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Aspiring to General Counsel? Make Sure You’re Doing These 4 Things
If your goal is to become an extraordinary General Counsel, start by becoming an extraordinary General Counsel candidate. You’ve put in the work and now [...]
Choosing a General Counsel Is a Business Decision, Plain and Simple. (If Only Finding the Right One Were That Simple.)
The longer the General Counsel’s office sits empty, the greater your exposure Abraham Lincoln said, “The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man [...]
Searching for a new General Counsel? 4 Steps to a More Focused, Less Frantic Process
Whether You’re Hiring from Within or Outside, Preparation Is the Differentiator Finding a GC can mean many months of upheaval in order to identify an [...]
Disappointed in What Interviews Reveal about Candidates for In-House Assignments? Maybe It’s Your Technique.
Interviews for legal and compliance positions often fail to provide insight into a candidate’s real skills and abilities. Behavioral interviews can uncover much more. As [...]
General Counsel Succession Planning: Are You Prepared if Your GC Walks Tomorrow?
If you’re expecting your GC to stay around forever, it’s probably time to change your expectations. The role of General Counsel has been expanding in [...]
3 Key Recruiter Secrets for Evaluating Legal & Compliance Candidates
It’s easy to separate the wheat from the chaff. But how do you choose from the cream of the crop? Effective legal and compliance recruiting [...]
Planning your Legacy: Interview with Noah Hanft
A general counsel started years before he left his company. After you've reached the pinnacle of your law career—becoming a seasoned general counsel—you're likely coming up on some other [...]
Finding Your Next General Counsel
If your general counsel (GC) unexpectedly resigned tomorrow without a successor, consider how many moving parts would come to a halt. Who would protect your company from the many [...]
Report: What All CEOs Should Know About GC Succession Planning
Over the past decade, we have seen a dramatic increase in the influence of General Counsel on company strategy. In 2014, 86 percent of CEOs [...]
More Companies Prioritize General Counsel Succession Planning
Today’s General Counsel are much more likely to be considered key members of the C-Suite, according to the results of an exclusive survey. […]
What To Look For When Choosing a Legal Recruiting Firm
If there is one factor that will have more impact on your organization in the next five years than anything else, it’s the quality of [...]
Hiring a Chief Compliance Officer: 3 First Steps Companies Forget
Hiring a Chief Compliance Officer for the first time? Some of the most important decisions you’ll make occur before you ever bring in that first [...]
