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Workplace Happiness 101 Roundtable

Event date: 14 May @12:30am-2:00pm
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Wellbeing is now a common topic on the management agenda but does your firm really know why it is important to walk the walk and not just talk the talk when it comes to the wellbeing of your workforce? People are essential to the legal services industry and having a happy, motivated and loyal workforce is key to the success of your firm in terms of recruitment, retention and productivity.

Carly wants to take conversations about workplace happiness out of the wellbeing box and into the boardroom, to help leaders see happiness as a driver of success and help them create an environment where everyone can thrive.

Join us for this informative and collaborative roundtable to see how Carly can make a difference to your firm and employees. These discussions will take place under the Chatham House Rule principle to allow for candid interaction.

The session will cover:

Why does it matter that people are happy at work?
How can we give people the right tools to invest in their own happiness and wellbeing?
What role do leaders play in helping their teams to thrive?
How do you cultivate a workplace culture that allows everyone to thrive?

There will be plenty of time for Q&A

Speaker Profile

Carly Cannings, The Happy Business School

Carly spent over a decade as a solicitor, and latterly in a senior leadership role, before leaving the corporate world to start The Happy Business School. She is on a mission to help bring more joy to workplaces and help teams and organisations thrive. As well as helping organisations of all shapes and sizes become more joyful, Carly has been consulting with the Department of Business and Trade on the new Employment Rights Bill and its impact on workplace culture, including giving evidence to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee last year

Burges Salmon has been an enthusiastic supporter of BLS for many years. BLS provides a valuable role in uniting and promoting the whole of the legal sector across Bristol to benefit both its members and the city. It facilitates collaboration across the sector to ensure that we can all make a difference. Whether that is driving important initiatives in, for example, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the use of new technologies, liaising with stakeholders and charities in our wider community or providing training to generations of lawyers, the service and support provided by BLS is invaluable. More recently BLS has taken a lead on promoting Bristol’s legal brand, encouraging legal and business services talent to come to the city, which in turn attracts clients and inward investment to our thriving and vibrant commercial community. BLS breaks down barriers and brings those in the profession together for the greater good. We are proud of our long-standing association with BLS.
Roger Bull - Managing Partner, Burges Salmon
Three things to say about my experience of working with Bristol Law Society. Their central team, council members and general hangers-on are just about the nicest, most generous group of people working in the legal sector today. The numerous events, awards, socials and conferences I’ve had the pleasure to attend over the years have been, without exception, top quality and supremely organised. And, thirdly, they consistently exceed and challenge the boundaries of what lawyers might assume a regional Law Society will restrict activities to – from a hugely successful charitable school meals drive to corporate social responsibility and diversity campaigns to being joint architects and coordinators of the region’s unique Bristol+BathLegalTech group, which it has been my privilege to co-chair for the last five years.
Chris Bull - Principal, Edge International
As one of the leading Insurance brokers for law firms in the UK and with a large presence in Bristol it seemed only natural for us to support the Bristol Law Society. Bristol Law Society is one of the oldest and most vibrant of the Law Societies in England and Wales. We are pleased to be working with them on important matters relating to law firms’ liability insurances and Risk Management. From Sole Practitioner to Top 20 law firms we are sure our two organisations can provide excellent support and assistance for the challenges faced by the legal profession.
Matthew Baker - Financial Lines Group, Howden Insurance Brokers Ltd
Joining BLS in 2013 and becoming President in 2018/19 has created many longstanding friendships and business relationships, whilst also unlocking doors to other opportunities in the City. BLS enabled a perfect balance of professional development and also opportunities to give back to the legal and wider community. I am pleased that my Firm has supported BLS in many capacities since 2013 and continues to do so.
Nicholas Lee- Managing Director of Paragon Costs Solutions and Past President of BLS