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Lawyers as Leaders (Paperback)
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No occupation in America supplies a greater proportion of leaders
than law. They obviously lead law firms, but they also sit at the
helm of a vast and diverse array of businesses across America,
including 10 percent of S & P 500 firms. And of course, a
strikingly large percentage of our political leaders are attorneys,
including half the members of Congress. This raises two obvious
questions: why do we look to lawyers to lead, and why do so many of
them prove to be so untrustworthy and unprepared? In Lawyers as
Leaders, eminent law professor Deborah Rhode not only answers these
questions but crafts an essential manual for attorneys who need to
develop better leadership skills. She contends that the legal
profession attracts a large number of individuals with the ambition
and analytic capabilities to be leaders, but often fails to develop
other qualities that are essential to their effectiveness. The
focus of legal education and the reward structure of legal practice
undervalue the interpersonal skills and ethical commitments
necessary for successful leadership. Although some lawyers are
sufficiently gifted to need little reinforcement, Rhode shows that
the vast majority of law school graduates need to develop the
leadership characteristics that she profiles. They know it too.
According to one survey, almost 90 percent of attorneys stated that
their law schools did not teach them leadership skills. Given the
importance of the topic, it is surprising how little the profession
has done to develop leadership skills. The first serious treatment
of the subject, Lawyers as Leaders will be essential to law school
instructors who teach leadership courses (a growing field) and any
attorney who finds him or herself in a management position.
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