02815nam 2200649 a 450 991046294380332120200520144314.00-19-932903-60-19-989623-2(CKB)2670000000387460(EBL)1274268(OCoLC)852158463(SSID)ssj0000916928(PQKBManifestationID)12465913(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916928(PQKBWorkID)10891550(PQKB)10526191(MiAaPQ)EBC1274268(Au-PeEL)EBL1274268(CaPaEBR)ebr10728472(CaONFJC)MIL502535(EXLCZ)99267000000038746020130323d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLawyers as leaders[electronic resource] /Deborah L. RhodeOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20131 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-299-71284-3 0-19-989622-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Lawyers as leaders -- The nature of leadership -- Developing leadership -- Leadership capabilities -- Ethics in leadership -- Leadership scandals -- Diversity -- Law firms -- Social change -- Leaders' legacy.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. Lawyers sit at the helm of a vast array of powerful law firms, businesses, governmental, and nonprofit organizations. Two of the last three presidents have been lawyers. And yet almost no occupation rouses greater public distrust. This paradox raises two important questions: Why do we look to lawyers to lead, and why do so many of them prove to be so ill-prepared for that role? In Lawyers as Leaders, eminent law professor Deborah Rhode not only answLawyersUnited StatesPsychologyLeadershipUnited StatesLeadershipUnited StatesPsychological aspectsLeadershipMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesPractice of lawUnited StatesPsychological aspectsElectronic books.LawyersPsychology.LeadershipLeadershipPsychological aspects.LeadershipMoral and ethical aspectsPractice of lawPsychological aspects.340.068/4Rhode Deborah L899066MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462943803321Lawyers as leaders2059307UNINA