Leading leaders how to manage smart, talented, rich, and powerful people - Salacuse, Jeswald W. (AMACOM, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index
The most valuable people in and around an organisation are often the most difficult to manage. They are the "elite"--Executives, highly educated professionals, investors, board members, experts in critical functions and others - whose special talents or positions give them unusual power and independence from those who seek to lead them. "Leading Leaders" shows the reader how to develop one-on-one, up-close-and-personal relationships with these movers and shakers and how to leverage their expertise for better decision making
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Leaders as Followers; Chapter 2. Leading One-on-One; Chapter 3. The Art of Strategic Leadership Conversation; Chapter 4. The Seven Daily Tasks of Leadership; Chapter 5. Task No. 1: Direction -- Negotiating the Vision; Chapter 6. Task No. 2: Integration -- Making Stars a Team; Chapter 7. Task No. 3: Mediation -- Settling Leadership Conflicts; Chapter 8. Task No. 4: Education -- Teaching the Educated; Chapter 9. Task No. 5: Motivation -- Moving Other Leaders