We're all reading about the challenge of the Great Resignation. As GCs, we're feeling it acutely too. It's hard to find great in-house lawyers – those technically excellent lawyers who are also skilled in the art of partnering with colleagues in other functions to creatively help advance business goals while mitigating risk. That's why it's even harder to lose such talent, once found.

It's been termed the Great Resignation but as a colleague of mine likes to say, it should really be called the Great Reflection. We're not seeing lawyers question whether they should be practicing law, but rather reflecting on how, why, and for whom they practice it.