Training and independent support for lawyers and law firms
We help you handle the moments that shape careers, culture and risk with the clarity, confidence and tools that last
Where is your organisation on the Slippery Slope®?
Most serious organisational problems don’t start out big. They start as small issues that build and escalate.
Each one has a back story.
A stretched leader. A risky behaviour that becomes normalised. An issue that isn’t recognised, raised or resolved.
Left alone, these moments don’t magically turn themselves around. Instead, they continue to build and have consequences.
The organisations that manage this well understand that the earlier they act, the more options they have, the more control they retain and the lower the cost. They create cultures that prevent problems, act early and learn the right lessons from mistakes.
Too often, organisations don’t realise where they are on the slope until it’s too late.
The Slippery Slope® Map helps you step back, recognise patterns and better understand where your organisation sits across nine areas that shape culture, performance, careers, risk and reputations.
Whether you have responsibility for your organisation’s culture or simply want to understand the culture you experience every day better, the Slippery Slope® Map is designed to help you organise your thinking and start better conversations.
It takes five minutes. Your results are immediate.
The Slippery Slope®
What people say
Law’s challenges
Law can be brilliant — and relentlessly demanding. We know because we’ve lived it.
For lawyers, it’s excellence under scrutiny. For leaders, it’s responsibility without margin for error. For support professionals, it’s high expectations with limited control.
When pivotal moments are missed or mishandled, risk escalates.
How we help
Sustainable legal careers and sustainable law firms are built deliberately. We help lawyers and firms get the pivotal moments that shape careers, culture and risk right.
Through sharp-end insight and practical tools, we strengthen judgement, leadership and trust — while reducing avoidable harm. Performance strengthens. Exposure reduces.
For individuals
Be A Happy Lawyer®
Enjoy the fulfilling career you deserve.
Designed by lawyers and experts from leading firms, this programme gives early-career lawyers the tools, community, and coaching to thrive.
Law is unique and so is this programme. Get expert career support when it matters most. Learn strategies to accelerate success, tackle challenges, and make smart choices. Access tools alumni call a “cheat code,” plus peer support and confidential coaching. Make meaningful progress towards your goal — or your money back.
For firms
Training
Generic tick-box training doesn’t work.
In law, surface level training doesn’t land. The bright and busy tune out, leaving key gaps in their ability to manage people, situations and themselves.
Our sessions are practical, credible, and address the real challenges firms face. People leave with simple, powerful and life-long tools. They are so engaging, time flies and we’re often told they don’t feel like training at all. The lasting impact is felt in improved culture, productivity and performance, and reduced risk and wasted time.
Individual support
We do more than coach.
We specialise in the turning points that define career, commercial and compliance outcomes. Our conversations turn these moments into progress.
Sounding Boards are coaching-based conversations to take stock and reach goals, with the option of using our practical tools.
Executive Reviews are for Employee Relations situations. Not coaching, an expert review helps make sure that the right lessons are learnt.
Or you can sponsor your early career talent on Be A Happy Lawyer®.
What changes
Every challenge we tackle starts with a problem you know all too well. Here’s what shifts when we work together:
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For individual lawyers | we fill the information gaps that hold you back. You get clearer insight into your situation, your impact, and your options so you can move forward with confidence and control.
For firms | we help make sure issues are resolved effectively at the lowest possible level and, if there is a red flag, that correct action is taken. You get less noise, effective controls, and stronger outcomes.
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For individual lawyers | you learn how to navigate tricky situations without fear of missteps, protecting your performance, prospects and peace of mind.
For firms | unaddressed or mishandled issues like harassment or misconduct affect trust, talent, time, money and reputations. We equip your people so doing the right thing is clear and easy.
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For individual lawyers | you rediscover why you chose law, and learn how to make it sustainable, so the career you’ve worked hard for actually feels worth it. Or try another direction.
For firms | retain talent by giving them the tools to thrive, and not merely survive, in high-pressure environments.
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For individual lawyers | you stop running to stand still, and start steering your career, making choices that align with your goals, not just the next deadline
For firms | leadership, Legal and HR stop being the clean-up crew. Our programmes build organisational capability so problems don’t escalate, and your time is freed for high value work.
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For individual lawyers | you gain the unexplained information and untaught skills for how to succeed without losing yourself, so you can thrive in a demanding culture without compromising who you are.
For firms | we help leaders bridge inter-generational gaps, aligning expectations, improving communication, and reducing issues and attrition.
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For individual lawyers | you turn setbacks into growth, drawing a line and building resilience and clarity for the next challenge.
For firms | when something goes wrong, we help you learn the right lessons fast, through discreet, expert-led Executive Reviews that reduce repeat risk and move forward positively.
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For individual lawyers | you learn how to manage expectations, feedback, and your own performance, so you can accelerate your own progress whatever your situation.
For firms | we equip seniors to supervise well, giving them the skills to get the best from their people, to address performance concerns early, to get back on track or to avoid a messy situation.
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For individual lawyers | you gain the strategies and confidence to share ideas, raise concerns or set boundaries without damaging your standing.
For firms | we help you build a culture where you hear what you need to know early doors, improving productivity, reducing risk and strengthening trust.
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For individual lawyers | you get practical strategies that work in your world, not boilerplate answers or empty rhetoric. Tools you can apply tomorrow to handle pressure, people and politics.
For firms | no more training or coaching people endure and forget. We deliver law-specific interventions that engage even the sceptics, so people get what they actually need. No fluff, just consistently impactful interventions.
Are we for real?
You don’t need to take our word for it, you can check out our bios and case studies. Listen to what Be A Happy Lawyer® alumni say.
Read what industry leaders think at Baker McKenzie, Freshfields, Lewis Silkin, and elsewhere.
If it works in law, it will work elsewhere: look at Apple, CFC, Shaftesbury Capital’s experience, for example. Or get in touch.
Reflect on your work.
Help make it better.
We’re developing a new work navigation tool, and you can help shape it while it’s still taking form. The final tool will give you clear, practical insight into your situation at work — and how well it’s really working for you.
Your input will shape a tool grounded in the reality of working life.
Why take part
See your work more clearly — The questions are designed to spark insight and help you reflect on how work is really going. Many people have already found it useful.
Influence the design — Your input helps make the tool scientifically robust and genuinely useful. Tell us what resonates, what doesn’t, and what you think we’re missing so we can close any gaps.
Make an impact beyond your own workplace — For every completed survey, we’ll donate £1 to the Children & Young People’s Cancer Association in memory of Helena McLean (up to £1,000). If we reach our target of 500 responses, we’ll double the donation.
What’s involved
Complete the survey — It takes around 20 minutes and works best on a PC screen. You can pause, save progress, and return at any time. Responses are anonymous, GDPR-compliant, and securely handled.
Share your feedback — At the end of the survey, you’ll have the chance to share thoughts, ideas and reflections that will directly shape the final version.
Help us reach the right breadth of voices — Please share this invitation with others if you can. The more varied the responses, the better the tool will be. Our aim is 500 people across different roles, sectors and locations.
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