From legal team head to GM

Here, an executive general manager discusses how legal counsel can make the vocational transition to business leadership, whether it’s a general manager, chief executive, or managing director role. In this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Australian Unity Trustees executive general manager Kirstin Follows about her legal career and how she came to AUT, supporting that business through both the COVID-19 pandemic and the aged care royal commission, what she found stimulating about in-house legal life, and why work in the aged care sector is so important. Follows also delves into how the transition to the EGM role came about, how she has found the jump to her current role, the skills she needed to develop, how her approach to the EGM role differs to what she was doing as law department leader, how and why heads of legal should be aiming to lead what’s happening in the boardroom, not just being a participant, and why such lawyers are well placed to take on executive roles. .................................................................................................... 📰 Lawyers Weekly is Australia’s leading source for independent news, in-depth analysis, and expert commentary on the legal profession. Published daily and reaching over 110,000 legal practitioners across the country, our coverage goes beyond headlines — shaping and progressing the business of law in Australia. Like this video? Don’t forget to subscribe to Lawyers Weekly on YouTube: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFyUY4niT1nPdLeWaRPphQ 📖 Subscribe to our monthly magazine – the bible for legal business in Australia: 👉 http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/subscription-options 🎵 Follow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5bZtDcWPwv7M3M7cch41jp?si=3f960b0546b941b8 🌐 Visit us online for the latest legal news and updates: 👉 http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au 🔗 Connect with us on social media: X/Twitter: http://twitter.com/lawyersweekly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lawyersweekly LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/lawyers-weekly-australia