Dee is Head of Client and Legal Project Management at global law firm Pinsent Masons. She has an MSc (Hons) in Project Management from the University of Liverpool and has over thirty years of experience of working in the legal sector. Dee provides strategic Legal Project Management leadership to Pinsent Masons and their Clients. Legal Project Management is the medium Dee uses to deliver legal services. Her focus is on efficient project delivery and the use of diverse teams to add additional benefits to projects and organisations. A culture of project management is what Dee believes will lead to greater efficiency and to shaping the future of legal project delivery.

1. Legal Project
Management:
Diversitythenew
Inclusion
Perf orm

2. Introduction
Dee Taml i n
Head of Cl i ent and Legal Pr oj ect
Management

3. 1. My St or y
2. Legal Pr oj ect
Management
3. Di ver si t y t he New
I ncl usi on
Contents

4. Cape Town
London Town
Legal
Secr et ar y
1989
MSc Pr oj ect
Management
2017
I T Suppor t
Pr oj ect
Management

5. 1. My St or y
2. Legal Pr oj ect
Management
3. Di ver si t y t he New
I ncl usi on
Contents

7. Legal
Disruption
An i mpor t ant
t ool f or l aw
f i r ms t o
navi gat e t he
choppy wat er s
of t he economi c
cr i si s and
essent i al t o
t he f ut ur e-
pr oof i ng of
t hei r
busi nesses
The
st andar di zat i on
and
commodi t i zat i on
of cer t ai n
el ement s of t he
l egal pr ocess
usi ng wor kf l ow
t echnol ogi es
Ri c ha r d
Sus s ki nd

8. Pinsent Masons | Client and Legal Project
Management
Legal
A pr oj ect i s a uni que, t r ansi ent
endeavour , under t aken t o achi eve pl anned
obj ect i ves, whi ch coul d be def i ned i n
t er ms of out put s, out comes or benef i t s
Pr oj ect management i s t he appl i cat i on of
pr ocesses, met hods, knowl edge, ski l l s and
exper i ence t o achi eve t he pr oj ect
obj ect i ves
As s o c i a t i o n f o r Pr o j e c t Ma na g e me nt
Project

9. Pinsent Masons | Client and Legal Project
Management
Legal
A pr oj ect i s a uni que, t r ansi ent
endeavour , under t aken t o achi eve pl anned
obj ect i ves, whi ch coul d be def i ned i n
t er ms of out put s, out comes or benef i t s
Proj ect management i s t he appl i cat i on of
pr ocesses, met hods, knowl edge, ski l l s and
exper i ence t o achi eve t he pr oj ect
obj ect i ves
ProjectManagement
As s o c i a t i o n f o r Pr o j e c t Ma na g e me n

10. Quality

11. 1. My St or y
2. Legal Pr oj ect
Management
3. Di ver si t y t he New
I ncl usi on
Contents

12. Al ways wr ong
Most l y wr ong
Somet i mes wr ong
Rar el y wr ong
Not wr ong at al l

13. Pinsent Masons | Client and Legal Project
Management
WhyDiversityMatters
15% of gender -
di ver se compani es
and 35% of
et hni cal l y di ver se
compani es ar e mor e
l i kel y t o
out per f or m
For ever y 10%
i ncr ease i n seni or
exec gender
di ver si t y EBI T
r ose by 3. 5%
HBR: Mc Ki ns e y &
Unequal
per f or mance of
compani es i n t he
same i ndust r y and
same count r y
i mpl i es t hat
di ver si t y i s a
compet i t i ve
di f f er ent i at or
HBR: Mc Ki ns e y & Co mp a ny
2 0 1 5

14. Pinsent Masons | Client and Legal Project
Management
Whattheresearchtellsus
Stonewall’s2008
PeakPerformance
Research
107LGBstaff
from21
public/private
sector
organisations
Howbeingopen
atworkabout
theirsexual
orientation
I f you ar e not 100%
your sel f , how can you
be 100% i nvol ved and
commi t t ed
Havi ng conf i dence…i f
you’ r e ner vous t hen
you’ r e not goi ng t o
per f or m i n t hat
envi r onment
We know t hat peopl e
per f or m bet t er when
t hey can be
t hemsel ves

15. Pinsent Masons | Client and Legal Project
Management
The Medici Effect: Breakthrough insights at the intersection of ideas,
concepts and cultures by Frans Johansson
BenefitsofDiverseTeams
Al ways di ver se
Most l y di ver se
Somet i mes di ver se
Rar el y di ver se
Not di ver se at al l

16. Seni or
Sponsor shi p
Vi si bl e ,
seni or
sponsor s
Ext er nal r ol e
model s
LGBT+
Net wor k
Pr omot i ng
di ver si t y
Soundi ng
boar d
Embassy
appr oach
Di ver si t y
Net wor ks
100’ s of
member s
Tr ai ni ng,
l anyar ds and
mugs
Suppor t i ng
col l eagues
Wor ki ng
Col l abor at i v
el y
I nt er sect i ona
l i t y
Suppl y Chai n
Ourjourneysofar…

17. Do…
✔ Engage Seni or Leader shi p. ✔ I nvest i n an Al l i es Net wor k.
✔ Use your LGBT+ Net wor k Gr oup
as a soundi ng boar d.
✔ Ensur e your commi t ment t o
LGBT+ i ncl usi on i s embedded i n
ho w y o u d o bus i ne s s .
✔ Encour age col l abor at i on
bet ween net wor k gr oups .
✔ I nvest i n t r ai ni ng ( and make
sur e your exi st i ng t r ai ni ng i s
LGBT+ i ncl usi ve) .
Don’t…
✗ Don’ t l et t he f ear of get t i ng
i t wr ong st op you f r om doi ng
anyt hi ng.
✗ Don’ t t r y t o do i t al one,
we’ ve wor ked i n col l abor at i on
wi t h St onewal l , Rachel Reese
f r om Gl obal But t er f l i es and
ot her s.
✗ Don’ t see t he St onewal l WEI as
a t i ck box exer ci se, i t has t o
be about a l ong- t er m
commi t ment t o changi ng t he
cul t ur e of t he or gani sat i on.

18. Pinsent Masons | Client and Legal Project
Management