LEADER 05411nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910819512603321 005 20240314025105.0 010 $a0-19-935453-7 010 $a0-19-996782-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001106565 035 $a(EBL)1336503 035 $a(OCoLC)855504965 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000950134 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12460149 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950134 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11005231 035 $a(PQKB)10634343 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1336503 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10740037 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL506930 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1336503 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001106565 100 $a20130311d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe generalist counsel $ehow leading general counsel are shaping tomorrow's companies /$fPrashant Dubey, Eva Kripalani 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-989235-0 311 $a1-299-75679-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Generalist Counsel Emerges; A Brief Historical Perspective; Things Begin to Change; Another Transformation; Changing Rewards; 2. Shaping the Path; How Others Shaped the Seat; Responders and Creators; Co-opting Labels; Fatalist; An Example of a Fatalist GC; Careerist; Example of a Careerist GC; Opportunist; An Example of an Opportunist GC; Daring to be Different; How Opportunism Leads to Opportunity; (Creating the Opportunity) To Get to the Commercial Side of the House; 3. Law Firm to Corporation: Risks and Rewards; Advantages of a Law Firm; Image 327 $aBeing the Expert and Practicing LawA Safer Place?; Revenue Generator v. Overhead; The Water Cooler; A More Tolerant Environment; Choosing to Make the Move; Part of a Real Business; Social Responsibility; Compensation; Billable Hours and Work-Life Balance; 4. Transitioning from Firm to Corporation; Back to School; Enhancing the Curriculum; Law Firm Training; Baptism by Fire; The Suit Won't Fit Right "Off the Rack"; The Smartest Guy in the Room?; Building the Risk-Value Chops; Herding Cats; Teamwork; The Truth Shall Set You Free; Look Before You Leap; Make Sure They Support You 327 $aEvaluating an OfferIt's Not Just About the Money; Managing Costs and Resources; 5. How a General Counsel Builds, Leads and Manages a Team; Assessing and Building the Internal Team; Knowing Your Scope and Addressing Early Challenges; Things They Didn't Teach You in the Law Firm; Follow the Leader; Where Does the Money Go?; What Should We Be Doing and Who Should Be Doing It?; Bringing the Outside . . . Inside; The Other Side of the Story; 6. Moving from General Counsel to Generalist Counsel; Understanding the Business; Effective Communication; Establishing Credibility 327 $aBuilding Relationships and TrustDemonstrating Leadership; The Unique Point of View; At the End of the Day; 7. The Many Hats of the Generalist Counsel; The Chief Operating Officer Hat; GC as Chief Strategy Officer; The Chief Information Officer Hat; eDiscovery and the General Counsel; eDiscovery as Bridge Builder; Information Governance; Root Cause; Cracking the Code; Intersection of Technology and Law-Generalist Counsel as Bridge; Considerations in Content Management Strategy Execution; Policy "Wonk" Hat; Leader and Culture Czar Hat; The Arbiter and Voice of Reason Hat; Other Critical Roles 327 $a8. Roadmap to the TopRearranging the Building Blocks; Industry Agnostic or Industry Specific?; Jeff Kindler; Credentialing; Managing the Spotlight; Other Stories; Angela Braly; Lloyd Blankfein; Frank Blake; Brian Moynihan; The Road Ahead; 9. A Note of Caution; It Comes with the Territory; Ignorance is No Excuse; Peril from the Server Room; Close, but Not Too Close; Residing in Two Worlds; Know Which Hat You Are Wearing; 10. Implications of the Evolution; For General Counsel (and Th ose Aspiring to the Role); Need for Continuous Improvement; Profile of Today's GC Candidate; A Note of Caution 327 $aFor Outside Law Firms and Their Relationships with General Counsel 330 $aIn the past two decades, the General Counsel in many companies has risen in importance, and the GC is now often involved in business strategy from the inception. Consequently, the position has become more desirable, lucrative, and competitive. Those who achieve it are required to be better versed in the same fundamental principles of business practice and leadership as other senior executives. In The Generalist Counsel: How Leading General Counsel are Shaping Tomorrow's Companies, Prashant Dubey and Eva Kripalani offer guidance for lawyers making the transition to company leadership. They desc 606 $aCorporate lawyers$zUnited States 606 $aLawyers$zUnited States 615 0$aCorporate lawyers 615 0$aLawyers 676 $a346.73/066023 700 $aDubey$b Prashant$01661166 701 $aKripalani$b Eva$01661167 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819512603321 996 $aThe generalist counsel$94016925 997 $aUNINA