Ep 25 - No one client is worth my reputation ft Charlene Brown Co-Founder of Howlett Brown

Charlene Brown is the co-founder and Managing Director of Howlett Brown and has over a decade of legal and financial services experience providing strategic employment law advice on a range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters including, bullying, harassment and discrimination, whistleblowing, culture, diversity and inclusion, data breaches, breach of confidentiality, pay reporting and training. Charlene also counsels on best practice for corporate diversity initiatives, diversity networks and startups. She serves on the UK’s Employment Lawyers Association working party and has contributed to the McGregor-Smith Review and the Ethnicity Pay Gap consultation. Charlene also serves on the advisory board of TNON (The Network of Networks), an organisation focused on the development of network leaders and the strategic advancement of employee resource groups to better serve businesses and diverse communities. In addition to her legal and D&I expertise, Charlene is also a life and business coach, helping individuals embrace change, manage issues of self-doubt and accelerate their career or business. Charlene is also the Founder of Honest Voice, a company created to empower and prepare young people to make more informed decisions about their future and to teach young people the practical business skills needed for career success, that are not ordinarily taught during education. In 2016, Charlene was named the Black British Business Awards Financial Services Rising Star and in 2017 Charlene was named the Legal Diversity Rising Star. In 2017 she was also recognised as a Future Leader by EMpower and the Financial Times (ranked no. 2 out of 30).

In this episode Alicia and Charlene discuss:

-Why she left her 6 figure job to start her own first

-The reality of being a founder

-Why Charlene choose law

-How to effectively call out clients

-Charlene's Music Career- singing , management touring and more

-Overcoming challenging people management and setting boundaries with employees

-What a DEI great professional really looks like 

-Growing internal ERG's effectively

Connect with Charlene here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlenelbrown/ Email - charlene.brown@howlettbrown.com