Keynote Speech
"Leading Geeks: How to Manage and Lead People Who Deliver Technology"
92% of Technology Professionals Work for Traditional Companies
Today every manager must
learn to lead geeks. Dot.com or dot.bomb, it doesn’t matter. Geeks
deliver and support the technology that drives efficiency, effectiveness,
and competitiveness of real businesses. In fact, companies have become so
dependent on geeks that 92% of technology professionals work for
traditional, non-technical
corporations and only 8% work in high-tech firms. Yet, most managers and
executives find that geeks are difficult to fathom and even harder to
lead.
“Paul Glen’s insights and experience provide the keys to
unlocking the potential [of geeks].”
– Warren Bennis, co-author Geeks and Geezers
This Entertaining, High-Content Keynote Will Show You…
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Why Traditional Approaches to Leadership Don’t Work With
Geeks
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How Geeks are Different from Other Employees
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How Leading Geeks Differs from Leading Other Employees
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How to Motivate Geeks
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Immediately Applicable Approaches to Geek Leadership
“Insightful and
delightful”
- James Champy, chairman of consulting, Perot Systems Corporation
“Paul Glen provides
excellent advice for managing geeks…. But his insights apply equally well
to the challenge of leading any group of specialists for whom esoteric
knowledge is more important than power, and expertise more determinative
of social dominance than bureaucratic hierarchy, including actors,
athletes, university faculty, musicians, doctors, and bond traders.”
- Steven Sample, president, University of Southern California
“We ought to stop complaining about technical wizards and learn how to
utilize their considerable talents. Paul Glen helps us to do that better
than I ever dreamed possible.”
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Alan Weiss, author, The Ultimate Consultant Series
“The old phrase
‘knowledge is power” is not quite correct.
Understanding
is power, and that’s what Glen provides.”
- David H. Maister, co-author First Among Equals
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