Bullying, discrimination, fraud and integrity breaches have no place in the modern Australian workplace. Minimising and addressing bad behaviour in the workplace can generate huge savings for employers, and there are clear actions that corporate counsel can take to support the company’s efforts.
This article outlines several essential skills that general counsel and other legal team leaders should possess in order to aid them in making difficult challenges that will help their company minimize risks and withstand other future challenges.
There are countless articles outlining the best ways to evaluate outside counsel. Many of them leave out an important factor: the personalities of the lawyers and companies they represent. This article addresses the role of personality in outside counsel selection.
As we all navigate the new ‘normal’ in the post-COVID-19 world, one major adjustment has been the ‘new’ workplace, aka our homes. This article profiles four in-house counsel and shares their experiences of working from home and their tips for getting through this challenging time.
Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting health, social, business and economic impacts have tested the metal of many organisations worldwide. This article explores the role of the General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer (GC/CLO) in guiding an organisation through times of crisis or turmoil.
Increasing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) investment and forging social sector partnerships in a post-COVID-19 recessionary world isn’t just the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do for in-house counsel and their companies.
When in-house counsel think of negotiations, they generally think of a small room with professionals huddled around a table late, arguing their point. This article explains that it's more about negotiation than battling till the end.
In this article, in-house counsel speak about their experiences during the current crisis, and many lay out a range of useful steps they can take if they are currently looking for work or anticipating that they may soon need to be looking for new opportunities.
For in-house counsel, executive presence is best described as creating a consistent long-lasting impression over time by the manner in which a lawyer expresses him or herself and engages others. This article will explain how to make your presence known at the executive level.
Teamwork and lawyering don’t usually go hand in hand, but they really need to. This article explains how to progress from focusing on your individual achievements and integrating your processes with your team and boosting your skills as a leader.