by Mike Evers | Oct 14, 2014 | Culture Fit
“I would like to use you, but our HR team is in charge of the opening,” a general counsel we respect and have known for years said to me during a recent phone call. This is not a new development, of course. Many organizations fill law department positions without...
by Mike Evers | Sep 11, 2014 | Culture Fit
Should a general counsel also hold the chief compliance officer (CCO) title? Associations that have sprung up in support of the CCO function say definitely no and advocate for a direct reporting relationship between a CCO and CEO, while other experts believe there are...
by Mike Evers | Jul 21, 2014 | Culture Fit
As I read about a United States Senator calling for the firing of Michael Milliken, GM’s general counsel, I am not thinking about Milliken. I don’t know Milliken and I’m not qualified to judge his performance. Instead, my friend Jeff Carr came immediately to...
by Mike Evers | Jun 25, 2014 | Culture Fit
Since I consider our readers part of the family, I’m going to write this month’s column as if we are all sitting around the dining room table together. Enjoy. Over a year into post-divorce dating, I have enough material for a stand-up comedy routine. But I’ll stick...
by Mike Evers | May 29, 2014 | Culture Fit
At InsideCounsel’s SuperConference two weeks ago, I had the privilege of moderating a best practices panel on the topic of diversity. The panelists were terrific, especially since I threw out a curve ball we did not prepare for in advance. During a lunch earlier at...
by Mike Evers | May 15, 2014 | Culture Fit
I was privileged to moderate “Beyond Diversity: Creating Corporate Culture” at the 2014 Inside Counsel “Superconference.” My thanks to Maria Green of Illinois Tool Works, David Rawlinson of Grainger, and Martin Montes of Exelon for their...