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Early intervention can avoid costly legal problems yet few organizations connect the dots between law and business and manage these processes systematically.  As a result industry winds up with more regulation, more personal liability for its management, more criminalization of civil wrongs and more multi-billion dollar verdicts that create headlines, depress stock prices and significantly raise the overall cost of doing business.

THE BUSINESS GUIDE TO LEGAL LITERACY TURNS CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON ITS HEAD

The Business Guide to Legal Literacy turns conventional wisdom on its head by showing you how the law can pave the road to success instead of being a roadblock.  Staying ahead of the liability curve is not about hardball tactics, loopholes, or winning in court.  It is about avoiding the courtroom brawl altogether whenever possible and not turning into a litigator’s chew toy. 

“Anyone who is serious about business ethics needs to understand the law. Hasl-Kelchner provides a clear roadmap for business people to understand how to do the right thing.”
Steve Odland, Chairman and CEO, Office Depot and
Chairman, Business Roundtable Corporate Governance Task Force

Its 384 action and information packed pages translate legalese into business speak.  It explains the dynamics of how legal problems are created, how miscommunications can escalate into problems and how problems turn into lawsuits.  Understanding these dynamics lets you anticipate legal issues and use that knowledge proactively to manage expectations, influence better outcomes, and sidestep expensive problems that otherwise create speed bumps and potholes that slow your business down.

 
“It should be required reading for every business manager.  “I found it easy to read and full of real life examples.”
Gary Krall, Chief Operations Officer at BioSignia, Inc.

“As a small business owner without corporate counsel I’ve used Hanna’s rubrics to avoid pitfalls and maximize opportunities. Her use of cases, related conversationally instead of legalistically, drives the legal points deep into long-term memory.” 
Tamela M. Rich, Managing Member, Thor Industrial Services, LLC

“Entrepreneurs need the practical (and often overlooked) tips and insights provided by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner’s Business Guide to Legal Literacy.  Get 3 copies.  One for yourself to keep you on track. One for a colleague who has legal challenges.  And a third copy for a colleague who doesn’t think they need legal literacy!  This book is an invaluable reference tool you need on your shelf for the life of your business.” 
Alex Mandossian, CEO & President of Heritage House Publishing, Inc.

Even lawyers have jumped on the bandwagon in praise of The Business Guide to Legal Literacy: What Every Manager Should Know About the Law.  Attorney David J. Spellman, a lawyer with an LL.M in Tax Law and 29 years of experience in law firms and as a general counsel says:

“This is a brilliant book and needs to be atop the credenza, within easy reach, of every business executive, manager, AND lawyer in America. The author combines all the best cutting-edge management research available with a superb summary of the current state of the law and she provides a synthesis to help your bottom line. You will learn many practical, step-by-step strategies to seize opportunities, manage risk, and optimize your returns…all by doing the right things in the right ways for the right reasons. [I hope the Enron guys read this book in the prison library!!!]. Every page contains superb advice for Fortune 500 entities as well as start-ups.  If you only have time to read one book about the interplay of management and the law: this is THE book.”

The mainstream media and other influential organizations from around the country agree.  They appreciate how viewing the law as a business tool puts business professionals, not lawyers, in the driver’s seat of legal risk management.

Dallas Business Journal

” A practical read.” 

Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal

“Whether you are a one-man band or part of a large corporation, you owe it to yourself to become legally literate and reduce your legal risk – and this book may help make that road a little smoother.”

Chicago Tribune

“To avoid lawsuits, managers and employees need to know when they’re dealing with 12 situations that could leave them holding the smoking gun.”

Crain’s Chicago Business

“This book includes an effective balance of scary anecdotes and soothing solutions. Keep this one on your bookshelf to unravel a problem the moment it hits.” 

Society for Human Resource Management

“It offers practical, real-world advice – not theory – tailoring its message to the frontline manager, illustrated with hundreds of examples from real cases.”

GET YOUR COPIES TODAY

 The Business Guide to Legal Literacy can be purchased directly through a fine book store near you or your favorite booksellers: Amazon.com (including the Kindle version), Barnes & Noble, Borders, and 800CEOreads.

The Business Guide to Legal Literacy is an excellent reference tool.  Its 384 pages are full of useful tips and information, including primer covering the ABCs of business law that essentially gives you two books in one.  If your organization has a budget for educational materials, ask about our bulk purchase plan.  Contact Hanna for information about publisher direct pricing.

 
“Even after almost 30 years in Procurement, I found your book to be very helpful to me as I navigate my way through a sea of various contracts both simple and complex. I have your book in my office at SAS and I use it as one of my standard reference books for implementing my service contracts with my vendor base.”
Peter Sciascia, Senior Procurement Analyst – SAS Institute Inc.  

 

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