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Thinking about your organization as a whole, what would you say are its top business objectives for the next two years?

Strategy & Architecture

Growth / market share

Digital business / digital transformation

Profit improvement

Innovation / new products

Customer focus

Corporate M&A

Technology Improvements

Cost Optimization

Operations improvement

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What do you do with unsolicited vendor gifts?

People & Leadership Financial Management Vendor Management

Keep it

I never accept them

Donate it

Depends on the dollar amount

Other (leave a comment)

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Does the US-China trade war affect your business?

News

Yes

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Is AI going to affect the number of jobs in your company in the next 12 months?

Culture & Values AI & Machine Learning

Yes, more jobs created

Yes, jobs lost to AI

Other (please comment)

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Which business function do you see the most need for automation?

End-User Services & Collaboration Applications & Platforms People & Leadership+6 more

Sales

Marketing

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Legal

Other (pls comment)

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Do you agree with this prediction from Gartner: 25% of people will spend at least one hour per day in the Metaverse by 2026.

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Culture & Values Employee Engagement

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

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Are you more or less confident in your communication in a virtual setting?

Culture & Values Productivity Tools Business Relationships

More Confident

Less Confident

Neither more nor less confident

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How important is empathy as a leadership trait? Explain why in the comments.

Talent Management & Performance Culture & Values Employee Engagement

Very important

Somewhat important

Not important

Don't know

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Why did you leave your last role? Select all that apply.

Personal Development Culture & Values Business Relationships

Career advancement

Lack of appreciation/recognition

Burnout

Lack of work/life balance

Retirement

Improved compensation

Other (please list in the comments)

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How satisfied are you with your organization's compensation / salary review process?

People & Leadership

Very satisfied

Satisfied

Unsatisfied

Frustrated and needs review

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How are you considering the use of Gen AI and or its controlled use within a legal professional environment, e.g? I see so many perspectives on this ranging from open use to outright ban and everything in between.

Generative AI

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software6 months ago

We have implemented a block across the board with the ability to enter a request to use any AI models. Once a request is entered, we are performing reviews on the AI and vendor. What we have noticed is that in many cases, ...read more

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How do you engage in change management in your law firm?

Legal People & Leadership

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Softwarea year ago

Take the time to listen to your people. Understand their motivations, their ways of working, and their frustrations. Use the information you gather to help align what you are trying to change with what they are seeking to ...read more

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Texas federal judge recently ruled that the FTC exceeded its authority with the proposed noncompete ban. What impact do you think this ruling will have on ongoing legal battles and legislative efforts related to noncompete agreements?

News

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software13 days ago

The decision is more a function of Chevron being overruled than it is about the rule or rulemaking itself. That said, I would imagine future efforts at non-compete clauses legislatively will be challenged every time regardless ...read more

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What is that one "magic" piece of advice/feedback you've gotten that improved your effectiveness as a leader?

People & Leadership Peer Insights

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software2 months ago

"Clarity is magnetic." It was part of a bigger lesson that people value integrity, but they actually follow clarity. Clarity in vision combined with a good vision has a potential to build incredible followership.

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How does the general counsel support the C-suite leadership in taking strategic decisions?

Legal People & Leadership

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software2 months ago

For me, the general counsel is absolutely pivotal in providing the C-suite with support for strategic decision making. For starters, whether it knows it or not, the general counsel lives within a complex duality--on the ...read more

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CrowdStrike outage: Any quick advice for orgs affected? What immediate actions are your IT and other teams taking to mitigate the effects of the outage?

Crowdstrike Outage 2024 IT Strategy & Roadmap Crisis Management+2 more

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software2 months ago

Right now, communication is key!

We have invoked a passphrase protocol to protect our users from social engineering attempts to gain unauthorised access to our users computers or systems by claiming to be from IT support ...read more

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As the legal industry increasingly embraces generative AI, what steps have you taken to ensure you have the necessary technical skills to meet the current and future challenges?

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Softwarea month ago

Completing this course enabled me to develop AI to improve ways to summarise and communicate legal concepts/laws. I highly recommend it: https://executive.law.berkeley.edu/programs/generative-ai-for-the-legal-profession...read more

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We have begun our CLM journey - and the question of "who owns CLM" has come up. Will you please share feedback to help me understand who owns your CLM management and the day-to-day administration of the tool and processes - Legal Ops? IT? Commercial/Go-To-Market Legal Team?

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software3 months ago

I would say legal ops should be the operational head with legal providing a supporting function and other areas like sales and finance having differentiated levels of responsibility and access within the CLM solution.

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In your opinion, what is the main value your organization's marketing department delivers?

Peer Insights

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software4 months ago

Do you can add some examples of what you are thinking about?

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How are you considering the use of Gen AI and or its controlled use within a legal professional environment, e.g? I see so many perspectives on this ranging from open use to outright ban and everything in between.

Generative AI

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software6 months ago

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What general or specific recommendations have you implemented regarding the retention of chat messages from software such as Microsoft Teams to Slack or other similar software? This unstructured data presents a risk to the retention in the event of discovery and should be retained only for a minimal amount of time. However, chat message use within companies varies from: * Short-term, casual, and quick communications meant to save a meeting or long email strings to * Longer-term, projected, and IT development logs that assist in documenting a decision-making process.

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software6 months ago

Ensure you comply with the corporate document retention policy of the organization and abide by any litigation or regulatory holds that might be in place from Legal or IT. Further, abide by any attorney client privilege or ...read more

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What are some best practices for streamlining and consolidating vendor management processes?

Vendor Management

Colin LevyDirector of Legal at Malbek in Software6 months ago

Typically I utilize the Pugh matrix for assessment of vendors at the preliminary stage. It eliminates subjective and discriminatory bias from the vetting/assessment process, balances pros and cons well, attributes appropriate ...read more

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