Lawyers as Leaders
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (987 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00DQOP7BE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Rhode contends that the legal profession attracts many people with the ambition and analytic capabilities to be leaders but often fails to develop other qualities that are essential to their effectiveness. Successful lawyers need to be confident, competitive, and even combative, but possessing such qualities often results in a lack of interpersonal sensitivity, emotional intelligence, and resilience-the "soft skills" that both legal education and the reward structure of legal practice consistently undervalue. Two of the last three presidents have been lawyers. Lawyers sit at the helm of a vast array of powerful law firms, businesses, governmental, and nonprofit organizations. No occupation in America supplies a greater proportion of leaders than the legal profession, yet it has done little to prepare them for this role. Drawing on a broad range of interdisciplinary research, biographical profiles, and empirical studies, she covers everything from decision making, conflict management, and communication to ethics an
"Excellent read" according to cosmohenri. Excellent source to help untangle the dynamics of leadership in the legal profession.. One Star Don't waste your time. Superficial nonsense packed with cliches. No real discernible theme or common elements. No depth whatsoever.. Great work as usual. I am teaching a new leadership class in law school.All of professor Rhode's work has benn invaluable, and this will become our class text for next fall.
"While the findings of social science can often seem cold and lifeless on the page, Professor Rhode manages to present them vividly: in every paragraph, in nearly every sentence, she offers telling examples or memorable quotations coloring the portrait of the successful leader and the failed one, too." --Law and Politics Book Review"Rhode's voice is eloquent, authoritative, balanced, and infused with a dedication to community service. Throughout Lawyers as Leaders, Rhode's extensive experience is evident in the wisdom of her comments." -James G. Durham, Deputy Director, Maryland State Law Library, Law Library Journal
Her books include The Beauty Bias: (OUP 2011), Access to Justice (OUP 2005), and In the Interests of Justice: Reforming the Legal Profession (OUP 2003). . Deborah Rhode is the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law at Stanford Law School