Technical Professional to Innovation Leader

<p><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>The book targets technical and analytical professionals in engineering IT finance accounting and other areas who rely heavily on their analytical and functional capabilities.</strong><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> It is a</span><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> leadership development manual by and for technical leaders. D</em><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>rawing upon his and other successful leaders' experiences the author provides unique insights into the roadblocks encountered during the leadership development journey and practical ideas to overcome them.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>We the technical/analytical professionals are programmed and think differently.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>Yes the market is full of leadership books and the technical professionals this book addresses have read these generic leadership books. But they do not help us because we the technical/analytical professionals and managers are programmed differently by our education and training. The sixteen years of schooling we undertake toward our bachelor's degrees have helped us develop our analytical left brain. For people completing graduate school like me there are another two years of still more analytical programming. Technical professionals view the world differently.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>People know and can articulate the desired leadership skills and behaviors but have difficulty applying them on the job. The book helps them bridge the gap between knowing and doing</span><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)> by addressing the root causes.</em></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>This book starts with where people are </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>To help a person climb up to higher ground where you are standing you have to reach down and extend your hand to the person where he is standing. That is you first have to understand where they are. How do they see the world? How do they comprehend the responsibilities and the skills required to be successful in their new roles? Once they feel understood they are ready to listen to and see the big picture visible from the higher elevation - the responsibilities and corresponding skills required to succeed in the new position. Our strengths as technical professionals provide a solid foundation upon which to build. </span></p><p><strong>The section Developing and Unleashing Yours and Your Team's Natural Innovation Skills has dedicated chapters on 'How to Generate Creative Ideas' and 'How to Gain Acceptance of Your Ideas. '</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>Finally </span><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>it addresses the very important and ignored reality that Leadership is an extension of the total person-your knowledge skills worldview attitude and feelings-</strong>the analytical you and the feeling you the truly and completely human you with human needs. As a human anything that impacts you positively or negatively also affects your leadership.</p><p>It presents practical ideas from leaders at Google Apple Microsoft Amazon Audi Hilton FedEx TCS and IBM.</p>