Imposter Syndrome (webinar)

Maya Angelou, despite writing eleven books, winning a plethora of awards and receiving over 50 honorary degrees, felt doubt that she had truly earned her accomplishments as one of the most influential memoirists and activists in history. Achievements of her calibre are unique, but her feelings of self-doubt and trepidation are certainly not so- many of us feel this same doubt that we have earned our successes. This is known as ‘impostor syndrome’, and in this panel discussion we will look in more depth at this challenge, and how it can be faced

Speakers:

Somaya Ouazzani – Mimoza Fleur

Somaya is the founder of Mimoza Fleur, a boutique search firm specialising in the recruitment of senior legal professionals within the City’s top law firms. Her work is sector specific and partner focused. Mimoza Fleur is quickly becoming one of the best known names in the partner search market and Somaya’s work has a particular emphasis on leveraging high quality senior associates into ‘day one’ partner opportunities. Prior to her career in recruitment, Somaya worked for many years in the City as a divorce litigator for HNW individuals and clients of media interest and as a teaching fellow at University College London. Somaya’s work has a particular emphasis on diversity and inclusivity at a senior level within the legal industry.

Hannah Beko – gunnercooke

Hannah is a commercial property lawyer with gunnercooke and the founder of coaching and training consultancy Authentically Speaking, dedicated to changing the culture in the legal industry so that stress isn’t just accepted as part and parcel of the job. She works within the legal profession to encourage the improvement of key skills such as stress leadership, and becoming more authentic as lawyers. She is also a podcast host, author of upcoming The Authentic Lawyer and co-author of Future Proof Your Legal Career