55% - Why Most GC Seats Are Decided Before the Job Is Advertised

With more than 100 unguarded conversations with sitting GCs and CLOs on the Lessons I Learned in Law podcast, we have seen a lot of the same patterns from both sides of the table: the gap between how good a lawyer is and how they're understood by the people who decide where they go next.

This session makes that pattern practical. More than half of FTSE 350 GC appointments now go to an internal candidate, and even then, the board usually benchmarks them against an external search. So the decisive period was never the interview; it's the years before it, when people are quietly forming a view of whether you're the one.

The Leadership Audit is the tool at the heart of this session for surfacing that view while you can still do something about it: how you're read inside your organisation, outside it, and whether that reputation is an asset or a liability for where you're trying to go.

Built for senior in-house lawyers with ambition for the top job.

• One practical hour
• A clear-eyed look at how these decisions really get made; and
• Tools you can start applying to your own reputation straight away.

This webinar draws on lessons from our Executive Counsel Accelerator, a 6-week CPD-certified programme for senior in-house lawyers building executive presence and visibility. Next cohorts: 15 Sept and 5 Nov 2026. Learn more about the ECA here.