Our colleague Elena Paraskevas-Thadani, shares how workplace disputes, similar to eclipses, depend on your point of view, and showcases how we can help people see the bigger “pictures”. The much-talked about solar eclipse, an event experienced by many in North America, has come and gone. Whether or not one actually experienced the event depends entirely…
EPT’s founder and president, Elena Paraskevas-Thadani, shares insight that you do not need to have done everything to be an expert. “I can fix it, no problem,” my husband Deepak Thadani assured me after I spilled coffee on my laptop keyboard and fried it. “I’ll just swap the keyboard out.” “You can do that?” I…
At EPT, we Empower People Through Coaching and Training. To further this mission, we would like to welcome Executive Coach and Facilitator Susan O’Sullivan as the newest member of our team! For the full announcement, please click here.
Congratulations to our colleague, attorney-investigator and co-head of investigations Allison Ianni Esq., AWI-CH who earned her credentials as an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder!
Our colleagues Jessica Rinaldi and Matt Dean from our international affiliate byrne·dean recently had an insightful conversation about the trans experience in today’s workplaces and ways we can help employees feel valued. We could all learn a lot from their example of how to have these scary conversations to foster deeper human connections in the workplace….
In the U.K., the Solicitors Regulation Authority places explicit requirements on individuals to treat coworkers fairly and with respect. Further, there is now an affirmative responsibility on individual law firm managers and senior management to “challenge unfair treatment” at work, including bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Previously, the SRA required only that firms “ensure their managers…
Our Founder and President Elena Paraskevas-Thadani shares insights on embracing life’s unexpected paths. My family and I got lost on vacation, on the beautiful Greek Island of Corfu. As my husband navigated heart-pounding hairpin turns over precipitous drops, we took a wrong turn. To make matters worse, we lost GPS capability. And then we saw…
Senior investigator Jessica Rinaldi shares her thoughts on recently passed New York State Legislation: “From my past professional experience as deputy chief of the Hate Crimes Unit at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, current professional experience as a Senior Investigator and Facilitator at EPT Legal, LLC, and lived experience as a proud and out trans…
Our founder, Elena Paraskevas-Thadani, shares some wisdom she has learned from her boxing instructor: “While most boxing instructors typically focus exclusively on how to land punches, one of the best instructors I train with also teaches us how to miss. By way of example, he might instruct, “now throw a cross —and miss,” and then…
Founder and President Elena Paraskevas-Thadani shares her insights about the obstacles that block our path: “I take boxing classes at my local gym. It’s good exercise. In light of the limited number of punching bags in the class, often two people share the same large bag, one person on each side. Ideally, you and your…
