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    Building A Winning Team: Technical Leadership Capabilities
    Building A Winning Team: Technical Leadership Capabilities
    Building A Winning Team: Technical Leadership Capabilities
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    Building A Winning Team: Technical Leadership Capabilities

    By Brian Sutton and Robina Chatham

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    The development of technical leadership capabilities is often overlooked as a training requirement in organisations but skills such as critical thinking and knowing when and how to exert your influence are key to business success.

    In this book management experts Brian Sutton and Robina Chatham describe and explain five management techniques to help you develop your leadership capabilities and build a winning team. With real life examples, tips and mini exercises, you'll also boost your soft skills as you steer your team to success.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
    Release dateMay 19, 2017
    ISBN9781780173696
    Building A Winning Team: Technical Leadership Capabilities
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    Brian Sutton

    Dr Brian Sutton has over 30 years’ experience of running engineering and IS projects having managed major initiatives and projects varying in size from hundreds of thousands of pounds to tens of millions of pounds. He was formerly a Professor of Systems Management in the Information Resources Management College of the National Defense University in Washington DC and is currently a visiting professor with the Institute for Work Based Learning at Middlesex University.

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      Building A Winning Team - Brian Sutton

      BCS, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR IT

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT champions the global IT profession and the interests of individuals engaged in that profession for the benefit of all. We promote wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology, science and practice. We bring together industry, academics, practitioners and government to share knowledge, promote new thinking, inform the design of new curricula, shape public policy and inform the public.

      Our vision is to be a world-class organisation for IT. Our 70,000 strong membership includes practitioners, businesses, academics and students in the UK and internationally. We deliver a range of professional development tools for practitioners and employees. A leading IT qualification body, we offer a range of widely recognised qualifications.

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      CONTENTS

      List of figures and tables

      Authors' biographies

      Foreword by Dave Aron

      Acknowledgements

      Preface

      1.

      HELPING YOUR TEAM TO SEE YOUR VALUE TO THEM AS A LEADER

      Why is this important?

      The impact of the issue

      Making sense of it all

      Practical advice

      Things for you to work on now

      Further food for the curious

      2.

      INCREASING YOUR CIRCLE OF ORGANISATIONAL INFLUENCE

      Why is this important?

      The impact of the issue

      Making sense of it all

      Practical advice

      Things for you to work on now

      Further food for the curious

      3.

      DELEGATING WORK FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT

      Why is this important?

      The impact of the issue

      Making sense of it all

      Practical advice

      Things for you to work on now

      Further food for the curious

      4.

      DEALING WITH POOR PERFORMANCE

      Why is this important?

      The impact of the issue

      Making sense of it all

      Practical advice

      Things for you to work on now

      Further food for the curious

      5.

      BEHAVING WITH A TRUE SENSE OF URGENCY

      Why is this important?

      The impact of the issue

      Making sense of it all

      Practical advice

      Things for you to work on now

      Further food for the curious

      Index

      LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

      Figure 3.1

      Four modes of intervention

      Figure 4.1

      Performance portfolio

      Figure 5.1

      Using an analogy to reframe a problem

      Table 1.1

      Dos and don’ts of team leadership

      AUTHORS’ BIOGRAPHIES

      Professor Brian Sutton has over 40 years’ management and leadership experience. He has developed comprehensive information systems (IS) strategies, conducted large-scale reengineering initiatives and led major organisational change. He regularly contributes articles to professional journals and speaks at major professional gatherings. He holds a Doctorate in Corporate Education, a Master’s degree in Information Systems Management from the London School of Economics and has worked extensively in both the private and public sectors in Europe and the United States. He was formerly a Professor of Systems Management in the Information Resources Management College of the National Defence University in Washington DC. He is currently Professor of Learning Performance with the Institute for Work-based Learning at Middlesex University.

      Dr Robina Chatham has over 35 years’ experience in IT. She has

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