What can a strong community offer a legal ops professional working alone within their organization? How do you deal with the stress of a chaotic project management role while fostering change? Will legal ops eventually shift away from legal and into the business and tech sphere?

Jenn McCann, Director of Legal Ops at Netflix and President of the Board of Directors at CLOC can offer an expert perspective on all of these questions and more.

During her term as CLOC president, she is strengthening the organizations to community, content, and conversation, and developing a legal ops framework for CLOC’s more than 7,000 members.
Hear Jenn talk about finding the courage to share your ideas, building and leaning on your community of fellow legal ops professionals, emphasizing the importance of project management, allowing change to take shape, and more.

Read detailed summary: https://www.spotdraft.com/podcast/episode-29

Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
Advancing the legal ops industry at CLOC as President of the Board of Directors: 3:35
Getting started with CLOC: 7:22
Unpacking the mindset of service and giving back: 11:21
Lessons learned as CLOC president: 14:23
Advice for professionals getting their start in legal ops: 17:24
Hiring detail-oriented staff with stakeholder management skills: 22:07
Recommending platforms for learning project management skills: 26:04
Dealing with the loneliness of a one-of-one role: 30:25
Legal ops as a business team vs legal ops as a legal team: 37:06
Focusing on the future: 41:02
Maintaining an after-hours music career: 46:47

Connect with us:
Jenn McCarron - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennmccarron/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn S
potDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft

SpotDraft is a leading CLM platform that solves your end-to-end contract management issues.

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EP 29: What's Next for Legal Ops: Jenn McCarron, President of CLOC