Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-solving Approach - Softcover

Weinberg, Gerald M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0932633021 ISBN 13: 9780932633026

Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc.,U.S., 1986

Synopsis

Becoming a Technical Leader is a personalized guide to developing the qualities that make a successful leader. It identifies which leadership skills are most effective in a technical environment and why technical people have characteristic trouble in making the transition to a leadership role. For anyone who is a leader, hopes to be one, or would like to avoid being one.This is an excellent book for anyone who is a leader, who wants to be a leader, or who thinks only people with 'leader' or 'manager' in their title are leaders. The book can be described briefly as a guide to developing personal leadership potential, but it is much more than that . . . it is filled with useful insights into personal growth as a professional.Readers say it's always fascinating, and "focuses our attention on what it takes to make teams of thinking technical people work effectively together." Moreover, they say "it's always extremely practical and down-to-earth."Becoming a Technical Leader is the "textbook" for Jerry Weinberg's world-famous Problem Solving Leadership Workshop. It consists of twenty-four well-reasoned, thought-provoking chapters on making the change from technical star to problem-solving leader.

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Synopsis

Becoming a Technical Leader is a personalized guide to developing the qualities that make a successful problem-solving leader. The book emphasizes that we all contain the ingredients for leadership though some elements are better developed than others. Written with humour, wit and perspective, the book examines different leadership styles and focuses on the problem-solving style as the one generally used by successful technical leaders. Such leaders have a unique blend of skills in three main areas: innovation, motivation and organization. The book suggests ways for the reader to analyze his own leadership skills in each of these three areas, and offers practical steps for developing those skills. Topics treated in the book include a working definition of leadership, leadership models, excuses people use to avoid leadership issues, tools for developing self-awareness and idea power, ways to help and motivate others, and plans for developing and carrying out a personal program for change.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0932633021
• ISBN 13: 9780932633026
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284