Keep Going - Building Resilience Today for Tomorrow - Guest: Antonio Urdaneta - July 10, 2020

07/10/20 • 39 min

Keep Going - Building Resilience Today for Tomorrow

In this Episode, we interview returning Guest Toronto Employment and Labour lawyer Antonio F. Urdaneta about resilience and what steps he has taken to pivot his practice during the Covid Pandemic. Antonio helps business leaders to reduce the inherent threats of workplace relations, including lay offs and managing infectious diseases, by advising, training, investigating, and litigating employment and labour legal challenges. He is active in the community and sits on the Canadian Hispanic Bar Association, Board of Directors.

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Keep Going - Building Resilience Today for Tomorrow - Guest: Lori Anne Thomas - June 26, 2020

In today’s episode we talk with Lori Anne Thomas. Lori is a Toronto lawyer who has been a sole practitioner in her firm Thomas Defence practicising criminal law and Law Society of Ontario regulatory defence work since 2015. Lori is also President of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers and is a frequent guest speaker and lecturer at various universities and continuing education programs. Lori joins us to discuss resilience from her unique perspective and to describe what she is doing to stay resilient and prepare for the new normal.

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Keep Going - Building Resilience Today for Tomorrow - Guest: Randall Kiser - August 21, 2020

In today's episode, I chat with Randall Kiser. Mr. Kiser is an internationally recognized authority on professional performance and the author of four books. His most recent book, American Law Firms in Transition: Trends, Threats and Strategies, was released by the American Bar Association in April 2019. Two years earlier, Cambridge University Press published his groundbreaking book, Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer. His previous books, Beyond Right and Wrong: The Power of Effective Decision Making For Attorneys and Clients and How Leading Lawyers Think: Expert Insights Into Judgment and Advocacy are cited by practitioners and scholars in North America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Kiser discusses why resilience is often lacking in lawyers and offers some excellent tips on how to acquire it.