Keynote Speech
"Motivating Geeks: How to Motivate Technical Staff Without Breaking
the Bank"
Motivating Geeks is Different from Motivating Other Employees
When budgets are tight,
it’s more important than ever to get the best performance from the people
who deliver, support and deploy technology. But over the past decade,
managers have fallen into the trap of believing that motivation requires
ever larger bags of money. In fact, the most effective ways to motivate
geeks don’t cost that much. Getting the best from your people requires
clearly understanding what really motivates them.
“Paul
Glen’s insights and experience provide the keys to unlocking the potential
[of geeks].”
– Warren Bennis, co-author Geeks and Geezers
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Why Traditional Approaches to Motivation Don’t Work With Geeks
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How Geeks are Different from Other Employees
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How Motivating Geeks Differs from Motivating Other Employees
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Immediately Applicable Approaches to Geek Motivation
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How to Avoid De-Motivating Geeks
“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.”
-
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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