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A handsome silvered fifty five year-old midwesterner with the bearing, and legal acumen, of a 747 pilot. If you encounter him in the lift he won’t have a clue who you are, even though you have worked in his department since 1998. | A handsome silvered fifty five year-old midwesterner with the bearing, and legal acumen, of a 747 pilot. If you encounter him in the lift he won’t have a clue who you are, even though you have worked in his department since 1998. | ||
General counsel habitually float above | General counsel habitually float above the messy tedium of actual legal work. They owe their elevated position to a knack for side-stepping difficult decisions — something which, in a large organization during peacetime, it is easy to do, especially one with well-functioning [[escalation circle]]s. Being commander-in-chief of the armed forces is a cinch when the nation is not at war. Thus, most [[general counsel]] are inclined to attribute their position to their own extraordinary judgment, commercial nous and deep client relationships rather than having been mucking about in a dinghy far out on the tidal flats when the rising tide came in that floats all boats. They will even, humbly but without irony, accept [[industry awards]] for their talents. If you are lucky, they’ll modestly attribute their unique achievements to their wonderful team, without which none of their ''legerdemain'' would have been possible. | ||
Their main challenge is justifying their position at all. They like to be seen as visionaries, and will embrace behaviour which speaks to their grand strategic vision. They might commission a global coverage model, or a detailed, multi-dimensional [[risk taxonomy]]. Completion of this futile exercise will be left to their teams, of course. | Their main challenge is justifying their position at all. They like to be seen as visionaries, and will embrace behaviour which speaks to their grand strategic vision. They might commission a global coverage model, or a detailed, multi-dimensional [[risk taxonomy]]. Completion of this futile exercise will be left to their teams, of course. |