Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach

Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach by Gerald M. Weinberg. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780932633026.

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 its always fascinating, and "focuses our attention on what it takes to make teams of thinking technical people work effectively together." Moreover, they say "its always extremely practical and down-to-earth."Becoming a Technical Leader is the "textbook" for Jerry Weinbergs 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.