Leaders must ‘embody’ their ideal culture

Positive wellness in legal leaders can impact an overall team’s mental health and prevent burnout, while exhausted leaders can result in micromanaging and lower team productivity. Here, leaders reflect on how important wellness is for leaders, as well as how it can positively or negatively impact the firm’s overall culture.

Poor mental health and being overworked in the legal profession remain all too common, with lawyers working upwards of 50 hours a week this time last year and the vast majority being “very exhausted”.