It Leadership Alchemy - Softcover

Russell, Lou; Feldman, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013009403X ISBN 13: 9780130094032

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2002

IT Leadership Alchemy gives you a detailed, start-to-finish program for developing every personal and business skill you need to become a great technical leader. It contains easy-to-use techniques, templates, checklists, assessments, and simulations drawn from the world's most successful IT organizations; tools proven to help you improve in every aspect of technical leadership, from staff development to strategy, customer focus, to project management.

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From the Back Cover:

Transform yourself into a great technical leader!
Make a plan for leadership—and execute on it
Strengthen all your key relationships: with technical staff, management, and your customer
Contains easy-to-use templates, checklists, assessments, and group facilitation techniques
Includes real-life scenarios and solutions from the world's leading IT organizations

The practical, hands-on guide to winning IT leadership.

Make a plan for becoming a great leader—and execute on it
Build win-win relationships with clients, managers, technical professionals, and other key stakeholders
Beyond getting to market fast—how to get it right
Includes easy-to-use tools proven in the world's leading organizations

Today's IT leaders must manage unprecedented rates of change and growth in a radically new and extraordinarily complex environment. Drawing on the insights of a world-class panel of IT and business leaders, IT Leadership Alchemy identifies the core relationship management skills that underlie every facet of successful IT leadership. Then, through practical templates, checklists, assessment tools, and real-life scenarios, this book shows IT managers exactly how to strengthen, deepen, and leverage those skills.

Covers all three key building blocks of IT management success: self assessment, work with others, and alignment
Addresses every aspect of technical leadership, from staff development to strategy
Offers expert, hands-on techniques for improving your communication skills
Covers recruitment, retention, and team leadership
Includes practical techniques for sharpening your customer/client focus

IT Leadership Alchemy is the first book that precisely targets the crucial human and business skills you need to succeed in IT management—and gives you a detailed program for developing all of them. From motivating brilliant people to managing brutal schedules, this book will be by your side—all the way to the top.

About the Author:

LOU RUSSELL is CEO of Russell Martin & Associates, a consulting and training company focused on improving planning, process, and performance in IT organizations. She has consulted with Fortune 1000 companies including 3M, Ameritech, CINergy, Commonwealth Edison, Eli Lilly, Morgan Stanley, Pearson, and Nike, and with colleges such as Texas A&M. Her books include The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook and Project Managing for Trainers.

JEFF FELDMAN is a trainer, speaker, and coach specializing in personal development and human interaction training. His company, Eagle's View Enterprises, serves corporate clients including Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, 3M, Lucent Technologies, Principal Financial, and BASF as well as universities and public agencies throughout the U.S.

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