Legal leaders -- what's the NUMBER ONE most important thing for you and your team?
Delivering for your internal clients.
Hands down -- nothing else comes close.
Yes, this includes managing risk. Yes, it can be saying no (sometimes, not all of the time). But enabling the business to move with speed & confidence is the top priority -- regardless of sea changes in legal & regulation.
And I get it. It's tough right now with pressure on budgets and managing spend can feel like a top priority.
Relying on OC as the pressure release valve is expensive. But even if it weren't, I'd argue 9.9 times out of 10, flex talent is a superior option to achieve your top priority of serving your internal clients (you also manage spend, but let's pretend that's just the cherry on top 😉 )
1. You don't need to be in the middle between the firm and your business teams -- flex talent is an extension of your team & are folks with experience similar to yours -- they can stand in front of sales, engineering, marketing themselves, actually giving you leverage
2. They have prior in-house experience and know that an in-house "good job" is completely different than a law firm "good job". The pace is different and they can more than keep up
3. They've worked at other in-house departments and can share how others are doing things in terms of process, communication, etc, etc etc
4. Business teams will cheer and applaud you for the efficiency of your team and there will be virtual hugs and high fives (this is one is not guaranteed, but it is the most likely outcome)
Oh -- and it's not even remotely close to as expensive as a law firm. Reach out if you want to learn more or just want to meet my new pup Oliver.
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