S4 EP5 - Becoming "Professional": How to Look, Sound, Act and Feel like a Professional

Nov 17, 2025
37 mins

Episode Description

Guest: Paul Lewis, Firmwide Managing Partner of Linklaters


If you do not fit the conventional image of an elite professional, how do you persuade others that you are, and how do you learn to feel like one?


Paul and Laura discuss his own very personal experiences of “becoming professional”. What can be done to help people from non-professional backgrounds to thrive within elite professional organisations?


Website: https://www.lauraempson.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadingProfessionals

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/professor-laura-empson-69820773/

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