The reactive legal trap

CEO followers: does this sound familiar?

"Argh, here we go again 

Time to clear the diary

I was really looking forward to walking the floor, too

But I don't really have a choice now

I'd also better let the CFO know

I know we're already tight against our budget but we're going to need to find the money for this

And if I know one thing about legal stuff, it's that it's expensive

I can't believe we're doing this dance again

I can't believe we've another legal issue

I was sure that contract was rock solid

Why does this always seem to happen?

And at the worst possible time too?"

If that's sounds familiar, you are stuck in what I call The Reactive Legal Trap. 

You're far from alone in there, mind

Pretty much every business inadvertently ends up reacting to legal stuff

Fighting defensively off the back foot

Spinning their wheels 

Wasting valuable time & energy

And clocking up fees left, right and centre 

(In fact, so many businesses end up in the Reactive Legal Trap, its almost as if lawyers designed the system that way)

It doesn't have to be that way, though

Its perfectly possible to avoid The Reactive Legal Trap with just one change of approach:

'Proactively prepare for legal stuff in advance'

Because legal issues aren't invisible, unpredictable surprises 

They're logical

And they're visible 

As long as you know where to look for them 

That's what your lawyer should be for

Proactively finding it and evading legal stuff in advance

Not reacting to it & fighting it after it's happened 

If your lawyer isn't doing that for, it's time to look for a different one

So you can keep your business out of The Reactive Legal Trap 

And instead keep it powering on to land it's long-term plan