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Advising Case Study: Building a Better Business Partner for a Public Retail Company
Client Need: Build a Cost-Effective and Efficient Legal Team The client is a public retail company based in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The client acquired and merged with [...]
Meet Strategic Advisor and Coach Kristin Campbell, Former EVP, GC, and Chief ESG Officer of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
Kristin Campbell most recently served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief ESG Officer of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., a Fortune 500 company and leading global hospitality company [...]
How to Motivate, Engage, and Develop Lawyers and Staff in a Hybrid or Remote Work Environment
In today's rapidly evolving professional landscape, legal firms and departments are embracing hybrid and remote work models to accommodate changing work dynamics. Effectively managing and fostering motivation, engagement, and growth [...]
Advising Case Study: A Roadmap for Optimizing the Legal Team of a Mission-Driven Financial Organization
Client Need: Assessment of the Established Legal Department The client is a regional financial institution that stimulates and boosts the development of the communities it serves. With the previous [...]
Study Finds Women GC Less Likely to Know They Are GC Successors
Download BarkerGilmore’s 2023 Report to See General Counsel Succession Data BarkerGilmore, a boutique executive search firm recognized for helping companies build world-class legal and compliance departments nationwide, released its [...]
2023 General Counsel Succession Report
Becoming a General Counsel is the ultimate achievement for many attorneys, but there is not much existing research on those that have reached the role and those that aspire [...]
BarkerGilmore Adds Paulette Dodson, Former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Alight, Inc., to Strategic Advisor and Coach Roster
BarkerGilmore, an in-house legal and compliance executive search, coaching, and advisory firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paulette Dodson as Strategic Advisor and Coach. With a track record [...]
The 7 Secrets to Keeping Legal Talent Engaged
Lawyers are people too, you know. It’s a simple premise that yields big results. In a recent conversation with a few of our Strategic Advisors and [...]
Meet Strategic Advisor and Coach Laura Schumacher, Former Vice Chairman of External Affairs and Chief Legal Officer of AbbVie
Laura J. Schumacher brings over 18 years of C-suite experience to BarkerGilmore, having served as an executive leader and General Counsel at two Fortune 100 companies. She most recently [...]
7 Key Ingredients to Becoming a General Counsel
The Recipe for a Successful General Counsel Will the dish turn out better if an extra dash of salt or another heaping tablespoon of butter is added? Although tastes [...]
BarkerGilmore Adds Kristin Campbell, Former EVP, General Counsel, and Chief ESG Officer of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., to Strategic Advisor and Coach Roster
BarkerGilmore, a leading in-house legal and compliance executive search, coaching, and advisory firm, is delighted to announce the appointment of Kristin Campbell as Strategic Advisor and Coach, adding her extensive [...]
Executive Search Case Study: EVP and General Counsel of a Fortune 500 Global Industrial Corporation
Client Need: EVP and General Counsel The client is a Fortune 500 global, industry-leading corporation with deep historical ties to the city where its headquarters are located, as well [...]
