visceral experience with discrimination and its fallout, who have had lived experience that informs their perspective and who have displayed resilience and persistence to achieve their goals.
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Episode 21: Maud Sarlieve: Addressing the Environmental and Climate Crisis through Creative Legal Thinking
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Maud Sarlieve is an expert in International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights and a leading authority in the development of creative legal thinking to address the environmental and climate crisis. Her professional commitments and casework have taken her to conflict and post conflict environments in SE Asia, the Middle East,…
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Episode 20: Susan Ahern - Arbitrator: The Sporting Life - The Changing World of Sports Law
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Susan Ahern who is a barrister, international arbitrator and accredited mediator with a specialization in sports law and regulation. She is currently Chair of the Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland, and formerly was General Counsel for World Rugby/ Rugby World Cup limited. She has over 25 years experience as an iNED including RTE, World Wheelcha…
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Episode 19: Karen Killalea of Maples Group Ireland - Trends in Employment Law and other White Knuckle Rides
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Karen Killalea is a Partner and Head of Employment at Maples Group Ireland. She has over 20 years of experience in advising employers on employment law, disputes, change, compliance and HR best practice. Our conversation starts with Karen's thirst for adventure which developed early and she put into action during her college years. We learn about t…
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Episode 18: David Carthy of DLA Piper Ireland: Business Building with a Focus on Values
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David Carthy is Managing Partner Ireland of DLA Piper. He was previously a partner at William Fry in Dublin as well as President of the Irish Exporters Association.. He previously spent over 7 years with the Ireland India Business Association where he spent 5 years as Chairman. Our conversation starts with David's path into law and his early focus …
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In our first legal series of 2023 we are delighted to bring together three voices from the Irish legal scene and one from the UK bar. We discuss the challenge of employment law and its evolution, how to build a branch office of a law firm from scratch through focusing on values, the benefits of professional sport and legal practice and the burgeoni…
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Episode 17: BONUS - Christian Scotland-Williamson: Why the Standard is the Standard - in Professional Rugby, the NFL and life
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Christian Scotland-Williamson is a two sport athlete who played Premiership rugby at a professional level in the UK, and then moved to the US where he played NFL football with the Pittsburgh Steelers. While playing sport he completed an MSc in International Business and he is currently pursuing a course to become a barrister and is a broadcaster fo…
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Building on an understanding of beliefs as foundations for our behavior, Tom, Kyle and Hylton explore how values influence our lives, positively or negatively. This podcast is part two in a series on how our thoughts impact our behavior.
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Episode 12: Nancy Stern - CEO and Board Member of Allston Holdings - Networking and Empathy
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Nancy Stern is CEO and board member at Allston Holdings LLC. She has had a 27 year career starting as a lawyer and transitioning to a financial and business oversight role. In her latest role, which saw her assume the CEO position in 2020, she led a successful sale of that company that closed in 2021. Nancy holds a number of board roles. She was th…
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Episode 14: Kate Colleary of Pembroke Privacy - Why Trust is the New Gold and a Quest to Make the Complex Simple
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Kate Colleary is the director at Pembroke Privacy, a data protection consulting practice, a firm she established in 2019. To assist organizations and their data protection officers achieve compliance with privacy laws. She is the country leader of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as well as a practicing solicitor. Kate …
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Episode 11: Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid of Eversheds Sutherland - Rethinking International Arbitration for a World Worth Living In
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Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid is Global Co-Chair of International Arbitration and Co-head of the Latin American Arbitration practice at Eversheds Sutherland and is based in the New York City area. She is also an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University Law School, a peer review board member of the American Review of International Arbitration, a comm…
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Episode 10: I. Stephanie Boyce, President of the Law Society of England and Wales - Persevering Until Something Happens
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I. Stephanie Boyce is President of the Law Society of England and Wales. She is its 177th President, the sixth female and the first person of color to hold the role. She has had an extensive career in law, including periods of The Pensions Regulator in her own consulting firm, and as a former clerk at the disciplinary and regulatory committees at t…
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Episode 15: Aonghus Kelly - Irish Rule of Law International - On the Law of Cumulative Effect
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Aonghus Kelly is a lawyer who has a focus on the rule of law, international criminal law, human rights and the intersection of those areas with climate justice. He is presently Executive Director at Irish Rule of Law International, (IRLI) which is the legal NGO founded by and representing the bars and law societies from both jurisdictions from the …
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Episode 13: Olga Hancock of The Church Commissioners for England - Sustainability and Progress
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Olga Hancock is Deputy Head of Responsible Investment at The Church Commissioners for England. She also holds a position of chair of the policy committee at the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association, and is co chair of the Indonesia workstream of the Investors Policy Dialogue on Deforestation. She previously worked as a solicitor and st…
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Episode 16: Sheena Buddhev of Eversheds Sutherland - Team Building and the Promise of Digital Justice
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Sheena Buddhdev is a partner at Eversheds Sutherland in their London office, with a practice area focused on complex commercial, business and insolvency disputes in both litigation and arbitration, often with a cross border element. Sheena was born and grew up in North London in an Indian family, who had moved to London from Kenya in the 1960s. She…
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We are delighted to bring you our 2022 Inspiring People in Law series in which we feature eight inspiring lawyers from around the globe. We examine what it is to be an effective lawyer, the importance of networks, of empathy, and sometimes the lack of importance of a standard path or trajectory. We listen to guests who have taken a path less travel…
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How Beliefs influence Reality
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Explore the realm of beliefs- our accumulated thoughts in an area - and how they influence life, work and happiness. Join Tom and Hylton as they take on the challenge of thinking more effectively.Focused People által
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Tom, Kyle and Hylton explore accepting ourselves, but also growing, with side-tracks that speak to THAT slap and other emotional intelligence challenges.Focused People Consulting által
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Episode 8: Richard Daly - Technology Enables A Vision for Change
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Richard Daly is an executive officer in the Irish Department of Defence. A lawschool classmate of mine, Richard graduated from Trinity College Dublin with an LLB in 1995. Richard has been completely blind from birth and we discuss his early education at St. Joseph's school for the blind and his subsequent pursuit of legal studies. We first look at …
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How Leaders unlock Collaboration
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Kyle and Hylton overcome woodpeckers, hadedas and dogs as they explore how leaders can facilitate collaboration in the hybrid modern work environment.Focused People Consulting által
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S1, Ep8: Winning Awards, Tenders & Funding your growth with Rachel Hayward (Ask the Chameleon/Swap Shop)
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Welcome to the People Focus Podcast, with Gary Parsons from Talk Staff. Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and c…
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Whether we are rushing towards Christmas or pushing on to greater heights of performance, we need to embrace the pause. In music, notes are clarified by the spaces between them. Join Kyle, Tom and Hylton as they preview practical ways to inject this life skill into our daily lives.Focused People Consulting által
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Ownership is key to thriving in life and business. Kyle, Tom and Hylton chat about how to develop and it in self and others.Focused People Consulting által
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Stress is a near-constant companion, but we often don't use the tools at our disposal to minimize its effects on our work and well-being. Tom and Hylton are joined by Kyle, who leaves to deal with some work stress and returns victorious. Another real conversation captured on the fly and shared to inspire growth.…
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S1, Ep7: Building a strong professional network benefits EVERYONE, with Fiona Duncan-Steer of RSViP
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Welcome to the People Focus Podcast, with Gary Parsons from Talk Staff. Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and c…
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S1, Ep6: There are a lot of positive growth stories out there , with Chris Pook of D2N2 Growth Hub
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Welcome to the People Focus Podcast, with Gary Parsons from Talk Staff. Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and c…
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S1, Ep5: An open culture of sharing financial information - Serena Humphrey - The F word.
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Welcome to the People Focus Podcast, with Gary Parsons from Talk Staff. Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and c…
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S1, Ep4: 14 Years, 2 buy outs & several mergers = 3500 colleagues - Caroline Filer of Idverde
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Welcome to the People Focus Podcast, with Gary Parsons from Talk Staff. Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and c…
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Emotional Intelligence in Business
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Tom, Kyle and Hylton explore how EI trumps BI and even AI when it comes to the people side of business. Recorded "on the road" between travels, this focused conversation highlights the value of self-awareness and the application of the insights gained.Focused People Consulting által
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S1, Ep3: Modern Slavery - We HAD to do something about it! - Sally Murray of Just-Ice
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Welcome to the People Focus Podcast, with Gary Parsons from Talk Staff. Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and c…
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S1, Ep1: Celebrating 12 years with Gary & David (Talk Staff)
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Welcome to the People Focus Podcast, with Gary Parsons from Talk Staff. Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and c…
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S1, Ep2: Culture helps us make better decisions together, with Julio Taylor of Hallam
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Welcome to the People Focus Podcast, with Gary Parsons from Talk Staff. Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and c…
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7. Dennis Archer - Leadership, Service and a Powerful Legacy
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Dennis Archer has had a legendary career, as a lawyer, then as a judge on the Michigan Supreme Court and as mayor of Detroit from 1994 – 2001, and he was the first black head of the ABA. He is currently Chairman Emeritus at Dickinson Wright, a Detroit law firm, in addition to multiple Committee and Board Roles. With such an extensive resume it was …
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6. Carolyn Saunders - The Art of Playing Many Parts
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All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts. ~William Shakespeare Carolyn Saunders is a Partner and Head of Pensions at Pinsent Masons, one of the largest specialist pensions law teams in the UK. She focuses not just on traditional areas of pe…
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Welcome to the People Focus Podcast, with Gary Parsons from Talk Staff.Join us as we celebrate the most important asset that we all have – our people – the people that help keep our businesses running each and every day, the people that motivate us when times are hard, help us make decisions that don’t always feel like they’re the right ones and ch…
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5. Kip Hale: Accountability and Progress - a Career in International Law
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Kip Hale is an attorney specializing in atrocity crimes accountability, specifically investigating such crimes in conflict zones. He has spent time as Senior Counsel at the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights, and as an attorney at the UN tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Cambodia. We start with his upbringing in Colorado, and ho…
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Why do some athletes "choke" on the big stage? How do business professionals avoid debilitating fear in important presentations? Tom and Hylton explore how to overcome these anxious moments and offer insights into their own struggles and successes.Focused People Consulting által
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4. Dr. Margaret Casely-Hayford, CBE - A Renaissance Career for a Changing World
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Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford, CBE is Chancellor of Coventry University, a role she has held for close to 4 years. She has had an extensive career in law, having been a partner at Dentons for close to 20 years, and has held roles as NED of the NHS, as a Special Trustee at Great Ormond Street Hospital Childrens’ Charity, Chair at Shakespeares’ Globe, a…
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3. Perry Zizzi - International Adventures in Corporate Law
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Perry Zizzi is a Managing Partner at Dentons based in Bucharest, Romania, and he has worked in corporate law since the mid 1990s, when we met as office mates in a midtown Manhattan law firm Debevoise & Plimpton. He is the President, Founder and Board Member of the Romanian Diversity Chamber of Commerce. Our trip down memory lane starts with Perry's…
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2. Judge Victoria Kolakowski - Authenticity on the Bench
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The Honorable Judge Victoria Kolakowski, is a judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County, in the Bay Area of California and in November 2010 she was the first Transgender person to be elected a Trial Judge. Judge Kolakowski is a committed advocate for transgender people and makes herself available throughout the United States and internationally…
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1. Walter H. White, Jr. - From the Knee of MLK to the Paths of World Leaders
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Walter White is an international business and finance lawyer, most recently with the London office of McGuireWoods, now retired and working on a number of projects. He is a committed human rights advocate and active participant in the American Bar Association’s Section on Civil Rights & Social Justice (https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/) in r…
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While the original Fiftyfaces podcast series focused on investors, as a former lawyer myself, I wanted to do the same for members of the legal profession, which suffers from some of the same perceived lack of diversity and representation. In this series, co-hosted by Patrick Devitt, we have assembled a group of seven diverse lawyers, each with fasc…
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Overcoming the "you" that holds you back.Focused People Consulting által
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Bonus Episode: Judge Victoria Kolakowski - Authenticity on the Bench
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In this very special bonus episode of The Fiftyfaces Podcast we provide a preview of our next spin-off series Fiftyfaces Focus - Inspiring People in the law. The Honorable Judge Victoria Kolakowski, is a judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County, in the Bay Area of California and in November 2010 she was the first Transgender person to be elect…
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The Team explore how gratitude influences both personal and business outcomes.Focused People Consulting által
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Kyle, Tom and Hylton confront the challenges of pandemic fatigue and share insights that have helped them through this difficult time.Focused People Consulting által
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Leading in the Real World
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We share experiences of leading ourselves and others, in the midst of a pandemic, with children nearby and guests to follow.Focused People Consulting által
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