Leading the Professionals: How to Inspire & Motivate Professional Service Teams

Geoff Smith9780749439965, 0749439963

To help leaders address the unique issues involved with motivating and inspiring teams of professionals, such as those in law, accounting, academia and engineering, leadership coach Geoff Smith has written Leading the Professionals. Rather than showing leaders how to direct and control, his advice revolves around the concept of using a light touch to encourage and support highly qualified professionals and knowledge workers to get a job done. His book also includes many case studies and exercises to help leaders build their teams.