Leading Geeks challenges the conventional wisdom that leadership methods are universal and gives executives and managers the understanding they need to manage and lead the technologists on whom they have become so dependent. This much-needed book written in nontechnical language by Paul Glen, a highly acclaimed management consultant gives clear directions on how to effectively lead these brilliant yet notoriously resistant-to-being-managed knowledge workers. Glen not only provides proven management strategies but also background on why traditional approaches often don’t work with geeks. Leading Geeks describes the beliefs and behavior of geeks, their group dynamics, and the unique nature of technical work. It also offers a unique twelve-part model that explains how knowledge workers deliver value to an organization.
@Dave_Barney Thanks for your recommendation of this book to the CIO community. I’ll add your endorsement here: “Read it early in my career and it helped me understand things I was already doing intuitively from simply trying to manage the way I liked to be managed. Added insight that I still use to this day. Not the newest one on the list, but great for understanding the ways to manage knowledge workers and to give to the newer managers on your team to help them when they may be hitting bumps with some of their team.”