Richard Reade’s most recent role is General Counsel at Coats Group plc overseeing Legal, Company Secretarial, Compliance and Insurance. He has extensive experience of managing international legal teams. He has a passion for cultivating excellence within teams, which has been recognised by team members achieving award winning results.

This interview discusses the following topics:

• The importance of transparency and calmness when dealing with pay rise queries
• Why strategies might change when dealing with legal pay rise queries compared to other corporate functions 
• The different strategies to cover the common stereotypes of lawyers who ask for pay rises 
• How to contain pay rise queries so they do not affect the morale of a team
• Whether it is beneficial for employers to be more transparent with their salaries