Présentation de l'éditeur
Managing people when you're not their boss is a challenge, particularly in professional service firms where, increasingly, top professionals are being tapped to lead their peers. Now Patrick McKenna and David Maister provide a 'play book' for professionals trying to be both a team member and coach.
In industies ranging from banking and insurance to law and engineering, as well as in research labs and software companies, management responsibility is increasingly delegated - ususally without guidance - to those who head up smaller teams of professionals. FIRST AMONG EQUALS speaks directly to those who have gone from focusing on their own performance to being a group manager in charge of leading others. From understanding the group leader role to setting terms of reference and effectively dealing with talented prima donnas, McKenna and Maister present a thorough introduction to managing and orchestrating talent.
In industies ranging from banking and insurance to law and engineering, as well as in research labs and software companies, management responsibility is increasingly delegated - ususally without guidance - to those who head up smaller teams of professionals. FIRST AMONG EQUALS speaks directly to those who have gone from focusing on their own performance to being a group manager in charge of leading others. From understanding the group leader role to setting terms of reference and effectively dealing with talented prima donnas, McKenna and Maister present a thorough introduction to managing and orchestrating talent.
Biographie de l'auteur
DAVID MAISTER is widely recognised as the premier expert on professional service firm management. Maister is British by birth but has made his success in the US where he founded the highly successful Maister Associates Inc. He is also the author of several books including THE TRUSTED ADVISOR (074320963X), TRUE PROFESSIONALISM (0684866250) and MANAGING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM (0684834316).
PATRICK J. MCKENNA is a partner in Edge International, a management consulting firm serving professional service firms around the world.
David H. Maister, of Maister Associates, Inc. is the author of two previous highly acclaimed business books and is also a former professor at the Harvard Business School. Charles Green, a former vice president of the famed MAC Group, is the founder of GreenSea Consulting. Robert Galford teaches business management courses at Columbia School of Business and Kellog Graduate School of Management.
PATRICK J. MCKENNA is a partner in Edge International, a management consulting firm serving professional service firms around the world.
David H. Maister, of Maister Associates, Inc. is the author of two previous highly acclaimed business books and is also a former professor at the Harvard Business School. Charles Green, a former vice president of the famed MAC Group, is the founder of GreenSea Consulting. Robert Galford teaches business management courses at Columbia School of Business and Kellog Graduate School of Management.
