Leadership & Development For Legal Professionals
Presenters : Dwight Snyman
Overview
As corporate legal departments and law firms face growing operational and strategic demands, legal professionals must develop the leadership capabilities that complement their technical legal expertise. Navigating the modern corporate framework requires legal officers to move beyond isolated advisory roles and actively influence organisational compliance, risk mitigation, and executive decision-making.
Without deliberate leadership development, legal professionals risk struggling with team management, losing strategic alignment with board objectives, or failing to communicate risks effectively during organisational changes. This webinar addresses these critical areas by focusing on self-leadership, strategic communication, team performance, and structured decision-making methodologies.
Join Adv Dwight Snyman for an intensive webinar designed to equip you with the essential leadership competencies required to direct teams, influence board-level outcomes, and progress confidently into positions of greater organisational responsibility.
Learning Objectives
By attending this webinar, you will be equipped to:
- Assess your personal leadership style to strengthen self-awareness and emotional intelligence competencies.
- Structure executive and stakeholder communication to effectively advocate for legal risk mitigation at board level.
- Implement structured decision-making methodologies to manage organisational risk and ethical escalations.
- Establish psychological safety and performance contracting standards within legal teams to improve performance and accountability.
- Align legal operations and technological change management with broader organisational strategy and compliance frameworks.
Content
The webinar will cover the following topics:
- Leadership Theory within the Legal Profession
- Self-Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
- Strategic Communication and Influence
- Team Leadership and Performance Management
- Decision-Making and Professional Judgment
- Strategic and Commercial Acumen
- Legal Project and Change Management
- Ethical Leadership, Governance and Risk
- Legal Innovation and Technology Leadership
- Career Development and Leadership Progression