Episode 21: Menopause and the Legal Workplace with Nicola Green Many legal leaders join the company`s management team and are part of the management of the entire company. Just because you`re a lawyer doesn`t mean you can attend management team meetings and wait to contribute to the legal issues on the agenda, but you are expected to add broader value to run the business successfully. In addition to supporting politics and campaigning at Mind in general, Mind`s legal team: lawyers naturally strive for perfection; The profession demands an obsession with detail and there is no room for error. Combine that with a heavy workload, long hours and a questioning mind, and there`s a perfect storm for overthinking natural thinkers. This podcast from mental health legal charity LawCare examines how the legal mind works and offers mental health and wellness tips to lawyers. As lawyers, we inevitably start as specialists. We go to law school to learn law and later enter professional roles where we learn the craft of law. We become more and more lawyers as we learn to excel in the legal profession, deepen or broaden our legal specialization, and gain experience in solving complex legal challenges. OCOL Peer Forums bring OCOL together to have informed discussions on topics, challenges and best practices in an open, collaborative and confidential environment. You and your colleagues set the agenda based on the common challenges and interests you share, whether they come from different industries or a specific sector. OCOL forums are offered at several locations across the country and also offer many opportunities to network and connect with colleagues.
When we become leaders, we realize that we can have much more impact if we spend more time on leadership – and don`t drown in the operational legal issues that the company throws at us. Leadership, for example, involves establishing a compelling strategy and relevant areas of focus, as well as the appropriate division of labour for the legal function to ensure that the legal team devotes its time and energy to elements that support the overall business strategy and increase business value and exert an appropriate level of risk tolerance based on key risks. Over time, some lawyers take on partnership roles in law firms and some of us in the business world take on other types of leadership roles. These can be project manager, team leader, department head, or functional leaders such as general counsel or general counsel. Lawyers` leadership can involve leveraging the unique role of the in-house legal department as a cross-functional hub within the organization to identify and drive business opportunities or areas for improvement for the business. Or it may be finding ways to effectively share legal knowledge or legal findings with others for the benefit of the company or speaking publicly about legal issues relevant to the business. Deloitte complements your legal knowledge with experience in transformation, technology and change management. The impact? Cost reduction. Higher strategic value.
Glowmind is the point of contact for the legal teams of companies wishing to further develop their legal situation. For the ambitious and courageous who want to better manage and operate the legal function and grow over time. Glowmind helps the legal department with internal positioning and overall strategy to better align and prioritize on a daily basis, develop a faster, more technologically and efficient operating model, and operate profitably with visible return on investment and value. To learn more, click here. While the challenge of legal work can be challenging, the stress and demands of that job, combined with the competitiveness of the market, can make it difficult to hire and retain top talent. We help organizations: A natural next step is to bring the lessons learned back into the legal department – translating what all these things mean to us from our perspective. How can we properly support the company as it evolves in the rapidly changing business world? How can we improve our own customer experience? What is innovation for us and how do we drive it? What is operational excellence for us and how do we succeed? What cross-functional collaboration improvements can we initiate? Which KPIs are relevant to measure our success? Here are some of the legal issues we are currently working on. We`d love to hear from anyone with experience with these issues and can help you get legal advice.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if any of the following situations apply to you: Effective functional management also includes management work such as optimizing the business model for legal service delivery. This can be expense management, supplier/partner management, process improvement, technology adoption, time management, business collaboration or knowledge management enhancement, or self-service capacity building. Lawyers have so far used our Our Latest Ideas emotional support service to help OCOL lead, navigate and disrupt to solve today`s complex legal and business problems. A podcast for chief legal officers, legal executives and in-house counsel. Legal leaders are appointed by their OCLs to participate in this multi-day learning experience that prepares future OCLs for the transition from internal legal framework to business leader. Our program focuses on three pillars: leadership, influence, and competence. Sophie Corlett is Director of External Relations at Mind. She has been with Mind since 2002 and is responsible for Mind`s national charitable work – government policy and campaigns, media, communications, legal and information services.
In 2018, Sophie was a member of the Task Force on the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act. She is a regular Mind media spokesperson for Insights and resources for legal leaders to stay on top. Our legal newsletter informs you about important cases and political developments. You can read our updates on our legal news page, and if you would like to subscribe, you can fill out our registration form or send an email to [email protected]. All of these things are key elements to being a great leader on the legal function, and when you turn into a leader, you can see it more clearly. They are able to look beyond the day-to-day vagueness of operational legal issues. The role of Advocate General is aptly named. Expected earlier than legal experts, they must now also be executives and business partners who support the company`s mission and strategy. This mandate raised the bar for the profile of the General Counsel and the legal team. “When you`re really addicted, you get into an almost robotic state of mind; Your brain is holding you hostage.
Legal teams must serve as business partners for senior management, the board of directors, and those responsible for the organization`s key functions and operations. Legal acumen is not enough to succeed; Corporate lawyers also need a broad business perspective that allows them to understand the legal consequences in the context of business outcomes. To ensure you recruit the best legal talent, we have: Our legal expertise center has deep expertise and experience in sourcing talent for internal leadership positions in legal and compliance. Our advisors also act as trusted advisors to Fortune 500 counsel on a range of talent-related topics, from succession planning to executive coaching. Deloitte`s Chief Legal Officer (CLO) program connects legal leaders with executives and innovators to help them master their complex leadership role at the forefront of the legal and commercial world by providing actionable insights and cutting-edge resources. LawCare`s vision is for a legal community that values good mental health and well-being where people thrive. Our legal expertise centre helps corporations, associations, not-for-profit organizations and professional services firms attract, develop and retain world-class general counsel, compliance officers and other legal professionals.