No shortlist? You’ve lost ’em before hello.

From my time as a GC (and in many conversations with other GCs) one thing’s clear: the best legal leaders don’t respond to job specs that read like instruction manuals.

We’re balancing AI regulation, compliance, DEI, privacy, and employment issues, all while staying close to the business. The scope has evolved far beyond managing risk. It’s about guiding the business through complex, uncharted territory and making smarter decisions. The expectations are higher.

And yet… many job specs still land as a wall of bullet points and must-haves, without a clear message about the real opportunity.

Here’s what most of us are actually scanning for:
→ How close we’ll be to real decision-making
→ What kind of complexity we’ll be trusted to handle
→ How much room we’ll have to lead

If the opportunity isn’t clear on paper, it won’t spark interest in practice. You won’t lose talent halfway through, you just won’t reach them at all.

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