Your latest book is about ‘clever people’ and the challenges involved in leading them. How do you define clever?
On that note, leading clevers require some non-traditional leadership skills. Please describe a couple of them.
[This article has been reprinted, with permission, from Rotman Management, the magazine of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management]
A useful article for anyone who is performing the role of leading a group of clever folks in the organization. Side bar: As an IBMer I was surprised and also sad that we did not find a place in any of the 3 categories [Clever Collective I thought ...]
on Feb 12, 2013A very useful post for all the corporate folks juggling with competencies , performance, capacity and capability building. great thoughts and most happening examples.
on Nov 2, 2011Karen, excellent interview for insight on leading the "Clever People". The old rules don't apply with this group. Adaptation to new leadership style is necessary for organizations confronted by this trend.
on Nov 2, 2011This has been very useful, thank you. 'Weird Ideas That Work' by Robert Sutton is also full of good ideas about how to lead clever people.
on Oct 9, 2011