Legal Grounds | Conversations on Life, Leadership & Law

After over three decades in the legal-trenches, Mike Bassett has learned to appreciate two things: good conversation & good coffee. Legal Grounds is an ongoing series of interviews with the people who are shaping our world - legal or otherwise. Witty, irreverent, & always thoughtful, these brief discussions fall somewhere between “Night Court” & Hopper’s “Nighthawks At The Diner”. With that in mind, we promise your coffee will still be warm when the podcast is done. (Legal Grounds was written, recorded, and produced by Dust Devil Press)

Legal Grounds | Conversations on Life, Leadership & Law is a business podcast hosted by Mike H. Bassett, with 218 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Mike H. Bassett hosts Legal Grounds | Conversations on Life, Leadership & Law, a business show with 218 episodes published.

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  Legal Grounds | John R. Miles on Leading with Your Feet, Why Your Circumstance Doesn't Define You, & the Nuances of Situational Leadership

  Dec 17, 202554 minS0

  <p>As we approach the New Year, it's almost inevitable that we’ll find ourselves taking stock of all that came and went in the year prior. </p><p><br/></p><p>For most of us, this happens because we are trying to pinpoint those things we hope to improve on over the next 12 months. </p><p>But as my guest and I discuss in today's episode, when it comes to leadership, these sorts of ‘self-audits’ tend to focus inward, when sometimes we need to take stock of the people and peers we choose to surround ourselves with.</p><p><br/></p>...

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  Legal Grounds | Brent Turman on the Portrayal and Practice of Law, Being Willing to Adjust the Narrative, & the Outsized Impact of Unseen Work.

  Dec 10, 202542 minS0

  <p>When someone asks what I ‘do’ for a living, there are times I want to respond with, “I tell stories.” After all, most attorneys spend their time trying to get the “full picture” of what’s happening in a given case, and the best narratives give us just that. </p><p><br/></p><p>Now, unfortunately, somewhere along the way the expression, “telling stories”, became short-hand for “making stuff up”, and since there’s already plenty of jokes about lawyers’ relationship with the truth, my answer is typically a much-less mysterious, “defense attorney”. </p><p><br/></p><p>But as someone who consumes a fair a...

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  Legal Grounds | Nermin Jasani on Why You Can’t Automate Your Way Out of Responsibility, How Humor Builds Trust, & Learning the Economics of Law

  Nov 12, 202543 minS0

  <p>For as much as we all joke about the, "kids these days" mentality that every generation seems to have in one form or another, for most of human history this sentiment was often more anecdotalI than anything else. </p><p>Typically we see youth as a combination of  'risky behavior' mixed with 'poor decision-making' - a dangerous cocktail to be certain - but trying something new at ANY stage of life will often look foolish to those on the outside. </p><p>The question each of us faces, then, is how much are we willing to trust ourselves. </p><p>It...

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  Legal Grounds | Mark Ross On Moving from Understanding to Empathy, the Masks We Chose to Wear, & Learning About Yourself By Teaching Others

  Nov 5, 202536 minS0

  <p>One of the best parts of being an early-bird is that I almost never hit traffic on my way into the office – though living two miles away certainly helps, too. </p><p>But one thing I do miss about my longer drives to work some days is the time I was able to spend listening to the radio. Usually a mix of news and music, but sometimes it’s just whichever station isn’t playing commercials. </p><p>But there’s one program I make a point to listen to: NPR’s My Unsung Hero. It’s usually no more than two...

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  Legal Grounds | Scott Levin on Courtesy as a Prerequisite for Negotiation, Focusing on the Resolution Instead of the Argument, & Finding Grace Despite Our Differences

  Oct 15, 202541 minS0

  <p>We all know the question: 'If a tree falls in the forest & no-one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"</p><p>This kind of thought-experiment came to mind after my conversation this week which left me asking, "If two people are arguing without a goal of some sort of resolution, at what point does it just become a fight?"</p><p>Joining me this week to unpack that question is Attorney and Mediator Scott Levin. </p><p>Having practiced for more than 20 years, a decade ago Scott made the choice to work exclusively in the r...

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