Featured blog posts sharing insight and knowledge into all of the elements required to manage and lead a modern in-house legal function.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.