Featured blog posts sharing insight and knowledge into all of the elements required to manage and lead a modern in-house legal function.
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21 March 2016
Wellbeing - increasing performance and productivity
Business academics and leaders are increasingly recognising the importance of wellbeing not only as a desirable end in itself but as a means of increasing performance and productivity.
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23 February 2016
Being Tough with Tough Negotiators
A fellow lawyer once described an opponent as having two distinct styles, "aggressive… and very aggressive". We have all come across them. So what can we do when faced with a difficult opponent?
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28 January 2016
Is there room for Continuous Improvement in your business?
Guest author Mark Greenhouse, an associate of the Client Development Centre, shares with us his insights into implementing a culture of continuous improvement.
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16 December 2015
Legal Risk Management and Unknown Unknowns
A post by guest author Cameron Scott, a senior member of the CDC team: it’s the unknown unknowns which keep general counsel awake at night and can cause the greatest damage when they happen.
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26 November 2015
Let's get back to basics: practical steps to position yourself as a Trusted Adviser
'Becoming a Trusted Adviser' is a topic which seems to endure one in-house conference season to the next…sometimes promising new insights and approaches ('Business Partner', anyone?) that fail to live up to the hype.