The Consultant's Legal Guide: A Business of Consulting Resource

ISBN-13: 9780787947637 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str.

Elaine Biech; Linda Byars Swindling; Linda Byars Swindling

Opis

Avoid costly litgation

You'll want to keep this user-friendly overview of legal issues on your desk at all times This is the only complete -how-to- guide and overview of legal issues you face as a consultant. You'll learn how to make sense of legal jargon and a variety of contracts as well as learn when to seek out the advice of legal counsel and when to walk away from losing relationships. This book isn't intended to replace competent legal advice-rather it is a time- and cost-effective means to understand legal issues before pursuing legal.

Includes a diskette with useful tools, sample forms, checklists, and links to technology-based resources.

-I beg you, do not start your own consulting business without first reading The Consultant's Legal Guide. And if you already have, read it now I assure you that when you put into practice the sound advice of Elaine Biech and Linda Byars Swindling you will save yourself the heartache and headache of needless legal hassels...The Consultant's Legal Guide will help you every day of your business life.-
--James M. Kouzes, chairman, Tom Peters Group/Learning Systems, co-author of The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Heart

-A great flight plan to avoid turbulence...Whether you are a consultant or the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, this book should be on your desk for a reference in so many areas.-
--Howard Putnam, Former CEO, Southwest Airlines and Braniff International, author of The Winds of Turbulence

-A well thought out, practical approach to dealing effectively with lawyers and other consultants. If followed, it should help all parties be better prepared and do a better job.-
--Rita Reuss, attorney, former vice president, Land O' Lakes

-The Consultant's Legal Guide is better than an MBA in business relationships. Clear, concise, thoughtful and thorough. . .after reading this book, consultants will sleep better at night -
--Pamela J. Schmidt, vic

Recenzje

"A well thought out, practical approach to dealing effectively with lawyers and other consultants. If followed, it should help all parties be better prepared and do a better job." Rita Reuss, attorney, former vice president, Land O′ Lakes

"The Consultant′s Legal Guide is better than an MBA in business relationships. Clear, concise, thoughtful and thorough . . . after reading this book, consultants will sleep better at night!" Pamela J. Schmidt, vice president, American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)

"I beg you, do not start your own consulting business without first reading The Consultant′s Legal Guide. And if you already have, read it now! I assure you that when you put into practice the sound advice of Elaine Biech and Linda Byars Swindling you will save yourself the heartache and headache of needless legal hassel. . . . The Consultant′s Legal Guide will help you every day of your business life." James M. Kouzes, chairman, Tom Peters Group/Learning Systems, co–author of The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Heart

"A great flight plan to avoid turbulence.... Whether you are a consultant or the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, this book should be on your desk for a reference in so many areas." Howard Putnam, Former CEO, Southwest Airlines and Braniff International, author of The Winds of Turbulence

"Ah–ha–the missing piece to the puzzle. Biech and Swindling have filled the hole (and an important one I might add) in all the reference books on consulting. Don′t start your business without it." Dianna Booher, CEO, Booher Consultants, Inc., author of 37 books including, Communicate with Confidence!

"Elaine′s earlier book, The Business of Consulting, is an incredible resource and handbook that I′ve used extensively. This companion piece on the legal aspects of consulting continues the tradition–a practical handbook that hits the mark from an experienced practitioner who has learned these lessons in the trenches!" Linda Growney, assistant vice president, CUNA Mutual Insurance Group

Spis treści

List of Exhibits.

Ackowledgements.

Introduction.

Selecting an Attorney.

The Relationship of Ethics and the Law.

Setting up a Consulting Practice.

Starting Your Office.

Contracts and the Law.

Employment Issues.

Working with Other Consultants.

Client Issues.

Clients Outside the Corporate Arena.

Unique Consulting Situations.

Protecting Work Product, Trade Secrets, and Intellectual Property.

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due.

Protecting Assets Through Insurance.

Buying or Selling a Consulting Practice.

Avoiding Legal Problems.

What to Do When You Have a Legal Problem.

Blurb

"A great flight paln to avoid turbulence...wish it had been available when I began consulting." Howard Putnam, former CEO, Southwest Airlines and Braniff International