The current fierce competition for legal talent has made it more challenging than ever to hold onto great employees. It's a struggle both law firms and legal departments are experiencing.

It's a phenomenon noticed by all four lawyers on a panel at ALM's Women Influence & Power in Law conference, discussing how the pandemic has affected their leadership style. The three in-house leaders and a law firm partner made clear that good talent cannot be taken for granted, and even if a leader does everything right, valuable team members still may leave.

"Yes, people are moving around but people are also speaking up," Laura Schiesl Vega, associate general counsel and director at IT provider Insight, said. "We have to be people in the room speaking up."