"I want LBC Wise Counsel to be your inspired choice for advice, guidance and training. Everything we do is about adding something special to the way you work."
— Paul
Gilbert Chief Executive
News
A major new programme for the in-house sector: The Leadership and Management Programme - for in-house lawyers preparing for senior roles with management responsibility
In 2006 LBC Wise Counsel launched the LBCambridge programme, which takes place twice each year at Queens’ College, Cambridge, UK. Since it started, the programme has introduced literally hundreds of in-house lawyers » more
All Aboard for the U-Bend to Happiness
by Stephen Gold
Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possess;
I thank the Lord that I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness.
Kenneth Arthur Dodd, 1964
“Well, good for him,” you may think, » more
LBC Wise Counsel and The Law Society of Scotland
LBC Wise Counsel and The Law Society of Scotland are working in partnership to deliver a new programme entitled "Towards the new normal: because hope is not a strategy - insights and » more
Communication Skills - Techniques and Insights
Two half-day workshops on writing skills and presentation skills without the hype – just practical advice and insights for everyone.
1. How the writing skills of a top journalist show lessons for lawyers » more
Latest Articles by Paul Gilbert
The “what”, the “so what” and the “now what”
8/11 | One of my colleagues uses a line regularly when we are assessing how to turn a nice warm, fluffy idea into something that has some colder edges and a little more recognisable reality about it...
What makes a great lawyer?
8/11 | ...The essence of becoming a great lawyer is realising that it isn’t about you.
2011 Skills Symposium
8/11 | Under a swirling sky swathed in shades of the most vivid purples and golds and heavy with the threat of an imminent storm, delegates assembled at Kloofzicht near Johannesburg on Sunday 30 October 2011 for a unique legal conference that aimed to challenge, delight and inspire.
Specialisation – benefit or burden?
8/11 | Almost from the moment a lawyer hatches from the chrysalis of their training contract they will specialise. A butterfly is born, but one that feeds on a very narrow diet. I have often wondered if this is a burden or a benefit...
