Jeff Franke's guest appearances

Jeff Franke

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Aaron Ross

Ron Baker

Bill Samuels

Natalie Bennett

Brooks Brown

Heidi Gardner

Mitch Jackson

Michael Schmidt

Jennifer Kennedy

Cara Hale

Doug Johnson

Laurie MacDonald

Perkins Coie

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Steve Harmon

Hello, Efficiency! Chief of Staff to the General Counsel and Sr. Director of Global Legal Operations at Yahoo, Jeff Franke; and VP and Deputy General Counsel at Cisco, Steve Harmon. Today’s guests hold leadership roles in CLOC – the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium. Within CLOC, Leaders of some of the largest law departments in the US are coming together to solidify and implement legal operations standards in an effort to solve challenges in their ecosystems. Episode 56 is the second of two episodes featuring these distinguished guests.  Listen in as we discuss why:  The time has come for legal to focus on outcomes Legal Operations is gaining ‘seats at the table’ The use of LPOs and legal tech and why it’s important to clients Today’s GCs are highly experienced lawyers – the best of the best The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) is:  Providing in-house legal with the content and competence to run legal departments Gathering experienced legal professionals to share best practices and standards    Tune into Episode 55 on iTunes or Episode 55 on LeftFoot Website for the beginning of this discussion with Jeff and Steve.   This episode is sponsored by ThinkSmart:

<h1>Hello, Efficiency!</h1> <a href="https://cloc.org/speakers/jeffrey-franke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chief of Staff to the General Counsel and Sr. Director of Global Legal Operations at Yahoo, Jeff Franke</a>; and <a href="https://cloc.org/speakers/steven-harmon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VP and Deputy General Counsel at Cisco, Steve Harmon</a>. Today’s guests hold leadership roles in <a href="https://cloc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CLOC – the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium</a>. Within CLOC, Leaders of some of the largest law departments in the US are coming together to solidify and implement legal operations standards in an effort to solve challenges in their ecosystems. Episode 56 is the second of two episodes featuring these distinguished guests. Listen in as we discuss why: <ul> <li>The time has come for legal to focus on outcomes</li> <li>Legal Operations is gaining ‘seats at the table’</li> <li>The use of LPOs and legal tech and why it’s important to clients</li> <li>Today’s GCs are highly experienced lawyers – the best of the best</li> <li>The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) is: <ul> <li>Providing in-house legal with the content and competence to run legal departments</li> <li>Gathering experienced legal professionals to share best practices and standards</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Tune into <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-55-no-pit-bulls-no-shrinking-violets/id1109447604?i=1000382889163&amp;mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 55 on iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.leftfoot.com/jeff-franke-and-steve-harmon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 55 on LeftFoot Website</a> for the beginning of this discussion with Jeff and Steve. This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://thinksmart.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ThinkSmart</a>:

56: Relationship vs. Outcomes with Yahoo’s Jeff Franke and Cisco’s Steve Harmon

Legal Operations Today Chief of Staff to the General Counsel and Sr. Director of Global Legal Operations at Yahoo, Jeff Franke; and VP and Deputy General Counsel at Cisco, Steve Harmon.   Today’s guests hold leadership roles in CLOC – the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium. Within CLOC, Leaders of some of the largest law departments in the US are coming together to solidify and implement legal operations standards in an effort to solve challenges in their ecosystems. Episode 55 is the first of two episodes featuring these distinguished guests.  Listen as we talk about:   The effective use of law firm data as a differentiator   Avoiding misalignment of expectations versus effort   Corporate clients value outputs while firm pitches focus on inputs   Counsel to counsel relationships are valued but not sufficient  Tune into Episode 56 for the continuation of our discussion with Jeff and Steve. Episode mentions Mark Chandler, General Counsel, Cisco; and content from Episode 48 with Chris Groll, a Partner at Holland &amp; Hart. This episode is sponsored by ThinkSmart:

<h1>Legal Operations Today</h1> <a href="https://cloc.org/speakers/jeffrey-franke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chief of Staff to the General Counsel and Sr. Director of Global Legal Operations at Yahoo, Jeff Franke</a>; and <a href="https://cloc.org/speakers/steven-harmon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VP and Deputy General Counsel at Cisco, Steve Harmon</a>. Today’s guests hold leadership roles in <a href="https://cloc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CLOC – the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium</a>. Within CLOC, Leaders of some of the largest law departments in the US are coming together to solidify and implement legal operations standards in an effort to solve challenges in their ecosystems. Episode 55 is the first of two episodes featuring these distinguished guests. Listen as we talk about: <ul> <li>The effective use of law firm data as a differentiator</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Avoiding misalignment of expectations versus effort</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Corporate clients value outputs while firm pitches focus on inputs</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Counsel to counsel relationships are valued but not sufficient</li> </ul> Tune into Episode 56 for the continuation of our discussion with Jeff and Steve. Episode mentions <a href="http://blogs.cisco.com/author/markchandler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Chandler, General Counsel, Cisco</a>; and content from <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/48-develop-honest-relationship/id1109447604?i=1000380337345&amp;mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 48 with Chris Groll, a Partner at Holland &amp; Hart</a>. This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://thinksmart.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ThinkSmart</a>:

55: No Pit Bulls / No Shrinking Violets with Yahoo’s Jeff Franke and Cisco’s Steve Harmon