The Leadership Lens with Susan Hesse, Natalie Loeb, and David Sarnoff
About this episode
The episode features a discussion on leadership in law librarianship with insights from experienced professionals.
Susan Hesse, Director of Research and Information Services at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Loeb Leadership founder Natalie Loeb, and Sarnoff Group LLC founder David Sarnoff share their career paths into law librarianship, HR, coaching, and legal practice, emphasizing the role of mentorship, relationships, and serendipity. They explore practical leadership lessons—building partnerships, leading through others, tailoring management styles, and leveraging complementary “non-redundant” skill sets—grounded in emotional intelligence, feedback, and accountability. The group discusses how PLI resources inform their work and highlights PLI’s collaborative editorial support and openness to new ideas. They also examine generative AI’s rapid rollout in law firms, including tools like Westlaw Precision, Bloomberg AI, and Microsoft Copilot, the need for clear policies, training and prompting, careful verification, and the impact AI may have on associate development and workplace change management.
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