Why Do Your “Technical” Superstars Struggle as Leaders?

June 5, 2003

Every organization has “technical” experts – those employees who are superstars in their area of professional expertise. They could be accountants, attorneys, engineers, IT and healthcare professionals, manufacturing specialists, salespeople, scientists, the list goes on. These superstars are the obvious first picks for promotion into leadership roles. Then those same experts struggle – and sometimes fail for the first time in their careers!

We invite senior managers and HR professionals involved in making promotion decisions to join us and learn about proven methods to select, transition, and equip today’s technical superstar to become a leadership superstar.

Agenda

  • Introduction: James B. Brown
  • Intro research & program: Sherryl A. Nufer
  • Intro to Pareto, background on technical superstar qualities, intro the Pyramid: Fiore C. Londino
  • Intro Selection: Kimberly A. Ross
  • Complete Selection: Sherryl A. Nufer
  • Expectations: Fiore C. Londino
  • Feedback: Sherryl A. Nufer
  • Next Steps: Fiore C. Londino
  • Questions and Answers