Tai Dixon: From Law to Non-Profits to Liberatory Leadership

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Episode 035 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Tai Dixon. Tai left legal practice for the the world of non-profit leadership, and last year, opened her own consulting practice where she specializes in workplace culture and liberatory leadership. </span></p> <p><strong>In this conversation, Tai shares about:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How growing up with a parent who was a lawyer affected her decision to go to law school;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Believing that becoming a doctor or a lawyer was the best way to contribute to society;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Detouring from her path to law school to teach with Teach For America because she wanted to make a difference;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Loving teaching, but being afraid to love it because she thought she would regret not going to law school;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Climbing the rungs of the ladder to a legal career without asking herself whether she actually wanted to be there;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Well-meaning family and friends reacting much more positively to her decision to be a lawyer than her choice to teach for two years with TFA;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Going to law school and getting a biglaw job because she thought that’s what she should do to achieve her goals;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Quickly realizing that firm life was not for her, but not being willing to make a move right away;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How the downturn in 2008 made her feel like she should just be happy to have a legal job;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"