GC Issue: Winter 2014

Like many company lawyers you’re thinking about IP, but are you thinking about it in the right way?

In-house or private practice? Received wisdom puts this as the binary choice facing lawyers. But both roles place huge and increasing demands on time, and for many, managing their schedule is a receding dream. Does it have to be this way?

Corporate counsel from around the globe pass on their top tips for the first few months in the job.

Inspired by our specially commissioned piece by Karen Dillon, co-author with Christensen of How Will You Measure Your Life, we present a quick guide to this seminal business theorist.

How A GC radically reorganised the legal department.

In the first of a series profiling legal departments that are pioneering innovative Ways to meld legal with business, GC meets with UK rail infrastructure company Network Rail’s Natalie Jobling, Cathy Crick and Dan Kayne.

How much is your company worth?

GCs are quick to trumpet their intimate understanding of business needs.

It’s been a tough road to the top, but you’ve made it. What happens if the view isn’t good enough? Former editor of Harvard Business Review Karen Dillon considers how those who have achieved the role of GC can keep the journey going.

In today’s business climate it’s imperative for in-house teams to demonstrate value to the business.
In a regular column, Paul Hughes of Cranfield School of Management tells us why and how.