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THE VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT

By Kellie Krake

In Paris, a city steeped in history, more than 400 legal
professionals from 40 countries had their eyes turned toward
the future—of both in-house counsel and the legal profession
as a whole—this past October. They were gathered there for at
the 2016 In-House Counsel World Summit this past October.

nder the theme, In-House Counsel to develop skills and knowledge that are
Going Glocal, activities and conversa- transferrable. More than legal education,
Ution revolved around aligning global they focus on learning about the company
trends and local realities. With future and business as well.
opportunities for growth for members 3. Work-life balance: This group learned
in mind, I focused on two programs:
“The Role, Added Value and Reasons from their parents' sacrifces: they expect
life outside of work and are looking for
Why Young In-House Counsels are Well-
Equipped for Glocalization” and “Tomor- some predictability in their work sched-
ules to pursue those other interests. They
row’s Legal Department.”
want to be judged on how well they meet
Globalization + Local + Millennial = their responsibilities and deliver results,
Glocalennial not how many hours they spend at their
In the frst session, “The Role, Added desk—in fact, they would prefer to be able
Value and Reasons Why Young In-House to work remotely.
Counsels are Well-Equipped for Glocal- 4. Training: New and interesting train-
ization,” the panel coined a new word, ing opportunities are key to retaining
“Glocalennial,” to describe an emerging this group. They seek out opportunities
category of professionals: digital natives, to expand skills, including unpaid work
multi-stream thinkers who value product and mentorships. They love networking
over process and create sustaining rela- events to fnd and foster the relationships
tionships through electronic media. They that provide such opportunities.
identifed six common characteristics of 5. Exceptional resilience and highly adaptive:
Glocalennials to show how they are not so
different from you and me. They are highly educated, multilingual
and likely to have studied or lived abroad.
1. Curious: This group has an inherent cu- These experiences make them better
riosity, likely born from their constant ex- equipped to deal with challenges in both
posure to new information. They are open domestic and global situations.
to learning in every area of their lives and
seek out such opportunities more than 6. Constructive criticism: They crave fre-
previous generations generally do. quent feedback, both good and bad. This
lets them know they add value and are not
2. Mobile: They want to work on many merely seen as a disposable worker. They
different projects and for many different want to be engaged and challenged to do
companies or different global parts of the better. They enjoy taking on leadership
same company. They recognize the need roles and improving at all levels.

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