People with technical backgrounds and talent have provided some of the greatest innovations to mankind. They also have their own idiosyncrasies, biases and blindspots that can make leading them particularly challenging at times. The Non-Obvious Guide to Leading Technical People (whether you are a Nerd or Not!) provides practical ways to effectively lead engineers, IT pros, scientists and other analytical talent and take your career and contributions to whole new levels. You don’t necessarily need an MBA to learn to be an effective technical manager and drive innovation, high-performance projects and stress-free execution. Learn how to be an inspiring, influential and successful leader of technical people -- quirks and all!In this refreshing book, leadership and innovation experts, Paresh and Eliza share insights and skills on technical leadership from over 30 years of direct experience as techies themselves and as advisors to leading-edge organizations.As part of the Non-Obvious Guide series published by IdeaPress, learn the 7 great strengths that can be leveraged to motivate, drive performance and innovate with technical teams. Become attuned to the 7 major blindspots that most technical staff and their leaders suffer from that lead to poor project execution, lack of innovation and team conflict. Then learn, practice and master the 7 Leadership Essentials to equip you and your tech teams with cutting-edge methods to drive performance such as:1. Balancing the technical, the business and human dimensions2. Customer-Centric Listening to Understand3. Sparking Non-Obvious Innovation On-Demand4. Fostering Productive Dialog in Team Conflicts5. Storytelling for Inspiration and Persuasion6. Moving from Micro to Macro Management7. Activating Lifter Leadership for motivate today's workers
