Numbers To People: Making the Leap From Technical Expert to Successful Leader

Why do some technical experts succeed as leaders and managers while others struggle or fail when making the transition? Leading people and managing organizations are vastly different from solving technical problems and require new knowledge and skills. Numbers to People provides answers and is a guidebook for successful transitions from technical expert to leader. The author, an engineer, made that leap successfully and shares the results of his research and real world experience gained serving clients world-wide. If you need to know how to successfully leap from technical expert to leader using sound and proven principles then Numbers to People is for you. Finding and keeping technical talent is a challenge for businesses today. While most organizations provide promotional opportunities for technical personnel, they do not want to lose technical talent by promoting someone into a leadership position and then have the person fail. Losing technical talent is expensive. It is even...