No Jerks Allowed: How and Why GCs Can Stop Angry, Rude and Demeaning Workplace Behavior

• Posted by Law.com on April 9th, 2008


• Filed in Guides, Tips and Practice Pointers

General counsel are tagged as custodians of their companies’ most crucial, yet most sensitive and volatile assets: their employees. GCs must learn to manage, motivate and inspire them. But work with a rude jerk and what happens? You become one as well. So, what’s to be done? Create a culture and an infrastructure that will inhibit the growth of a gaggle of *ssholes, says attorney Michael P. Maslanka. He offers a guide on the do’s and don’ts needed to reach that goal.

No Jerks Allowed: How and Why GCs Can Stop Angry, Rude and Demeaning Workplace Behavior