b'Law FirmManagement Building an Building an OutstandingOutstandingLegal Team Legal TeamBattle-Tested Strategies from a General CounselBattle-Tested Strategies from a General CounselBjarne P TellmannAuthor: In an era of rapid change and finite resources, the role of the Bjarne P Tellmann,general counselhas become one of the corporate worlds most Pearson PLC complex and challenging. Increasingly, general counsel mustPublication date:act like chief executives. They need to know how to lead, April 2017 communicate, inspire, motivate, build cultures, manage talent, Format: Hardbackformulate and execute strategies, anticipate and manage risk,and eBook and oversee quality control. Furthermore, they must manage Length: 368 pages diverse groups of people with subtlety and diplomacy. All these Price: 48, $67, 57 skills are needed in addition to being top-notch lawyers, and the ISBN: 9781911078203 consequences of getting the balance wrong can be significant.In this innovative and practical how to guide, Bjarne Tellmann, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Pearson, draws upon over 20 years experience of leading organisations across Europe, Asia and the United States to provide a structured plan for upgrading your legal team in challenging times. Click here forfurther details While aimed primarily at in-house legal leaders, this book has broader appeal: law firm partners, lawyers at all levels and leaders from other support functions will find much to draw upon, aswill government lawyers, suppliers to the legal industry (suchas alternative service providers and technology companies)and consultants, as many of the approaches and principlesare universal. Bjarne Tellmanns book is brimming with importantideas about skills and techniques needed to be an outstanding general counsel.Ben W Heineman, Jr,(Former GE General Counsel, Senior Fellow atHarvard Law School and author of The InsideCounsel Revolution) 28 www.globelawandbusiness.com nicola@globelawandbusiness.com T +44 (0) 20 3745 4769'