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Abigail Harris

Abigail Harris

Abigail Harris, Content Director, Global Leaders in Law

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May 20, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

How Horizon Scanning Can Maximize Your Value and Influence Within the C-Suite

When done well, horizon scanning acts as a catalyst to bring together diverse perspectives. It challenges assumptions and helps shift mindsets to focus on the most material opportunities and risks facing your business, and its most material stakeholders. Strategy Consultant, Julia Hayhoe, shares the steps that GCs and their teams can put in place to ensure they use horizon scanning to maximize their value and influence within the C-Suite.

By Julia Hayhoe

4 minute read

May 20, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Succession Planning Insights from Global General Counsel

General Counsel from Credit Karma, ING Americas and EY outline how they are equipping their future leaders to ensure that they become successful strategic business partners. They also share an insight into their succession plan and the key steps that they take to ensure rising leaders can step into their shoes at any given moment.

By Abigail Harris

3 minute read

May 17, 2021 | Global Leaders in Law

Creating Your Strategic Leadership Team Pathway

This last year has left leaders wrestling with waves of operational challenges in a virtual and highly disrupted world. Overload and fatigue can make it hard for leaders to turn their attention fully to the strategic and leadership questions facing their business, functions and teams. This video provides the space, framework and external expertise to support GCs to develop, or review, their own strategic leadership team pathway.

By Abigail Harris

2 minute read

May 17, 2021 | Global Leaders in Law

Uncertainty Possibility: Tools for Turning Uncertainty into Possibility

Although uncertainty is increasing in the world around us, few of us are equipped to face it and so we fall into anxiety and other maladaptive traps. But the change that creates uncertainty also creates possibility. Organized around the metaphor of "first-aid" for change, this video with Nathan Furr, Associate Professor of Strategy, INSEAD, provides the tools to face uncertainty and transform it into possibility.

By Abigail Harris

2 minute read

May 10, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

How a Chief Legal Officer Can Add Value to the CEO

Hubert Joly, the former Chairman and CEO of Best Buy outlines how he orchestrated Best Buy's spectacular turnaround and shares the key strategies leaders can implement to incite change in an organization.

By Abigail Harris

11 minute read

May 03, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

ESG: The Perfect Storm to Drive Value for Your Organization

As corporations and political leaders are increasingly highlighting their dedication towards environmental, social and governance issues (ESG), the priority list for chief in-house lawyers has risen as CLOs are naturally taking on a leading role in driving this change.

By Abigail Harris

5 minute read

April 26, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

Fremantle Names Matthew Wilson as New General Counsel

Matthew Wilson, ‎Associate General Counsel, EMEA & APAC at Uber, is set to leave the technology company to become General Counsel at Fremantle in August.

By Abigail Harris

2 minute read

April 20, 2021 | Global Leaders in Law

A Blueprint for Better Business: Challenges and Opportunities of Putting Purpose into Practice

In this video, Charles Wookey and Dee Corrigan who lead the charity 'Blueprint for Better Business' reflect on learnings from their work and highlight the strategies that you can put in place to put purpose into practice.

By Abigail Harris

1 minute read

April 20, 2021 | Global Leaders in Law

The Power Couple - The GC And Their Adviser

In this video, general counsel and leadership consultants discuss the key issues and challenges facing the legal industry.

By Abigail Harris

1 minute read

April 13, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

How to Successfully Equip Your Future Legal Department Leaders

Michael Solender, Global Vice Chair and General Counsel of EY spoke to Corporate Counsel Advance about what inspires him as an executive leader, strategies to ensure the in-house department collaborates with the wider business function, and the qualities of a successful general counsel.

By Abigail Harris

8 minute read