West Virginia (WV) Leadership CLE Course Catalog

As the role of legal in the C Suite continues to evolve, in-house leaders have found themselves in uncharted territories. In the current business landscape, the ability to translate strategic goals and risk management plans into actionable financial metrics is essential for achieving success. In order to secure buy-in from the CFO and other key internal stakeholders, aligning legal strategies with organizational financial goals is crucial. This session is designed to equip attendees with the tools to communicate legal risks and strategies effectively, ensuring alignment and support from key decision-makers within your organization.

As today’s workplaces become increasingly diverse in terms of age, organizations must adapt their strategies to effectively motivate, recruit, and retain these dynamic generations and foster a harmonious work environment. Understanding how to bridge the gap and best manage the unique characteristics, expectations, and communication styles of various generations on your legal team is crucial for collaboration and innovation. Join this session to gain valuable perspectives and practical strategies for leveraging the strengths of the different generational cohorts, creating a multi-generational workplace that thrives with enhanced collaboration and productivity.

An effective leader is someone who makes an impact on people, even those outside of their own team. When leading a legal team, you are in a role that is also dependent on other departments being able to trust you, collaborate with you and provide you with pertinent information required to do your job effectively. This panel of legal leaders will share valuable insights on how to build trust, inspire action and drive change across various teams and stakeholders. Join this captivating session to explore effective communication strategies and discuss the value of emotional intelligence, building alliances, and fostering a culture of collaboration and empowerment.

As a present-day legal leader, it may feel like you are facing one crisis after another and while you have become adept at handling these situations, it's important for in-house counsel to take a proactive approach to prevent future crisis rather than believing their value lies in the quality of their response to the crisis. This panel will focus on strategies leaders should implement to help their teams get ahead of a crisis, minimize its impact and avoid it as much as possible overall. While you can't always predict what's coming around the corner for your organization, you will walk away from this session with tools that help leaders shift to rewarding efforts in preparing for and minimizing future crises.