Building a Culture of Psychological Safety & Belonging in Legal Practice

Please join us for this four-part series designed to help lawyers and legal professionals avoid burnout and increase resilience — improving individual well-being, decision-making and client service. The once-a-month sessions are designed to build skills over time. However, the series is structured so that you may attend sessions individually as well.

In the first part of the series, “Building a Culture of Psychological Safety & Belonging in Legal Practice,” Paula Davis will discuss how the foundation of high-performing and resilient teams is psychological safety. It’s the belief that you can show up to work as your authentic self, ask tough questions, disagree, and propose innovative ideas without fear that you will be singled out, penalized or thought less of for doing so. This session will also:

• Provide strategies for lawyers to develop this competency both for in-person and virtual/hybrid teams.
• Talk about the science of belonging and why it’s a critical psychological need to develop at work
• Discuss how to build “humble curiosity” — listening to learn perspective that deepens relationships versus listening to fix or listening to win (which are common listening styles that lawyers use)
• Teach a fun framework to help solidify strong relationships (at work and outside of work), which is based on capitalizing on shared good news and success.

The other three sessions are:

• "Leveraging Mental Strength in Your Law Practice" on Tuesday, December 13, 2022
• "Building Stress Awareness & Understanding Burnout for Lawyers" on Tuesday, January 10, 2023
• "Staying Motivated & Engaged in Your Law Practice" on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

Note that you need to register individually for each session. Please scroll down for this session's registration link.

If you cannot make one of the sessions, a recording will be available to watch for CLE credit for 30 days after each live program date. Email CLE@faegredrinker.com to request access.

All sessions are led by Paula Davis, JD, MAPP, a guest lecturer for the Wharton School Executive Education programs, and also a two-time recipient of the distinguished teaching award from the Medical College of Wisconsin. All registered participants will receive a copy of Paula’s book, Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being & Resilience, which was the #1 best-selling title in 2021 for her publisher, the Wharton School Press.

About Paula Davis

Paula Davis JD, MAPP, is founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute, which partners with organizations to help reduce burnout and build resilience at the team, leader and organizational levels. Paula earned her master’s degree in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania after practicing law for seven years. As part of her post-graduate training, Paula was selected to be part of the University of Pennsylvania faculty teaching and training resilience skills to soldiers for the Army’s Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness program, one of only three lawyers in the world selected and trained to do so. The Penn team trained more than 40,000 soldiers and their family members in resilience skills. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Paula is also a contributor to Forbes, Fast Company and Psychology Today. To learn more about Paula and her work, please visit the Stress and Resilience Institute website. 

Questions? Please contact Courtney Wylie.

Note that you need to register individually for each session. Please scroll down for this session's registration link.