Originally Posted by
1KPath
As Mrs. 1KPath commented..."as soon as a lawyer controls an organization, logic and experience are immediately discounted... this is rapidly disseminated to the rest of the organization resulting in the the attitude that he/she (the lawyer executive) knows best in spite of having gone to only a trade school...AKA law school"...and this from a J.D.,Ph.D. law school professor and Associate Dean who teaches business law! Her mantra has always been "in successful businesses, lawyers are support staff!"
Wow, talk about hitting the nail on the head! Please convey my appreciation to your wife for her cogent appraisal of what happens to organizations when the lawyers are running things. I absolutely love her mantra, "in successful businesses, lawyers are support staff!"