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Lawyers have traditionally been hired for their legal expertise – their knowledge of rules, governance and regulations, their negotiating skills, their ability to navigate an organization out of legal jeopardy. All critical skills, of course, but hardly sufficient to serve in today’s complex business world. Today, an organization needs far more than legal advice from its legal function. Today’s business needs its General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer and its teams of lawyers to be top-notch leaders.

HR was never easy. But the sudden changes that the pandemic generated require great determination to rewrite the rules of the function and truly make a positive impact on employees and business in equal measure.

Read on for the key takeaways from an engaging discussion on the future of cultivating and transitioning leaders, from CEOs to board members.

Egon Zehnder is committed to transforming the leaders of today into the great leaders of tomorrow.

Post-pandemic Retail is emerging to be a noisy place, and product relevancy has never been more critical, or more difficult, to achieve. Is your team equipped to manage the upheaval?

Africa is ripe for increasing biomedical research and development; however, many African diaspora scientists have gone abroad for other opportunities. Many who do want to return face several major barriers in increasing their research links to the continent. To better understand these impediments, Egon Zehnder partnered with the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) to interview 15 African biomedical scientists from around the world to explore what is preventing African biomedical scientists based abroad from increasing their involvement with African research institutes and local African scientific talent and potential solutions to overcome these barriers.

Examining psychological safety, why it boosts performance, and why it matters.

As global leadership advisors, we see first-hand that the coming out experience is a transformative leadership moment. Whether you come out early in life or later, it is a time of deep self-exploration and reflection that requires great courage. It necessitates taking a risk that only those who have gone through it can understand. It is this experience of coming out and embracing the life experiences gained through being LGBTQ+ that we believe can empower LGBTQ+ leaders to tap into their full potential.

There is no downplaying the damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic on lives, livelihoods, and mental health.

As executives assume positions of increasing seniority, their peer set falls away, leaving fewer confidantes and sounding boards. What’s a poor executive extrovert to do?