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How do I manage and lead my team remotely?
September 29, 2020
How do I manage and lead my team remotely?
September 29, 2020

Managing or leading your team remotely has never been as necessary as it is now. Find out the advice given to this junior partner of how to lead with confidence when office working is not an option.

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September 29, 2020
 

What happens when this gets missed - and why this point in the year matters
What happens when this gets missed - and why this point in the year matters

National Stress Awareness week had the theme of Optimising Employee Wellbeing through Strategic Stress Management, which I beleive is key to to ensuring stress management in law is strategic and prioritised.

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Vikki PratleyJune 5, 2026
Why your high performers don’t switch off - and what that’s really costing the business
Why your high performers don’t switch off - and what that’s really costing the business

Stress management is a strategic decision for high performance that is healthy and we can sustain.

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Vikki PratleyMay 10, 2026
What your utilisation figures are already telling you... and how leaders might be interpreting it differently
What your utilisation figures are already telling you... and how leaders might be interpreting it differently

National Stress Awareness week had the theme of Optimising Employee Wellbeing through Strategic Stress Management, which I beleive is key to to ensuring stress management in law is strategic and prioritised.

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Vikki PratleyApril 26, 2026
From Burnout to Balance: Why Law Needs Strategic Stress Management
From Burnout to Balance: Why Law Needs Strategic Stress Management

National Stress Awareness week had the theme of Optimising Employee Wellbeing through Strategic Stress Management, which I beleive is key to to ensuring stress management in law is strategic and prioritised.

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Vikki PratleyNovember 16, 2025
Successfully managing stress for strategic high performance
Successfully managing stress for strategic high performance

Stress management is a strategic decision for high performance that is healthy and we can sustain.

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Vikki PratleyNovember 7, 2025
The Masks We Wear at Work (and How to Choose Them Well)
The Masks We Wear at Work (and How to Choose Them Well)

Thinking about what our personality preferences are and how we can dial into other energies to help us to reach our goals.

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Vikki PratleyNovember 2, 2025
Halloween, masks… and your people at work
Halloween, masks… and your people at work

We often wear masks at Halloween but what about at work?

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Vikki PratleyOctober 31, 2025
Holding steady when the juggle is real
Holding steady when the juggle is real

Holding steady when the juggle is real - whether you’re the one in the office or the parent juggling parental duties - the struggle is real.

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Vikki PratleyOctober 24, 2025
Issue 18 | The Half-Term Juggle: How Leaders Show Up Under Pressure
Issue 18 | The Half-Term Juggle: How Leaders Show Up Under Pressure

A senior lawyer - often found herself snapping in meetings. This is what we can do.

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Vikki PratleyOctober 19, 2025
For the leader who carries so much
For the leader who carries so much

For the leader who carries so much. What’s the cost of being dependable and pushing through? A slice of £54bn!

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Vikki PratleyOctober 17, 2025
"I wanted to believe in myself again…” a client said to me
"I wanted to believe in myself again…” a client said to me

“I wanted to believe in myself again…” a client said to me. Spoiler: She created it!

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Vikki PratleyOctober 10, 2025
Issue 17 | “Coping” is costing your firm more than you think
Issue 17 | “Coping” is costing your firm more than you think

High performers don’t usually fall apart overnight. The signs are visible long before - but too often they’re missed or excused. Here’s why that blind spot is costing law firms, and what People Directors can do about it.

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Vikki PratleyOctober 5, 2025
 The real cost of saying yes
The real cost of saying yes

Are boundaries selfish? Or essential to performance?

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Vikki PratleyOctober 3, 2025
Seasons shift - how steady are you feeling?
Seasons shift - how steady are you feeling?

Autumn brings change - and in law firms, pressure. The ones carrying the most are often closest to burnout. Here’s a simple way to steady the curve

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Vikki PratleySeptember 25, 2025
Signs that you might be burning out
Signs that you might be burning out
Vikki PratleySeptember 12, 2025
Want to get better at identifying Stress in yourself and others?
Want to get better at identifying Stress in yourself and others?
Vikki PratleySeptember 5, 2025
Struggling with self-kindness? Here's a starting point
Struggling with self-kindness? Here's a starting point
Vikki PratleyAugust 29, 2025
Stressed by lack of autonomy? Feeling out of control?
Stressed by lack of autonomy? Feeling out of control?
Vikki PratleyAugust 22, 2025
How change and performance play out - the negative can be a gain!
How change and performance play out - the negative can be a gain!
Vikki PratleyAugust 15, 2025
Exhausted but cannot sleep?
Exhausted but cannot sleep?
Vikki PratleyAugust 8, 2025
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