The Lawyer's Personal Brand · glossary
The handing over of a task with enough around it that the work comes back usable. It has four parts: what, by when, what good looks like, and what to do when stuck. Juniors most often leave out the fourth, because nobody gave it to them. Chapter 7 · see Feedback; Mentor
Explained in Chapter 7, Mentor Down, of The Lawyer's Personal Brand.
Most work reaches a trainee as a document and a verb: “have a go at the board minutes”, late in the afternoon. A deal needs a set of board minutes from each company. A brief hands over a task with enough around it that the work comes back usable. It has four parts, and a trainee cannot ask for them, because he does not know they exist.Read Chapter 7, Mentor Down →
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