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BENCHMARKING THE IDEAL ORG DESIGN

Start here! Our experience suggests that it is likely that almost every function performed by corporate legal departments has been studied, improved and potentially optimized by another admired corporation. A targeted benchmarking is often the best way to diagnose a legal departments challenges, see how the best legal departments in the world are addressing them, and and prescribe changes that will work, that will last, and that will instill greater harmony, cost effectiveness, and efficiency. Read more.

SETTING MISSION AND VISION

Revisiting one’s vision or mission statement often serves as a precursor or companion to larger departmental change. It may, for example, serve as the basis for structural reorganization, a change in legal department leadership, or ensure that new legal functions support the larger department goals. It is a key way to instill a sense of institutional continuity in a Legal Department, and ensure that each component function is “greater than the sum of its parts”. Read more.

LEGAL DEPARTMENT OFFSITE: PLAN, ALIGN, STRATEGIZE

Organizational shifts require careful planning and coordination from legal leadership. Offsites are an important tool for legal departments to discuss major changes, engage in strategic planning, and align leadership and potentially the entire department. Read more.

SUCCESSFUL CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Legal department leaders often envision an ideal “end-state” for their team’s operations, but uprooting a department’s entire corporate structure, legal technology systems, and methodologies can prove to be a practical challenge. But a department’s ability to adapt to ambitious and sustainable change is key to long-term success, and Argopoint provides clients with the tools they need to achieve this. Read more.

FOR MERGERS: POST-MERGER INTEGRATION ASSISTANCE

The post-merger integration of two legal departments is one of the most complex and high-risk managerial projects facing corporate legal leaders today. Argopoint has expertise in legal group integration that is beneficial during both pre- and post-merger periods - and we’ve created a complimentary post-merger integration checklist to get you started. When crafting unique support tools for a merger, we consider several key criteria in both merging organizations including: organizational stability, corporate culture, operational competencies, technological competencies, key processes and geographic reach. Read more.

Updated February 10, 2025 | Argopoint Consulting