Vanessa Allen Sutherland on living in the tension of business and legal
Release Date: 11/23/2021
Life and legal leadership: Building resilience and adaptability through community
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Advocate for yourself: Growing a network of sponsors, mentors, and coaches.
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Janene Asgeirsson, senior vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary at Analog Devices, Inc., talks with Resilient CLO Track host Don Fancher about how she has led businesses through successful growth and transformation, and how fostering a culture of agility and innovation has helped her team embrace technological changes in the legal profession. Janene also emphasizes the importance of the CLO stepping beyond the traditional legal role to serve as a strategic advisor to the business.
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A career journey in law driven by curiosity
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Pilar Ramos, general counsel and corporate secretary at TelevisaUnivision, Inc., talks with Resilient CLO Track host Don Fancher about how her curiosity led her to pursue a career in law. Pilar also reflects on how building trusted relationships and learning lessons from all experiences—good or bad—have helped her advance in her roles.
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Optimizing the Big T, finance transformation
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Deloitte's Resilient Controller podcast welcomes guest Charles Carrington, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, sharing why controllers are now finding sustainability reporting on their list of responsibilities, and how to deliver trustworthy information for stakeholders to make decisions based on.
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Sean O’Hara on people, quality, and profitability – in that order
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info_outlineAs a B2B, B2C, and public service leader, Vanessa Allen Sutherland, EVP Government Relations and CLO at Norfolk Southern, knows a thing or two about how organizations can be compliant with laws and also about the nuances of policymaking. She talks with Resilient CLO track co-host Lori Lorenzo about the dual responsibility corporate lawyers have—to ask difficult questions to keep their own house in order and to have a pulse on the threats that can harm the organization’s market reputation.