The Card for Rough Days

As a young lawyer in the early aughts, my first months as an in-house general counsel were chaotic.

- Hadas Kanner-Golan, cofounder and CEO, Encurage App

The previous counsel had left abruptly weeks before I arrived, and there was no one to fill me in on the multitude of open cases and ongoing projects.

I felt lost and overwhelmed. Management didn't seem to care; everyone expected me to immediately pick up where my former counsel left off, and I was extremely stressed.

Following a meeting, I stepped back into my office, and sat there, gazing. Then, someone approached me and asked if they could enter. He was a consultant who attended the meeting, and it was the first time we met.