Pioneers and Pathfinders: Dr. Heidi Gardner

Welcome to the premiere episode of Pioneers and Pathfinders. Today’s guest is Dr. Heidi Gardner, is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession and Faculty Chair of the school’s Accelerated Leadership Program and Sector Leadership Masterclass. She is also the best-selling author of Smart Collaboration and noted thought leader on the topics of collaboration, lateral hiring, in-house legal teams, leadership, and performance.

Dr. Gardner couldn’t be more representative of the pioneers and pathfinders this podcast will host. Her life’s work creates a roadmap for collaboration among lawyers who are by both disposition and training, highly autonomous. Dr. Gardner and Steve jump right in with a discussion of how working virtually has enhanced collaboration then move through the genesis of her scholarship, specific barriers to collaboration in legal, and the erosion of trust during the pandemic. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did.

Related Links: 

• Dr. Gardner’s Consultancy, Gardner & Co. 
• Dr. Gardner on LinkedIn 
• Dr. Gardner on Twitter
• Smart Collaboration on Amazon
• Recent HBR article on the erosion of trust during WFH 
• Smart Collaboration Accelerator

 

About Pioneers and Pathfinders

Pioneers and Pathfinders is our newest podcast about the people driving change in the legal industry. Interviews will focus on how the unique journeys of our guests inform their thinking about the profession, the business of law, the solutions they create, and where the industry is going next. The podcast will feature people from multiple backgrounds and perspectives drawn from a number of areas including talent, technology, diversity and inclusion, social justice, education, training, and the business of law

The host of Pioneers and Pathfinders is our own J. Stephen Poor, chair emeritus and co-lead of Seyfarth Labs. Steve brings his own experience as a legal industry pioneer to these conversations, resulting in insights that are both fascinating and instructive.

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