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IP strategy is business strategy. IP-engaged boards outperform those that treat IP as a back-office technicality fully delegable to IP specialists.

Corporate bed checks persist as a marker of toxicity, frustration, and unfulfilled individual and group potential. Enlightened leaders lead and manage based on empowerment and trust, not control and mistrust. In so doing, they reap rewards for all to enjoy.

To make the most of your present employment and pave the way for future vibrant chapters, consider implementing these actionable tips. Only you can restore your work-life balance.

Whether you’ve just joined an organization as in-house counsel or been toiling away for a while, you can gain a realistic understanding of your potential for advancement. Six warning signs may indicate that your short- or long-term advancement is unlikely or highly unlikely.

Patrick Lencioni's "The 6 Types of Working Genius" offers powerful insights for diagnosing what may be holding back your legal or IP team, and structuring your team to be impactful and high-functioning.

The relationship of Marty McFly and Doc Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy reveals salient insights about mentoring that IP and legal practitioners can apply to their professional and personal lives.

In its immediate aftermath, team restructuring commonly anoints both winners and losers. Sometimes overlooked are restructuring’s potential insidious, lasting effects on an organization. C-suite executives, organizational leaders, and other relevant decision-makers can leverage the following tips to increase restructuring’s benefits and reduce its human costs and disruptions.

In-house attorneys sometimes compartmentalize their work lives in counterproductive ways. The hit TV show "Severance" offers instructive lessons: A prudent legal professional both serves their current employer with excellence and is active in the wider professional community.

Executive management in organizations should look beyond tactical excellence to ensure that managerial positions in IP and legal teams are held by highly effective managers and leaders. To help assess the effectiveness of an individual as a manager and leader, executives can determine if, and to what extent, the individual operates with a scarcity mindset or an abundance mindset. A manager who operates with an abundance mindset brings substantial benefits to an organization.

As a freelance pianist, I’ve played countless pianos over the years, including pianos built from the late 19th century to the present day. Sometimes I come across two pianos made by the same manufacturer during the same era, with identical design and components. Despite these commonalities, the pianos may play and sound remarkably different. One is excellent, while the other is good, okay, or even awful.

If you've ever taken ballroom dance lessons or watched Dancing with the Stars , you may know that each dancer in a pair has a respective...

Leaders who operate according to a scarcity mindset bring underperformance and toxicity to organizations.

It’s no secret that life in a law firm can be stressful no matter one’s position and seniority. Pressure to bill hours and maximize...

In the IP field, and countless others, online or virtual meetings have become ingrained in professional life. Although united as users,...

For corporate intellectual property practitioners, the quest to excel can be daunting and all-consuming. Indeed, IP teams and their...

Over the years, I’ve worked directly with or observed countless professionals. Some collaborate effortlessly with all manner of...