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Ep. 118: The Success Trap: The Truth About Burnout & Career Change with Erin Gerner

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In this episode, Ruby Powers sits down with Erin Gerner — attorney, entrepreneur, coach, and founder of Powerhouse Lawyers — for a conversation that a lot of high-achieving women in law need to hear but rarely get to have out loud. Erin left BigLaw, then left an in-house counsel position when she became a mom, and spent years figuring out who she was when "attorney" wasn't the first thing on her list. That journey became her work: coaching women lawyers through burnout, identity shifts, and the career decisions that feel impossible to make — and impossible to keep avoiding. What we explore: ✅ The Success Trap: What happens when you've hit every milestone you were supposed to hit and it still doesn't feel like enough — and why the dopamine hit of achievement has a very short shelf life. ✅ The Hamster Wheel: How high-achieving lawyers end up running so hard toward the next thing that they never stop to ask whether they actually want it — and what getting still enough to hear the answer looks like in practice. ✅ What You Have to Let Go Of: Identity. Comparison. The opinions of people who aren't paying your bills. Imposter syndrome. Fear. Erin walks through what she had to put down to move forward — and why none of it is weakness. ✅ Paralysis Disguised as Productivity: The pattern of enrolling in courses, having conversations, doing research — and calling it progress when it's actually just a very convincing way to stay exactly where you are. ✅ No One Is Coming: Why waiting for the right moment, the right sign, or the right circumstances is itself a decision — and what it actually takes to take the next best step even when you can't see all the way to Z. ✅ Reclaiming Your Powerhouse Status: What it looks like in practice — not as a big production, but as the small, simple things that fill your tank back up when you've been running on empty. If you've ever stood at the top of the hill you were supposed to climb and thought — okay, now what — this episode is for you. 📣 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: 🚀 Law Firm Retreat: Design Your Future – August 2026: Stop the daily grind and start architecting your next era. Join Ruby in Denver for an intimate, 15-firm-only strategic laboratory. 👉 Secure your spot: https://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/ 📊 We Love Your Feedback! Help us design the next year of the podcast. Take this 2-minute audience survey: https://forms.gle/EgMgxd3tbXCsmqgp9 📌 Join the conversation in our Power Up Your Practice community! Hosted by Ruby Powers, your guide into the heart of law practice management. Each week, learn insights from leading legal minds, trailblazing attorneys, and expert guests who provide you with actionable advice, out-of-the-box solutions, and a fresh perspective on running your firm more effectively and efficiently. Prepare to open your mind, be inspired, and power up your practice to the next level. Watch more episodes of Power Up Your Practice on: 🌐 Website: powersstrategygroup.com 📺 YouTube: @powersstrategygroup 💬 Join our Skool Community - Power Hub: https://www.skool.com/powerupyourpractice Connect and learn more from your host, Ruby Powers: 🔹 LinkedIn: /rubypowers 🔹 Facebook: /poweruppractice 🔹 Website: rubypowers.com 🔹 Ruby's Book: Power Up Your Practice on Amazon Trusted Resources from Our Toolkit: • Stafi https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07 [https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07] • Filevine https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/ [https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/] • CandleAI https://www.trycandle.ai/powers [https://www.trycandle.ai/powers] • Vonage https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731 [https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731]

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episode Ep. 118: The Success Trap: The Truth About Burnout & Career Change with Erin Gerner cover

Ep. 118: The Success Trap: The Truth About Burnout & Career Change with Erin Gerner

In this episode, Ruby Powers sits down with Erin Gerner — attorney, entrepreneur, coach, and founder of Powerhouse Lawyers — for a conversation that a lot of high-achieving women in law need to hear but rarely get to have out loud. Erin left BigLaw, then left an in-house counsel position when she became a mom, and spent years figuring out who she was when "attorney" wasn't the first thing on her list. That journey became her work: coaching women lawyers through burnout, identity shifts, and the career decisions that feel impossible to make — and impossible to keep avoiding. What we explore: ✅ The Success Trap: What happens when you've hit every milestone you were supposed to hit and it still doesn't feel like enough — and why the dopamine hit of achievement has a very short shelf life. ✅ The Hamster Wheel: How high-achieving lawyers end up running so hard toward the next thing that they never stop to ask whether they actually want it — and what getting still enough to hear the answer looks like in practice. ✅ What You Have to Let Go Of: Identity. Comparison. The opinions of people who aren't paying your bills. Imposter syndrome. Fear. Erin walks through what she had to put down to move forward — and why none of it is weakness. ✅ Paralysis Disguised as Productivity: The pattern of enrolling in courses, having conversations, doing research — and calling it progress when it's actually just a very convincing way to stay exactly where you are. ✅ No One Is Coming: Why waiting for the right moment, the right sign, or the right circumstances is itself a decision — and what it actually takes to take the next best step even when you can't see all the way to Z. ✅ Reclaiming Your Powerhouse Status: What it looks like in practice — not as a big production, but as the small, simple things that fill your tank back up when you've been running on empty. If you've ever stood at the top of the hill you were supposed to climb and thought — okay, now what — this episode is for you. 📣 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: 🚀 Law Firm Retreat: Design Your Future – August 2026: Stop the daily grind and start architecting your next era. Join Ruby in Denver for an intimate, 15-firm-only strategic laboratory. 👉 Secure your spot: https://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/ 📊 We Love Your Feedback! Help us design the next year of the podcast. Take this 2-minute audience survey: https://forms.gle/EgMgxd3tbXCsmqgp9 📌 Join the conversation in our Power Up Your Practice community! Hosted by Ruby Powers, your guide into the heart of law practice management. Each week, learn insights from leading legal minds, trailblazing attorneys, and expert guests who provide you with actionable advice, out-of-the-box solutions, and a fresh perspective on running your firm more effectively and efficiently. Prepare to open your mind, be inspired, and power up your practice to the next level. Watch more episodes of Power Up Your Practice on: 🌐 Website: powersstrategygroup.com 📺 YouTube: @powersstrategygroup 💬 Join our Skool Community - Power Hub: https://www.skool.com/powerupyourpractice Connect and learn more from your host, Ruby Powers: 🔹 LinkedIn: /rubypowers 🔹 Facebook: /poweruppractice 🔹 Website: rubypowers.com 🔹 Ruby's Book: Power Up Your Practice on Amazon Trusted Resources from Our Toolkit: • Stafi https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07 [https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07] • Filevine https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/ [https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/] • CandleAI https://www.trycandle.ai/powers [https://www.trycandle.ai/powers] • Vonage https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731 [https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731]

I går41 min
episode Ep. 117: Architect Your Practice: Map Your Firm, Free Your Time cover

Ep. 117: Architect Your Practice: Map Your Firm, Free Your Time

In this episode, Ruby Powers sits down with Luis Baris, founder of Law Firm Architects, for a conversation about what actually keeps law firm owners stuck — and what it takes to build a practice that doesn't fall apart the moment they step away. Luis came to legal operations from an unlikely direction: 15 years at NASA as an engineer and eventually head of customer experience. He got his first look at law firm chaos trying to help his then-girlfriend (now fiancée) Nadine Navarro run her immigration practice, and realized band-aids weren't cutting it. What followed was a methodology built on the same process design principles he used at NASA and Pfizer — now applied to law firms. What we explore: ✅ The Real Problem Isn't People or Technology: Why firms feel stuck because their systems live inside someone's head — and why no hire or software purchase fixes that without first mapping the actual flow. ✅ Start With a Napkin: How to pick one stage of your practice, write out what actually happens, and immediately surface the gaps, duplications, and decisions nobody has ever written down. ✅ The Bottleneck Is You (And That Has to Change): Why the first move is mindset, the second is letting go of "only I can do this" — and why letting your team fail forward is the only way they grow. ✅ SOPs Nobody Reads: The common mistake of building an 80-page Google Doc that collects dust — and what to replace it with so your team actually uses it. ✅ 14 Weeks, Not Forever: What a realistic operation reset looks like from design to go-live, why the first six weeks are the most important, and why change management is half the job. ✅ The Denver Retreat: What Ruby and Luis are building together this August 5–8 for up to 15 firms who want to do the design work in person, leave with an action plan, and actually get out of their own way. If your firm runs because you're in the middle of everything — and you're exhausted by it — this one's worth your time. 📣 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: 🚀 Law Firm Retreat: Design Your Future – August 2026: Stop the daily grind and start architecting your next era. Join Ruby in Denver for an intimate, 15-firm-only strategic laboratory. 👉 Secure your spot: https://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/ [https://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/] 📊 We Love Your Feedback! Help us design the next year of the podcast. Take this 2-minute audience survey: https://forms.gle/EgMgxd3tbXCsmqgp9 📌 Join the conversation in our Power Up Your Practice community! Hosted by Ruby Powers, your guide into the heart of law practice management. Each week, learn insights from leading legal minds, trailblazing attorneys, and expert guests who provide you with actionable advice, out-of-the-box solutions, and a fresh perspective on running your firm more effectively and efficiently. Prepare to open your mind, be inspired, and power up your practice to the next level. Watch more episodes of Power Up Your Practice on: 🌐 Website: powersstrategygroup.com 📺 YouTube: @powersstrategygroup 💬 Join our Skool Community - Power Hub: https://www.skool.com/powerupyourpractice [https://www.skool.com/powerupyourpractice] Connect and learn more from your host, Ruby Powers: 🔹 LinkedIn: /rubypowers 🔹 Facebook: /poweruppractice 🔹 Website: rubypowers.com 🔹 Ruby's Book: Power Up Your Practice on Amazon Trusted Resources from Our Toolkit: * Stafi https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07 [https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07] * Filevine https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/ [https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/] * CandleAI https://www.trycandle.ai/powers [https://www.trycandle.ai/powers] * Vonage https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731 [https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731]

4. juni 202653 min
episode Ep. 116: Travel More, Spend Less: Travel Hacking for Firm Owners with Marco Scanu cover

Ep. 116: Travel More, Spend Less: Travel Hacking for Firm Owners with Marco Scanu

In this episode, Ruby Powers sits down with Marco Scanu — entrepreneur, consultant, and founder of Andiamo Travel, Visa Business Plans, and ProfitWise Online — for a conversation that's equal parts practical and inspiring. Marco grew up in the travel industry — his father founded one of Venezuela's first travel agencies — and has spent decades helping people travel smarter. In this episode, he breaks down the travel hacking strategies that let busy firm owners collect points, fly better, and take their practice with them wherever they go. What we explore: ✅ Never Pay Cash: Why every business expense is an opportunity to collect points — and how to be intentional about it from day one. ✅ The Points Game: How to use tools like points to find the best deals with your miles — and why going straight to the portal is almost always the wrong move. ✅ Choosing the Right Cards: How to pick credit cards based on where you fly, where you stay, and how to maximize sign-up bonuses of up to 300,000 points. ✅ The Workcation Model: What separates a real workcation from just working on vacation — and how to structure your days so you actually recharge. ✅ Freedom Starts With Your Team: Why travel hacking and law practice management are more connected than you think — and why without the right people, systems, and delegation, you're not going anywhere. If you've ever watched someone else brag about their free upgrades and wondered how they do it — this episode is your starting point. 📣 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: 🚀 Law Firm Retreat: Design Your Future – August 2026: Stop the daily grind and start architecting your next era. Join Ruby in Denver for an intimate, 15-firm-only strategic laboratory. 👉 Secure your spot: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEthQWdNWWppZ2dPaHkySHM2cTFRQXI1Ri03Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttQ3lMSkhLWGdMWWdhZ21DRHczdC1lS3BFVEd6Vjd3VFdQYmtRblJtVHoxT1hIbW1sVlM5VUVrSXJuNTFVSWEwcDd4M2xxRHYxLWJuVzFiWU9SYkVyYUZZX19QWXdhOF9oYy1EQ3hLdjdieXI5Q2VTaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpowersstrategygroup.com%2Flaw-firm-retreat-august-2026%2F&v=_IbNzSClLokhttps://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/ [https://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/] 📊 We Love Your Feedback! Help us design the next year of the podcast. Take this 2-minute audience survey: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2d6NHVQMXZZaTctbGxHNm50am1QbmZ5dy1hQXxBQ3Jtc0tuNTBNUXN2MVY4Nks2NVBTY1ZXQWtFeHpTYV8zcWNoNVRzVVFqUU1fdDZ6bV82OWR4VEI2SkZXNGNhaWpuWlZHcTdBZFJzWkhoMkpMYi1Gb0hXVl9nVUNlS2FFckdWUlhXdkdGT3N5R1hoNV9hbGh2OA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1c_qCjiJ6t7LkCQpmmV_4K2izHElssPt8irF5RtWxLgs%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Ddrive_web%26ouid%3D108045008092515164013&v=_IbNzSClLokhttps://forms.gle/EgMgxd3tbXCsmqgp9 📌 Join the conversation in our Power Up Your Practice community! Hosted by Ruby Powers, your guide into the heart of law practice management. Each week, learn insights from leading legal minds, trailblazing attorneys, and expert guests who provide you with actionable advice, out-of-the-box solutions, and a fresh perspective on running your firm more effectively and efficiently. Prepare to open your mind, be inspired, and power up your practice to the next level. Watch more episodes of Power Up Your Practice on: 🌐 Website: powersstrategygroup.com 📺 YouTube: @powersstrategygroup 💬 Join our Skool Community - Power Hub: https://www.skool.com/powerupyourpractice [https://www.skool.com/powerupyourpractice] Connect and learn more from your host, Ruby Powers: 🔹 LinkedIn: /rubypowers 🔹 Facebook: /poweruppractice 🔹 Website: rubypowers.com 🔹 Ruby's Book: Power Up Your Practice on Amazon Trusted Resources from Our Toolkit: * Stafi https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07 [https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07] * Filevine https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/ [https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/] * CandleAI https://www.trycandle.ai/powers [https://www.trycandle.ai/powers] * Vonage https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731 [https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731]

28. maj 202649 min
episode Ep. 115: When Everything Hits at Once: Cancer, Addiction & How to Keep Going with Lambert Dunn cover

Ep. 115: When Everything Hits at Once: Cancer, Addiction & How to Keep Going with Lambert Dunn

In this episode, Ruby Powers sits down with Lambert Dunn — trial lawyer, immigration attorney, and solo practitioner based in Western Oklahoma — for one of the most honest conversations in the Resilience Series yet. Lambert's story didn't unfold in a single crisis. It accumulated. Cancer diagnosed months after getting married. A wife who fell into addiction while he was fighting for his own life. A firm quietly drained of nearly a quarter million dollars while he was in a fog. And through all of it — court dates, client calls, raising kids, keeping the lights on. What makes Lambert different isn't that he survived. It's how steady he stayed doing it. What we explore: ✅ The Diagnosis: What happens to your practice, your finances, and your family when cancer arrives with no warning — and no safety net. ✅ When Your Closest Person Falls Apart: How Lambert navigated his wife's addiction while managing a solo practice, young children, and his own recovery — and the decision he made with his last dollars. ✅ The Financial Hit: How a quarter million dollars disappeared from his firm while he wasn't looking — and what he did next. ✅ The Steadiness Philosophy: Why Lambert doesn't get too high or too low — and how that mindset is what kept him practicing, parenting, and moving forward through years of compounding crisis. ✅ Uncertainty as a Lawyer's Superpower: Why the same discomfort that breaks most people is actually the environment lawyers are built for — and how to use that. If you've ever felt like too much is happening at once and you don't know how you're still standing — this episode is for you. 📌 Connect with Lambert Dunn: https://www.dunnhdz.com/ 📣 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: 🚀 Law Firm Retreat: Design Your Future – August 2026: Stop the daily grind and start architecting your next era. Join Ruby in Denver for an intimate, 15-firm-only strategic laboratory. 👉 Secure your spot: https://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/ [https://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/] 📊 We Love Your Feedback! Help us design the next year of the podcast. Take this 2-minute audience survey: https://forms.gle/EgMgxd3tbXCsmqgp9 📌 Join the conversation in our Power Up Your Practice community! Hosted by Ruby Powers, your guide into the heart of law practice management. Each week, learn insights from leading legal minds, trailblazing attorneys, and expert guests who provide you with actionable advice, out-of-the-box solutions, and a fresh perspective on running your firm more effectively and efficiently. Prepare to open your mind, be inspired, and power up your practice to the next level. Watch more episodes of Power Up Your Practice on: 🌐 Website: powersstrategygroup.com 📺 YouTube: @powersstrategygroup 💬 Join our Skool Community - Power Hub: https://www.skool.com/powerupyourpractice [https://www.skool.com/powerupyourpractice] Connect and learn more from your host, Ruby Powers: 🔹 LinkedIn: /rubypowers 🔹 Facebook: /poweruppractice 🔹 Website: rubypowers.com 🔹 Ruby's Book: Power Up Your Practice on Amazon Trusted Resources from Our Toolkit: * Stafi https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07 [https://calendly.com/d/csbk-3y4-35w/staffing-strategy-session-stafi-ruby-powers?month=2025-07] * Filevine https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/ [https://www.filevine.com/partner/powers-referral/] * CandleAI https://www.trycandle.ai/powers [https://www.trycandle.ai/powers] * Vonage https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731 [https://share.vonage.com/zones/friend_landing_experience_microsite?extole_share_channel=%5C%22SHARE_LINK%5C%22&extole_shareable_code=wzq4f&referral_id=wzq4f&source=%5C%22direct%5C%22&utm_source=Power+Up+Your+Practice+by+Power+Strategy+Group&utm_campaign=a7c6feafe9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_13_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3b4d3388ea-a7c6feafe9-746189731]

19. maj 202645 min
episode Ep. 114: Trust, Morale & Adoption: Getting Your Firm Through Legal Tech Change with Samantha Hamiel at #NeoSummit2026 cover

Ep. 114: Trust, Morale & Adoption: Getting Your Firm Through Legal Tech Change with Samantha Hamiel at #NeoSummit2026

Recorded live at NeoSummit 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, Ruby Powers sits down with Samantha Hamiel, Chief of Staff at Neostella, for a conversation about the side of legal tech change that nobody talks about enough: the human side. Samantha leads change management from the inside of one of legal tech's fastest-growing companies — and before that, she was a litigation paralegal. That combination gives her a perspective most tech executives don't have: she knows what it feels like to be on the receiving end of a system change, and she knows what it takes to lead one well. In this conversation, she gets honest about what legal teams actually experience when technology changes, why so many people are traumatized by past implementations, and what firm owners can do right now to bring their teams along — without losing trust, morale, or productivity. What we explore: ✅ Both Ends of the Spectrum: The 20-year veteran who refuses to change and the Gen Z hire who won't apply tech at work — and how to get both on board. ✅ Trauma & Trust: Why so many legal teams are traumatized by past system changes — and how to rebuild trust before, during, and after a transition. ✅ Know Yourself First: The framework Tracy Lynn shared at NeoSummit — why understanding how you self-regulate as a leader is the foundation of leading any change. ✅ Open Office Hours: The monthly practice one firm shared that changed how their team experienced change — and how to create psychological safety around feedback. ✅ The Partner Ecosystem: Why giving firms choice in their tech stack — rather than forcing all-in-one solutions — is what the legal tech market is missing most right now. Recorded live at NeoSummit 2026, Fort Lauderdale — a special edition of Power Up Your Practice. 📣 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: 🚀 Law Firm Retreat: Design Your Future – August 2026: Stop the daily grind and start architecting your next era. Join Ruby in Denver for an intimate, 15-firm-only strategic laboratory. 👉 Secure your spot: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEthQWdNWWppZ2dPaHkySHM2cTFRQXI1Ri03Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttQ3lMSkhLWGdMWWdhZ21DRHczdC1lS3BFVEd6Vjd3VFdQYmtRblJtVHoxT1hIbW1sVlM5VUVrSXJuNTFVSWEwcDd4M2xxRHYxLWJuVzFiWU9SYkVyYUZZX19QWXdhOF9oYy1EQ3hLdjdieXI5Q2VTaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpowersstrategygroup.com%2Flaw-firm-retreat-august-2026%2F&v=_IbNzSClLokhttps://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/ [https://powersstrategygroup.com/law-firm-retreat-august-2026/] 📊 We Love Your Feedback! Help us design the next year of the podcast. 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