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The General Counsel Handbook: How to Survive and Thrive in your Role as GC

The General Counsel Handbook: How to Survive and Thrive in your Role as GC

Author: Ian White; Simon McCall
Publisher: Globe Law and Business
ISBN: 9781787424029
Published In: March 2021
Format: Paperback , 123 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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The role of General Counsel has never been more demanding: cuts on spending and doing more for less; a demanding board and Executive Committee; and a plethora of law and regulation.

This Special Report, by Ian White and Simon McCall, seeks to help address some of these challenges. By guiding you through the first 100 days in a significant role, it will show you how to navigate between acting as wise counsel to management while leading your team successfully.

It also covers:

working with the board;
coaching;
developing a legal strategy;
taking on the company secretarial role; and
developing your career within legal and beyond.

This Special Report is a must-read for any current or aspiring GC, in-house legal teams, HR directors, CEOs and private practice lawyers who wish to know what to expect from the in-house teams.

1. Introduction – why you need this Guide

2. The First 100 Days – Legal Consiglieri or functional manager?

3. What have you been dealt?

a. Start up

b. Enhancing an eﬀective team

c. Rebuilding a demoralised one

4. The Legal Team and

a. Strategy – aligning yourself to Group strategy

b. Operations and IT

c. Finance

d. Marketing and Sales

e. HR and People

f. Other departments

5. Building, coaching and mentoring your team

6. Securing your reputation within the business

7. The GC and the Board

8. Taking on the Company Secretary mantle

9. Developing your role inside and outside of the conﬁnes of the Legal Team

10. Looking back and reinventing yourself

11. The next episode…

Appendix

1. Useful sources

2. Models

3. Acknowledgements

Writing on a subject where every likely reader will have an opinion, and each opinion will be informed by their personal experience, is an undertaking that needs to be handled with care, respect and some kindness. Of course it helps if the authors can call upon their own impressive experiences and that they can write really well, as well. In this book there is nothing polemic, strident or self-regarding; it quietly goes about the business of laying down meaningful, solid foundations, and offers pragmatic and practical insights that both respect the reader’s intelligence, but affirm and encourage too. The book does not play to a sector or a type of team, but is an impactful, courteous observation on the role of General Counsel. It felt to me like the sensible person in a debate, speaking with integrity and clarity, but neither partisan nor dismissive of a range of opinions. It is well written, accessible, reflective and valuable. I think it might be especially helpful for those aspiring to lead teams. It makes the role seem accessible to anyone with a sensibility to lead with care, calmness and thoughtfulness. Importantly it never slips into self-aggrandising leadership tropes. Above all this book is a reflective pause marking the maturity of a role that is often misunderstood, but which is now even more critical in our evermore interconnected, interdependent and complex world.

Paul Gilbert, director, LBC Wise Counsel