Leading Geeks:

How to Manage and Lead People Who Deliver Technology

Paul Glen

Wednesday, January 7, 2004

Networking @ 5:45; Business @ 6:30; Program @ 7:00 PM

Countrywide, 2900 Madera, Simi Valley, CA 93065

Today every manager must learn to lead geeks. Dot.com or Dot.bomb, it doesn't matter. Geeks deliver and support the technology that drives efficiency, effectiveness, and competitiveness of real businesses. In fact, companies have become so dependent on geeks that 92% of technology professionals work for traditional, non-technical corporations and only 8% work in high-tech firms. Yet, most managers and executives find that geeks are difficult to fathom and even harder to lead.

This Entertaining, High-Content Keynote Will Show You...

• Why Traditional Approaches to Leadership Don't Work With Geeks
• How Geeks are Different from Other Employees
• How Leading Geeks Differs from Leading Other Employees
• How to Motivate Geeks
• Immediately Applicable Approaches to Geek Leadership

Paul Glen is a management consultant, author and speaker who helps clients build effective technology organizations. For more than 15 years he has advised clients in North America, Europe and Asia. He has also served as adjunct faculty member in the MBA programs at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and Loyola Marymount University. He is author of two recent professional books and also writes a monthly management column for the online edition of Computerworld.