Course description
General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer School: Module 2 - Interpersonal Skills for In-House Lawyers
The five-day programme is tailored specifically for General Counsels & Chief Legal Officers who are keen to meet the demands of business leaders who want their lawyers to deliver increasingly client-focused levels of service and continue their evolution as TRUE partners in the business.
This course will help you to develop valuable commercial and other essential non-legal skills that are essential for the success of in-house lawyers. Designed to be interactive and highly practical, it provides a useful forum for networking, group discussions and sharing of experiences. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and draw upon the extensive experiences of each other and the Course Director.
By the end of the programme, you will have a clear idea of how to achieve better personal performance, team effectiveness and organisational impact.
Who should attend?
Who should attend?
- In-house Lawyers in a leadership role for the first time
- Senior In-House Lawyers
- Legal Affairs Managers / Professionals responsible for managing legal services
- Private Practice Lawyers considering a move in-house
- Current or aspiring GCs, CLOs, Heads of Legal and Legal Directors
- Legal Counsel / in-house lawyers in corporates, government or charities, whether or not currently responsible for managing others
- Private Practice Solicitors considering a move in-house
- Any lawyer seeking to maximise personal performance, team effectiveness and organisational impact
Training content
Day One - Understanding yourself and others
How well do you know yourself, your colleagues and your organisation? Gain an understanding of what makes you and others “tick” and how that impacts the ways in which you perceive and are perceived by others and how that translates to good and bad human interactions and office politics.
The Personality Puzzle
- The Big 5: OCEAN
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- DiSC Profile
- Stereotypes: the “Lawyer Personality”
- Personal audit of key traits
Motivations
- Self -Motivation
- Types of motivators:
- Motivation Theories:
- Motivating others
Minimise misinterpretation & misunderstanding
- Implicit or unconscious bias
- Cross-cultural awareness
- Fast and slow thinking
Behaviours
- Learning and communications styles
- Leadership styles
- Decision-making styles
- Office politics: challenges and strategies
Understanding and Developing Emotional Intelligence
- Become self-aware about your strengths and weaknesses
- Manage yourself according to the needs of your organisation
- Be socially aware about other people, and the politics of your organisation
- Build healthy relationship management among colleagues
Day Two - Essential survival tools and techniques
Practical Exercise: Leadership in PracticeCollaborative Working
- Recognising team dynamics
- Team Emotional Intelligence
- Model of Team Effectiveness
- Impact on performance
Adaptive Working
- Post Covid
- Change Impacts
- Mindset and Habit
- Dimensions of Flexibility
Constructive Conflict Management
- Common sources of conflict
- Options for managing conflict
- How to have difficult conversations
- Strategies for handling unreasonable and difficult colleagues
- Forging alliances
Building Resilience
- Lawyer negativity and burnout
- Recognise what triggers your “buttons”
- Rest, recovery and recharge
- Envision choices and adjust perspective; but know when to quit
- Stress busters
Mindfulness and well-being
- Being present
- Mindfulness practices
- Well-being challenges
- Achieving balance
- Personal well-being assessment
Costs
Course fee: £2645 + VAT
Certification / Credits
By the end of the programme, you will have a clear idea of how to achieve better personal performance, team effectiveness and organisational impact.
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