Sep 15 2023 43 mins
Today’s guest is Laura Terrell, an executive coach with over twenty-five years of experience as a legal and business leader.
Prior to coaching, she was a Special Assistant to the President at the White House, a senior level appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice, an equity partner in two large, global law firms, and in-house counsel at a publicly traded company.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How to be brave in your career moves
- That taking a risk to do something different teaches you that there’s not one “right” path
- Laura’s moves between private and public sector work
- Laura’s advice on moving into government
- How Laura enjoys the business side of practice and sees that it’s an area lawyers need support navigating
- Understanding what the long game at big firm actually looks like
- How to make informed decisions and not be an ostrich with your head in the sand
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Connect with Laura!
Website: https://www.lauraterrell.com