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“I am heard, but I am not seen. If I cannot be seen, I cannot be successful.” The words uttered to me by a client last week, a General Counsel, at a corporation. When I asked the person to describe their experience, I was shown an organizational chart. The person, promised a seat at the table before taking a new role, was in fact blocked by an immediate supervisor who heard the ideas presented by the General Counsel but was an impediment to the GC’s ability to be seen beyond the current hierarchy. That supervisor reported up into another C-Suite executive who relayed every strategic departmental idea through to the CEO.
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What Every Lawyer's Client Needs to Know About Succession Planning
By Nanette Miner
I often run into business people who are confused about the differences between succession planning and exit planning. You are in the unique position of being able to guide your clients through the confusion.
What We Should Have Learned from COVID: Communicate
By Mark Santiago
First COVID Lesson: Leaders should communicate regularly to their firms in a more personal way, let their personality shine through, show some vulnerability and maybe reveal that they own a dog.
Using Collaborative Content Development Highlights Lawyers Expertise
By Meg Pritchard
The goal of a collaborative content approach is to fill resource gaps in the content process, from concept through creation to publication or release, so that more and better content gets to the right audiences.
Can Clients Protect Communications Between Their Lawyers and PR Firms?
By Jonathan B. New, Patrick T. Campbell and Rachel H. Ofori
This article summarizes how courts view communications between a company’s counsel and its PR firm during investigations in the context of privilege and provides practical insights and tips for counsel to maintain privilege over such communications.