I’m having issues with not being political enough. When I sense a partner is crossing a line, I’m not completely deferential. I make my point ever so slightly and then add a fake deferential piece in there. I find that this ruffles partner egos in my group. How do you handle? Is what I’m doing not the right approach?

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Then drop the fake deferential piece if their egos are ruffled anyway?

Don’t know your level of seniority, but the more senior I got, the more responsibility I felt to call people out on their bs. To soften the blow, I’d often couch it as protecting them from potential issues with younger lawyers.

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I’d be lying if I said I started calling people out before making counsel or even more so as partner, but from what I’ve witnessed of the younger generation of women associates, they are often more comfortable speaking up sooner (no doubt as a result of standing on the shoulders of women who made progress before them, even if it seemed frustratingly incremental). 🤩🤩

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