Capitol Resources, LLC

North Carolina Managing Director

Cody Hand, LLC

Principal

The Speakers Collaborative

The Speakers Collaborative is your one-stop shop to go from amateur and professional speaker in six weeks. Starting from scratch, you walk away with the training, promo material, and contacts needed to make money speaking.

Founder

North Carolina Healthcare Association

In 2022 I assumed the role of General Counsel while continuing to lead the Advocacy, Policy, and Communications team. Upon my promotion, I set out to streamline our contracting and legal processes, coordination of outside counsel, and collaboration with Association Member in-house counsel.

General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Policy, and Communications

After successfully lobbying in North Carolina and establishing a robust Federal presence, i was elevated to a senior leadership role. Moving into this role I understood the criticality of deploying a new strategic plan as quickly and seamlessly as possible to remedy longstanding impediments to progress. To begin, we reassessed the team structure, making staffing changes that refocused and realigned individual talents with outstanding organizational needs, even deploying some staff to partner organizations.  

With each of my adjustments, I remained cognizant of the importance of targeted efforts to increase staff satisfaction AND productivity, despite having an overall smaller staff. Simultaneously, I continued to lead in lobbying, working with my team and members to succeed.

Some of the initiatives I credit to this success include the implementation of a team-based approach to workflows and encouraging momentum by developing leaders and emulating open communication to support a robust, yet team-level, decision-making process. We even improved workload distribution based on staff feedback and dedicating time during work hours for team building.

I am happy to have achieved 100% buy-in on staff development initiatives by building comprehensive career plans for each staff member. Furthermore, improvements to staff engagement served to  increase member satisfaction in the perceived value provided by staff

Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Policy, and Communications and Deputy General Counsel

I was recruited to join the NCHA after demonstrating success in leading policy work at the General Assembly. I welcomed the challenges this opportunity presented and immediately met with members to gather pertinent information on pressing issues.

I leveraged the insights gleaned from these meetings in establishing formal processes to support the various functions of the job, to build my recommendations to the NCHA Board, and established multi-month collaboration sessions.

In the first year at NCHA, I was honored to have achieved an unprecedented 100% member approval of legislative priorities. The following legislative session, we capitalized on member engagement, defeating an effort to eliminate non-profit tax exemptions.

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

North Carolina General Assembly

Upon assuming the role as the head of a team of six, I established an investigative practice within my team, deployed staff to impact locales, and collected situational knowledge prior to final policy recommendations and approvals.

As credit to the effectiveness of this practice, we developed and promoted new mechanisms to fund K-12 education and newer, less burdensome transportation funding requirements.

Relatedly, we halted outstanding proposals to close the Schools for the Deaf and the School for the Blind, and even gained traction in increasing focus on these resources to ensure success for all enrolled students.

Deputy Chief of Staff/policy director

The highest priority project during my tenure involved the overhaul of the $21 billion dollar North Carolina State budget to refocus resources on the priorities of the new General Assembly.

Two momentous wins overshadow all other accomplishments: securing a $2 billion allocation of Federal funds for new healthcare programs after diplomatically working with stakeholders to foster consensus and the attainment of a veto-proof budget vote through the successful mediation of a bipartisan collaboration.

Appropriations Counsel

In this role, I had the responsibility to draft legislation and public correspondence for a 20-member caucus resulting in an unprecedented program evaluation measure that passed without amendment. I also had the privilege to negotiate multiple agreements between both Democratic and Republican Legislators, interest groups, and state departments.

Caucus Attorney

Servant Leader and Speaker challenging tradition so everyone can live their best life| Legal Counsel, New Leader Coach, Talent Management, Risk Mitigation, Operational Efficiencies & Regulatory Intelligence

I do a lot of cool things and the common thread running through them is advocacy.

As your lawyer and fractional general counsel, I advocate for your business to be poised for 10x.

As your lobbyist, I advocate for your priorities before state and federal officials.

As your public speaker, I motivate your audience to live a better life and I give you a stage to launch your own speaking career.

I am a traditional challenging, family-loving, travel addict.

And I am YOUR advocate!

#management
#legaltips
#leadership
#lobbying
#publicspeaking
#travel
#lawdad

“You really should stop liking your own posts”…

Thanks for that really useful and kind DM.

It used to upset and frustrate me when
I got DMs like that. I’d even get angry.
Now…I’ll laugh, smile, and move on.

I’ll keep liking all of my own posts.
I’ll keep commenting on them.
I’ll keep resharing ‘em too.

I’m clear on who I am.
I’m aligned with my values.
I’m humble, confident, and curious.

And most of all, I don’t follow the herd.
I move and groove to my own set of rules.

If I’m writing it and sending it, I don’t 
just like it. I love it. Least I can do is
smash that reaction button hard!

At the end of the day, maybe I’m 
the only one that smashes the
button. That’s good by me.

It took lots of inner work
for me to get to this 
point in my life.

But I am here
and staying.

PS Photo of my reaction to that DM. 😂
PPS Ready to do that inner work and step
into who you’ve always been, I can help.

Cody Hand

Do you know where you want to go?
Do you know how to get there?
Do you want to stay where you are?

If your answer is "no" to any of these questions, we should talk.

As your general counsel, strategic advisor, and operations guru, my goal is to work with you to transform your business for life, crisis-proof your operations, and give you the tools you crave to live the life you deserve.

Things you will never see from me:
- comfort with the status quo
- an hourly bill
- an AI-generated anything
- a template approach to your dreams

I advise executives, organizational partners, governing agencies, regulatory authorities, external leaders, and staff; I am not just a lawyer (a great one) but I also have years of experience drafting and implementing strategic and succession plans, achieving big advocacy wins, and making sure my clients, be they hospitals or bounce house operators, have as much risk protections as possible.

You don't want your hard work to go down because you're missing a key component (I am that component.)

Reach out to me directly via LinkedIn mail or send me an email at cody@codyhand.com and sleep better!

There are a lot of leadership lessons learned at theme parks.
(and none of them from observing the kids).

1. Leaders fail by setting expectations and creating experiences without input.
That melting-down child likely has been thrown off their schedule because "we spent a lot of money and we are going to enjoy this, dang it!"

The FIX: involve the team in the planning. let them invest in the experience before it happens. Keep a few components of daily life (i.e. nap time) that help ensure the excitement lasts.

2. Leaders fail by assuming that everyone is an experience junkie.
Some people don't care for theme parks or crowds. 

The FIX: When you are leading a team, get to know each member and ensure that you meet the needs of the hikers as much as the coaster junkies.

3. Leaders fail by being "on" 24/7, even when "out of office."
Your team needs a break from you just as much as you need a break from work. 

The FIX: When you go on vacation, GO! Delegate your work and leave them alone. Nobody gets a ribbon for sending emails and messages from The Magic Kingdom.

PS - I just did a 7-day digital detox while living it up with my family, and it was just what I needed. I didn't pre-schedule my posts, I didn't worry about losing followers or a slot in the algorithm. I worried only about one thing: being present. It was perfect. Try it.

PPS - have you even been at a really popular place when it was deserted? Thoughts?

Who is your person who looks a few steps ahead and says "STOP!"
The one that helps think through the long game.
Does that person exist for you?

Some of us sacrifice short-term opportunities because we focus only on the long game.

Some of us jump right in without thinking through the impact after the fact.

The key is to find the yin to your yang. Who is yours? Tag them in the comments.

PS - I have never heard a speaker describe success as "I did it all by myself - every step of the way." If you are that person, you should be on stage.

PPS - I have that stage for you. DM me "I am an island"

It is not the one in the crowd that counts.
Nor the one in the comfort of their chair.
But the one on the stage.

Who realizes his potential,
walks up the stairs,
stands alone.

He shares from his heart.
She tells us that secret to life.
They captivate an audience. 

Are you going to continue wishing you could be on stage?
or are you going to take your place?

PS - With The Speakers Collaborative we take your wishes and make them a reality - filming your talk before a live studio audience and streaming to thousands of households. Stop wishing and take your stage. DM me "stage" for more info.

PPS - Who doesn't love being the only one in the gym? or the only one on stage?

#blowupthebox

A lawyer, a preacher, and a fitness guru walk into a room.

Each one has 15 minutes to share their heart with a room full of humans.

Who do you think wins the argument?

Find out on May 21 at the next production of The Speakers Collaborative.

***SPEAKERS***
You are still looking for the perfect venue to showcase your talk and get the professionally produced content you need to market your talent.

I have built the stage for you - I have 2 more slots - DM me to claim one of them.

***SPONSORS***
You want a new and innovative way to get in front of thousands of new customers. I have built a low-cost way to do it.

***HUMANS***
You have been longing for community and connection, to hear and meet up-and-coming rockstars (and have the chance to weigh in on their performance!)

Come and meet the talent of tomorrow TODAY!

Tickets go on sale ($5 each) soon to be part of the live audience, speaker calls start April 2, and we GO LIVE on April 30. 

The train is moving, will you jump on?

PS - On the fence? Every person that I talk with about the opportunity is sold. DM me "on the fence" and we will get on the phone ASAP.

PPS - Don't want to wait to talk? text me at (919) 793-8318 with your name and I will call as soon as I have a window.

#blowupthebox
#lawyerspeaker

Are you willing to be a statistic?
There are good statistics and bad.
In 2023 more died by suicide than any year on record. 👇 

Join me on April 6 to become a statistic.
NGBN.tv has a goal to train 100,000 in suicide prevention.

Register in the comments.

PS - I am proud to partner with NGBN.tv to take The Speakers Collaborative nationwide. We are looking for 60 humans to share their experience on stage, thousands more to join the live studio audience, and even more than that to join on the live stream. Their work in this space is one of the factors that led me to join them.

I'm part of NGBN-TV and we plan to train 100,000 people in suicide "first aid", and have them prepared to act on the ground, in real time, whenever needed!  Oh, and we plan to do it in ONE DAY!

Who: You and NGBN-TV’s expert-led team.

What: 'Equip Ourselves to Save a Life,' a crucial suicide prevention training. 

When: April 6th, 9 AM-11 AM ET, and again at 9 AM-11 AM PST. 

Where: Streaming on all NGBN TV platforms.  

Why: Learn what to look and listen for, what to say and do...if someone you know is having a life threatening mental health crisis!

Register now, learn lifesaving skills, and join us in this critical mission. Time is of the essence. 

 #NGBNTVsaveslives #SuicidePrevention"

For more information and to register, please visit the initiative page, ngbn.tv/savealife.

This is a powerful newsletter by my friend Dr. Travis Hearne. It’s a must read.

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