Workshop 3: The accountability gap: Practical tools to reduce leader burnout
| Wednesday, September 9, 2026 |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
| Darrwal B |
Overview
Law firm leaders are burning out, not because they lack capability or commitment, but because accountability in many firms is unclear, inconsistent or quietly avoided. When expectations are blurred and ownership is diffused, responsibility flows upward. Over time this creates frustration, disengagement and exhaustion at leadership level, and stalled growth for the firm.
Drawing on her experience as a former lawyer, partner and Founder of The Legal Leadership Project, Midja Fisher reframes accountability as a core leadership practice: not a compliance tool or performance management process, but the foundation of trust, credibility and sustainable performance.
The workshop introduces a clear, practical accountability framework that helps leaders clarify expectations, strengthen ownership and reset responsibility at the right level without micromanagement, blame or damaged relationships. Through structured discussion and application to real leadership challenges, attendees identify where accountability is leaking in their own teams and develop practical strategies to close those gaps.
Rather than adding more processes or pressure, the workshop provides simple, high-impact tools leaders can implement immediately to reduce burnout, improve follow-through and create a culture where responsibility is shared, not carried by a few.
Speaker
Ms Midja Fisher
Founder
The Legal Leadership Project
The accountability gap: Practical tools to reduce leader burnout
Biography
Midja is founder of The Legal Leadership Project, a company on a mission to transform great lawyers into great leaders.
What’s unique about Midja is her infectious energy, coupled with her extensive business and leadership knowledge, as a former lawyer and partner of a national law firm and learning and development specialist.
Through corporate workshops, keynote speaking and coaching, Midja creates confident, authentic leaders who love what they do.
Midja’s legal clients include Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Ashurst, Commonwealth and NSW Offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Chamberlains, Travis Schultz and Partners, Lander and Rogers, Thynne and Macartney, Joliman Lawyers, Carbone Lawyers and Farrar Gesnini and Dunn.
Midja is the author of three books – Unshakeable Confidence, Great Lawyer to Great Leader and Take Off The Cape and is host of the podcast 'Mondays with Midja' - a podcast all about Life, Love and Leadership.
