Lawyers to Leaders
At the Executas Group, we have expertise working with General Counsel (GC), lawyers and legal teams, particularly in helping lawyers transition to leaders.
Why We’re Unique
We believe our expertise to be unique as separate from the Executas Group, Garrick built and managed General Counsel 50, the premier global peer network of 65+ F500 General Counsel. He built relationships by deeply understanding and helping GC to solve their biggest challenges, particularly around talent and the organization. This gives Garrick a true insight into what’s facing today’s GC and their teams. When you combine this perspective with Garrick’s experience as an executive coach, management consultant, and corporate executive it puts him in a unique position to help. Garrick is a member of the Florida Bar and has a J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law.
The Biggest Opportunities For Lawyers/Teams
As lawyers grow, many do not make the transition effectively from lawyer to leader. How work is thought about, valued and gets done fundamentally needs to change as leaders grow. We see the following as the biggest development areas:
- Role/Getting Work Done: Transition from an individual contributor to a team member who can work in a collaborative environment and navigate corporate/matrix organizations.
- People/Leading: Build, develop, and manage high performing talent/team by learning how to lead and prioritize people.
- Risk & Ambiguity: Increasing comfort with risk and ambiguity, shifting from minimizing risk to maximizing business opportunity (while protecting the company).
- Communication/Collaboration: Communicate effectively, collaborate and truly partner for solutions. Transition from verbose answers and spotting all the ‘issues’ to giving the concise answer and finding practical ‘solutions.’
- Decision Making: Thinking strategically, moving from being a lawyer just giving advice to being a leader making the decision.
- Executive Presence/Reputation: Evolving from a ‘legal’ subject matter expert to a trusted ‘business’ adviser. Improving business acumen and becoming ‘Board’ ready.
Where We’ve Helped
Some representative projects where we’ve worked with GC and their teams:
- Thought partner to GC about how to make their team and organization higher performing
- Coaching GC and direct reports (especially potential successors) to reach their full potential
- Guest speaking at all-hands meetings, leadership team meetings, and lunch and learns
- Developing specific training for both leadership teams and the broader organization
- Helping design high impact offsite meetings
Please contact us if you’d like to discuss our expertise in this area further or how we can help.