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Backstory: Rebel with a Cause A talk with Ben W. Heineman, Jr.
For Ben W. Heineman, Jr., the heart of the matter is tension. In his nearly 20 years as the top legal executive at General Electric, Heineman redefined the role of the GC in the modern corporation. The key to a GC’s success, he says in his indispensable new book, “The Inside Counsel...
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Creating Transformation Through Managerial Courage: For a general counsel, demonstrating managerial courage can transform the entire organization.
Recently, I was speaking with an executive recruiter about what it takes to be a successful GC in this era of the activist investor (see my column in the April issue of MCC). “If you don’t have managerial courage, you’re probably not going to be an effective general counsel...
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The Power of Authentic Storytelling: The path to leadership for women in law is bumpy – better get going
Successful, powerful, dynamic leaders do not mysteriously appear in the C-suite fully formed as perfect leaders. Megan Belcher of ConAgra Foods encourages women lawyers to seek out the stories about the paths to leadership from those leaders – the struggles, risks, and triumphs – and...
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