The Consultant's Legal Guide
A Business of Consulting Resource
1. Auflage Oktober 1999
320 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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
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.
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
LINDA SWINDLING is a workplace communication expert. She began negotiating work drama first as a successful attorney and mediator and later as a keynote speaker, executive coach, and strategic consultant. A Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and president of Journey On, she is the author of the popular Passports to Success series, which offers thirteen titles on workplace and communication issues. Visit her at www.StopComplainers.com.
