DO YOU WANT YOUR ATTORNEY TO SAY ‘I DON’T KNOW’?

A lesson to learn from William Swanson

Today I received ‘Swanson’s (Un)Written Rules of Management‘. William Swanson is Raytheon’s Chairman and CEO. In the preface of this little book, he explains that listening has always been very important to him; it should be important to lawyers / attorneys, too!

In this book, Swanson gives 25 straightforward directives. Only one rule will be mentioned here, which is Rule number 1: Learn to say ‘I don’t know.‘; if used when appropriate, it will be used often.

If people meet with their lawyer / attorney, many of them will notice that he (or …
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Nov 2005
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