November 23, 2020

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Survive and Thrive Complex Boardroom Dynamics

A GC’s success is only partly based on his or her legal prowess. A large body of research suggests that success in the boardroom is not drive by subject matter expertise, but rather by political skills. Success at a senior level is dependent of your ability to understand the unwritten rules about who gets power and how to effectively exercise that power. Professor Jolly at London Business School has been researching and teaching senior professionals and executives about how to navigate in situations where people’s interests are incompatible for over thirteen years and, during this session, will be sharing the key frameworks and practical skills to allow you to survive and thrive complex boardroom dynamics.
Richard Jolly, Adjunct Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School

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November 24, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Effective Influencing Through Personality Lens

This practical session will focus on the important component of influencing which is how to lead diverse personalities by deepening the understanding of your own personality first. The session will also build on the research data to explore the legal leaders’ common current strengths and areas for development and will use the Lumina Spark personality model to create practical tips on how to adapt and communicate more effectively.
Alex Lazarus, CEO, Leadership Team Coach & Behaviour Change Scientist, Lazarus & Maverick

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November 25, 2020

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Making Impact as a Leader in the Distributed World

Leaders have always been responsible for strategic direction and realising the potential of people, processes and ideas. Today, the role of the leader is being stretched into areas where most of us have never had to perform. To really contribute and influence in this environment of constant change, you need to find ways to adapt and grow with empathy and pace. Come ready to get practical and interactive.

During this session, we will cover:

  • What affects your ability to be balanced, flexible and impactful as a leader
  • How to be purposeful, resilient and influential in your relationships with peers, stakeholders and your teams 
  • How to practice Self Leadership so you are able to be there for others

Michelle Elstein, Corporate Energiser and Executive Coach, Courageous Co.

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3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Beyond Legal: Human Centred Skills for In-house Lawyers

Bjarne Tellmann general counsel at GSK Consumer Healthcare and author of Building An Outstanding Legal Team along with Catherine McGregor, consultant and author of Business Thinking in practice for in-House Counsel will consider practical steps to develop some of the non- legal skills needed in modern legal departments. Topics covered include how to practically change culture; thinking of yourself as a T-shaped lawyer and beyond; developing human-centred skills fundamental to business. This session will be a mix of a fireside chat, group discussion and a few interactive exercises.
Bjarne Tellmann, SVP & General Counsel, GSK Consumer Healthcare
Catherine McGregor, GLL Ambassador and Author of ‘Business Thinking in Practice for In-House Counsel’

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November 27, 2020

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | How Can GCs Successfully Navigate the Current Risk Landscape?

As a GC looking out across the current risk landscape, what changes do you see in your business? What proactive steps can you take to monitor the impact of these changes and address the associated risks? 

In this session, practitioners from Kroll and Duff & Phelps will share insights and experiences of how the risk landscape is changing for GCs. Common questions the panel has been helping GCs address include:

  • Is the business heading towards financial stress or distress?
  • What regulatory changes are coming into effect?
  • Are there any restructuring requirements/opportunities?
  • Is our legal entity structure still fit for purpose and appropriately governed?
  • How can we proactively detect and monitor fraud and other risks?
  • What options are available to us as stakeholders in contentious insolvency situations?
  • Do we need to consider the impact of current changes on the reputation of the business?

Moderator: Neil Kirton, Regional Managing Director, EMEA, Business Intelligence and Investigations, Kroll 
Zoe Newman, Managing Director, and Global Co-Head of the Financial Investigations Practice, Business Intelligence and Investigations, Kroll 

Rob Armstrong, Managing Director, Global Restructuring Advisory, Duff & Phelps 
Chris Coley, Managing Director, Global Restructuring Advisory, Duff & Phelps 
Eddie Bines, Director, Global Restructuring Advisory, Duff & Phelps 
Ben Boorer, Associate Managing Director, Business Intelligence and Investigations, Kroll 

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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Leading Organisational Change Through Culture and Influence

Chances are, if you reflect on your experience working in an office now that you’re (probably) working from home, the majority of what you think about—good, bad, or ugly—comes back to your organisation’s culture. But how can you think about culture in a more structured way? What is to be done about culture when you’re not interacting with colleagues in person? And, most difficult of all, how might you that culture in service of changing the organisation to meet new goals? This session certainly won’t have all the answers, but some to get you thinking and acting, even from your home office. We will also discuss the role of social influence as a means of leading organisational changes of all kinds.
Noah Askin, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEAD 

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November 30, 2020

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Showing the Value of the Legal Department

Join us for an interactive discussion with three-time general counsel, four-time author, and creator of the award-winning “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel” blog, Sterling Miller, who will discuss how to show the value of the legal department both subjectively and objectively.  Sterling will talk about how to market the legal department to the business, how to make your business clients love you (and the department), how to prepare KPIs, and how to use all of this to ask for more resources for the legal team.  
Sterling Miller, Former Silicon Valley General Counsel & Author of the Award-winning legal blog, “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel”

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December 11, 2020

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Using Data Analytics in the In-House Legal Department

Join us for an interactive discussion with three-time general counsel, four-time author, and creator of the award-winning “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel” blog, Sterling Miller, who will discuss how to use data analytics in the legal department.  This companion discussion to “Showing the Value of the Legal Department” will go deeper into why data analytics matters, how to gather data, and – most importantly – how to use it to pull useful insights and prepare dashboards that can be used with the department or with the C-Suite.
Sterling Miller, Former Silicon Valley General Counsel & Author of the Award-winning legal blog, “Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel”

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