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Author Archives: Stuart Blake
In-house Counsel and CEO Influence on Company Culture and Ethics
There is a great article posted today on Law.com by Lynn Lieber, the CEO and founder of Workplace Answers, Inc. While I concur with the conclusion she makes that corporate counsel can influence the culture and ethics in a company, … Continue reading
The General Counsel on Coast to Coast Podcast
This morning I participated on Coast to Coast, a free podcast available on the Legal Talk Network with co-hosts and Law.com bloggers, J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi, on the topic of the growing trend of part-time in-house general counsel. … Continue reading
Policies: Love Them, Hate Them, part 2
As Charles Savoni posted in a previous blog entry, it is advisable to have an Internet and email use policy, one that is monitored and enforced. Companies should limit employee use of company computers and email to work-related issues. Company policy … Continue reading
Employees Blogging? Do You Have a Blogging Policy?
Today, more than 27 million blogs are being written and posted to the online community. Earlier in the decade corporate America resisted sanctioning such blogs. Companies have found, however, that customers are beginning to turn away from traditional advertising and … Continue reading
Business Manners
There is a great entry today on David Maister’s blog about politeness and business manners. I believe that a phone call is appropriate for each of the questions. What do you think?
Focus on Strategy!
Seth Godin provides a simple distinction between a strategy and a tactic that all companies, large or small, should consider. It’s very easy for management to get so involved in the tactical that they almost forget about their strategy. The start of the … Continue reading
Policies: Love Them, Hate Them, You Have to Have Them
I am not a big fan of writing a policy or rule for every employee activity, there is definitely risk in trying to regulate all activities and work done in a company. If your policy manual is so thick that … Continue reading
Six Strategies for Improving Performance – Part 4
Don’t Plead the Fifth: Encourage information sharing between management and in-house counsel — Too many companies communicate in silos that restrict the flow of critical business and legal information between in-house counsels and managers. This often results in poor decision-making … Continue reading
Six Strategies for Improving Performance – Part 3
Mind Your Achilles: Include your in-house counsel in the decision-making process — Companies that benefit most from legal counsel recognize the value of preventing legal difficulties rather than reacting to them after costly mistakes have been made. Veteran in-house lawyers … Continue reading
Six Strategies for Improving Performace – Part II
Prioritize: Have your in-house counsel manage all legal issues — Savvy CEOs rely on in-house lawyers who can address all of the day-to-day legal issues regularly facing their companies: fiscal responsibility and corporate governance, employment laws, intellectual property protection, contract … Continue reading