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Occupational psychologist

Independent researcher   

Jens Näsström

my one mission:

Mapping

THE SUCCESS FACTORS OF the new normal in law firms

Tectonic shifts in legal work necessitates an updated strategic map for talent management. Those who successfully navigate these unchartered waters will have a competitively bleeding edge. 

I encourage law firms to join me in my mission. The specific aim of my research is to add precision and knowledge to the process of redesigning HR strategy, and the way legal work gets done in law firms, and thereby make it fully aligned with the new conditions.

Areas of my research in the new normal encompass recruiting, training, leadership, HR strategy, and gender inclusion.   

I work in long-term partnerships with law firms to develop

ROI robust talent management strategies for the new normal,

based on lawyer-specific research.

Years of experience of researching and training lawyers

lawyers trained

research projects

cups of coffee since 2005

CURRENT FACULTY POSITIONS

  • Swedish Bar Association’s open CLE/CPD program: Client Psychology.
  • Swedish Bar Association’s open CLE/CPD program: Efficacy and Well-Being for Lawyers.
  • Swedish Bar Association’s Leadership Program: guest lecturer.
  • Stockholm School of Economics (Fall 2020): Program for Leadership in Professional Services (ranked #1 in the Nordics and 16th place globally for management and leadership development by the Financial Times).

RESEARCH ON LAWYERS

  • Leadership, Well-Being, Productivity, and Law Firm Service Satisfaction in Nordic Legal Teams (initiated August 2020, ongoing), quantitative and qualitative survey, in collaboration with the Stockholm School of Economics.
  • Well-Being, Productivity, and Law Firm Service Satisfaction in Swedish Corporate Counsels (initiated June 2020, ongoing), quantitative and qualitative survey in collaboration with the Stockholm School of Economics.
  • Leadership, Well-Being, and Productivity in 12 Business Law Firms in Four Nordic Countries under covid-19 (concluded, September 2020), in collaboration with the Stockholm School of Economics.
  • Tracking Well-being in a Major Business Law Firm under covid-19 (concluded, June 2020).
  • Impact of Imposed Remote Working in a Law firm due to the Covid-19 virus – a qualitative study (concluded, April 2020).
  • Leadership in Professional Services (concluded September, 2020).
  • The Resilient Associate Project (concluded December, 2019), study at three major business law firms.
  • Research Review of the Effects of Corporate Mindfulness in Law firms in collaboration with Potential Project.
  • Levelling the playing field for female lawyers in law firms and assessing stress in associates (Fall 2019, concluded).
  • Quantitative assessment of stress in inhouse lawyers (2019) in collaboration with the Swedish Company Lawyers’ Association (concluded).
  • International study of inhouse lawyers in collaboration with Thomson Reuters (Spring 2020): gender based patterns of stress (concluded).
  • Assessing sexual harassment and discrimination based on gender at law firms firms (concluded April, 2019).
  • National study of Swedish lawyers: stress and efficacy factors (2017, concluded) in collaboration with the Swedish Bar Association.
  • National study of Swedish lawyers: stress and efficacy factors (2005, concluded) in collaboration with the Swedish Bar Association.

     

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Stress hos associates

by | Nov 4, 2019 |

Imorgon kommer nästa nummer av Advokaten ut, i vilken jag intervjuas om bland annat skillnader i stress-nivåer mellan kvinnliga och manliga biträdande jurister på affärsjuridiska byråer. Låt oss först fastslå att stress är en substantiell utmaning generellt för...