Sandy Molloy, Yousif Asfour

Broschiertes Buch

FROM GEEK TO LEAD

A TECHIE'S GUIDE TO LEADERSHIP

Beschreibung

Are you a trusted "go-to" individual who's suddenly expected to lead people-not just projects? Moving from expert to manager is one of the toughest jumps in any tech career. What this book gives you From Geek To Lead is a practical, no-jargon guide for first-time (or first-few-times) leaders. You'll get clear frameworks, ready-to-use checklists, and real stories from teams we've led and coached across higher education, government, and industry. You'll learn how to:Understand what's expected of modern teams-and of you as their leader Communicate with clarity (up, down, and sideways) without drowning in detail Build a high-trust team and develop people with different strengths and styles Set direction and priorities, even with limited data and shifting goals Establish healthy processes without killing creativity Navigate tricky moments: conflict, resistance, under-performance, and burnout What's insideA practical "first 90 days" playbook for new tech managers Templates for 1:1s, feedback, and role clarity Checklists for meetings, decisions, and stakeholder alignment A capstone case study that ties it all together Who this is foranyone stepping into leadership Team leads, new managers, and aspiring CIOs/CTOs Non-technical leaders who manage technical teams About the authors Yousif Asfour is Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer at the American University of Beirut; former founding CIO at NYU Abu Dhabi and President of the CIO Lebanon Association. Sandra Molloy is a leadership development executive and neuroscience coach who has designed culture-change programs across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Lead with confidence-not just code. This book shows you how.

Autor

Sandy Molloy started her career in education and worked in colleges and universities in Australia, Greece, USA, and the UK teaching communications skills, cultural and behavioural studies. In the early 1990s with an M.A. in HR and Change Management, she joined an American Global IT company. Over the next three decades, she travelled worldwide, working with clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Her IT experience includes the Finance, Government, Education, Retail, Public and Private sectors. Sandy's roles of Director for People, Culture and Communications, and Head of Leadership Development UK IT operations allowed her to design and embed processes that made significant cultural changes. Sandy trained at MIT, Boston in the Learning Lab (Organizational Development) and with the Neuro Leadership Institute, New York University. She is a Master of the Chartered Institute for Personnel Development and a psychometric practitioner. She has written and articles on leadership, managing change and transition management, and studied leadership while living with tribes in Kenya and Tanzania. Sandy has a passion for people and an inexhaustible enthusiasm for helping leaders reach their full potential. She is currently a neuroscience coach working with organizations to develop positive and sustainable change with leadership and teams.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Asfour-Molloy
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9798990218512
• Artikelnr.: 70453659