How to Cultivate & Apply a Business Mindset for In-House Lawyers
Tuesday, August 8th • 12:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
Being a great lawyer takes more than knowing the law and applying it to the facts. To be highly effective contributors, in-house lawyers need to be key business partners, helping to navigate risks and maximize opportunities by providing legal advice tailored to the business’s goals. And to do that well, in-house lawyers need to cultivate a business mindset.
A business mindset means approaching legal tasks from the perspective of a true business partner, rather than someone present only for the purpose of giving legal advice. It also means knowing enough about business generally and the business you’re in to be able to give advice that takes the full context into account.
Join us at 12pm ET/9am PT, on Tuesday, August 8th, for the next installment of our IHC Advantage Series, as Heather Stevenson, General Counsel for Red Cell Partners, helps us cultivate and refine our business mindsets.
Heather will discuss:
What it really means to have a business mindset and the knowledge you need to gain in order to apply the mindset;
Examples of what it looks like to have a business mindset in practice, from the perspectives of a department head and individual contributor;
How to avoid becoming a rubber stamp, in your efforts to “get to yes;”
Why having a business mindset is important and what you risk by not developing one; and
Specific steps you can take to develop a business mindset.
Who should attend?
All levels of in-house counsel who want to become a true partner to the business.
