Having addressed the worrying lack of social skills displayed by many in-house lawyers with its novel ‘speed networking’ initiative, the famously forward-thinking Commerce & Industry (C&I) Group has now targeted two other areas of concern among corporate counsel – a lack of ambition and low self-esteem.

The UK’s main representative body for in-house lawyers has enlisted the services of life-coaching guru Fiona Harrold, whose weighty tome The Seven Rules Of Success has revolutionised the lives of countless celebrities, politicians and Linklaters partners.