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CCCA_V7No2_Spotlight-FIN_CCCA_V6No4 13-05-16 2:36 PM Page 36 Spotlight on… CCCA Business Leadership Program for In-House Counsel The program: Helping members transition in-house initiative: “We love working on unique Dr. Hugh Arnold is the academic director role by addressing topics such as: and breakthrough educational programs, of the Business Leadership Program for • The complementary roles of governance rather than doing yet another version of In-House Counsel. An adjunct professor of and management in organizations; something that has been done before,” management at the Rotman School at the • Effective communication in the business says Martin. University of Toronto, he is the school’s environment; “This is a new-to-the-world program former dean and has also worked exten- • Organizational structure and the evolu- that pushes the envelope of corporation sively with clients on senior executive tion of design as organizations grow; education, so we are looking forward to team development. • The causes and consequences of orga- working together with CCCA on the “A typical lawyer moving to an in-house nizational culture; design and delivery of this program.” As counsel role brings strong legal training • Effective problem solving and decision for the partnership, Martin says at the and experience, but often very little back- making. Rotman School “we love developing ground in either understanding or manag- deep, multi-year relationships with great ing the complexities of organizational life,” Module Two organizations to help them with their says Arnold. The second module will be completed highest-priority learning needs and “The Business Leadership Program for online in a self-paced virtual environment. CCCA is a great partner in this respect.” In-House Counsel is designed to facilitate This module will guide participants Borbridge calls the CCCA program a the successful transition to in-house through the application of legal knowledge “game changer for our members, provid- roles by rapidly accelerating learning to fact-based scenarios using assign- ing them with a competitive edge over regarding the nature and functioning of ments, discussion boards, policy develop- their peers. I believe the program will be businesses and the dynamics of complex ment and quizzes. very appealing to in-house counsel who organizations.” want to become strategic leaders within Topics will include areas such as: their organizations.” The program contents include: • Risk management Martin says the program“will help cor- A series of intensive three-day work- • Regulatory Compliance porations better understand the quality shops and a self-paced module featuring • Privacy level of the in-house counsel they hire multiple components, focused on the fol- • Governance and promote and at the same time it will lowing topics: help those who hold the designation • Understanding and Navigating Organiz- Module Three demonstrate to their potential or current ational Dynamics The third module of the program addresses employer that they are committed to • Business Leadership Application the challenges faced when the in-house learning and excellence.” • Developing as a Manager lawyer moves from the role of individual Borbridge looks forward to the day • The Effective General Counsel: From professional adviser to manager. That’s when the CIC.C is the gold standard Manager to Leader when the job of the in-house counsel expected by employers when they are con- changes from “doing the work” to “getting sidering hiring or promoting in-house Module One the work done through others.” The chal- counsel.“What will really make me smile The initial challenge for a lawyer moving lenge of “letting go” and recognizing the is the day when I see a job advertisement in-house is to understand how organiza- changed demands of the management role for in-house counsel where it said that the tions are designed, structured, managed, are often particularly difficult for highly CIC.C designation is an asset. That will and led. There is a language to learn; trained professionals like in-house lawyers. show that this program has achieved exact- norms and cultures to understand; hierar- This module focuses on these chal- ly what we are expecting it to achieve, chies and power structures to assess and lenges, on the new skills that must be which is that employers understand that new ways of working to master. The first mastered to become an effective manag- the program prepares lawyers to be effec- module of the CCCA program is designed er, and on the habits and practices that tive and efficient in-house counsel.” to facilitate the transition to the in-house the in-house lawyer must be prepared to 36 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association SUMMER 2013