Episode 13: Legal Project Management - Winning hearts, minds, and mandates.

In episode thirteen, The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Kevin O'Sullivan (Global Director of Legal Project Management at Baker McKenzie).

Kevin and John cover how to set LPM functions up for success, how to win hearts and minds with internal stakeholders and external clients, creating FOMO between lawyers, staying ahead of an ever-evolving LPM and broader Legal Operations market, and what its like managing the largest Legal Project Management function in the Legal industry.

Topics covered include:

1. Winning Hearts: Building relationships and culture.
2. Winning Minds: Mindset and knowledge-sharing.
3. Winning Mandates: Gaining organisational buy-in.
4. Tools, techniques, and practical insights.
5. Overcoming challenges.
6. The future of LPM.
7. MythBusters: Separating fact from fiction.

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