Stress and Burnout in Law Firms: Leadership Challenges and Choices

Legal services organizations worldwide recognize that dealing with stress and burnout is not just the individual lawyer's responsibility. This practical guide encourages lawyers, leaders, and managers to be more aware of stress-producing factors in the workplace and apply practical responses to minimize excessive stress or distress. Written by a world-renowned counseling psychologist, it focuses on actions that any leader and legal services organization can begin to use immediately to invest in the well-being of their people, positively impacting workplace culture, professional relationships, firm reputation, talent retention, and profitability.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 09 June 2022
Publisher: Globe Law and Business

Legal services organizations worldwide are increasingly acknowledging that managing stress and burnout is not solely the individual lawyer's responsibility. The prevention and mitigation of excessive stress in the legal workplace are now recognized as critical management responsibilities. This expectation holds significant measurable implications and consequences for managing partners, general counsel, and other leaders. This practical guide urges lawyers, leaders, and managers to be more attentive to stress-producing factors in the workplace and to employ more effective practical responses and methods in the unique context of legal practice in today's often intense and highly competitive environment. Specifically crafted for professional colleagues who strive to work together for a common cause, this guide aims to raise awareness about wellness needs and minimize excessive stress or distress in the legal workplace, positively impacting workplace culture, professional relationships, firm reputation, talent retention, and profitability. Authored by a world-renowned counseling psychologist with over twenty-five years of exclusive experience working with individuals and organizations in the legal services industry, this guide emphasizes actionable strategies rather than theoretical concepts and philosophies. It provides practical insights and techniques that any leader and legal services organization can immediately implement to make sustainable investments in the well-being of their people.

Dimension: 297 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787428607