Why everyone should think like a lawyer
The unloved profession has a lot to teach managers
LAWYERS ARE often seen as the most tedious of professionals. And the most derided (“What do you know when you find a lawyer up to his neck in concrete? Someone ran out of concrete”). Yet that damning reputation is undeserved: lawyers are in fact role models. The method and meticulousness entrenched in the legal style of thought has something to teach other knowledge workers and their managers.
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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Why you should think like a lawyer”
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