{"product_id":"clever-leading-your-smartest-most-creative-people-9781422122969","title":"Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People","description":"If your company is like most, it has a handful of people who generate disproportionate quantities of value: A researcher creates products that bankroll the entire organization for decades. A manager spots consumer-spending patterns no one else sees and defines new market categories your enterprise can serve. A strategist anticipates global changes and correctly interprets their business implications. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCompanies' competitiveness, even survival, increasingly hinge on such \"clever people.\" But the truth is, clever people are as fiercely independent as they are clever-they don't want to be led. So how do you corral these players in your organization and inspire them to achieve their highest potential? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Clever, Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones offer potent insights drawn from their extensive research. The authors explain how to: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Identify your clever people and their motivations \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Shelter your \"clevers\" from political distractions that can inhibit their productivity \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Help clevers generate even more value by creating clever teams \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Manage the unique tensions that can arise when clevers work together \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeading clever people can be enormously challenging, yet doing so effectively is the key to your organization's sustained success. Lively and engaging, this book provides the ideas, practices, and examples you need to create an environment where your most brilliant people can flourish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob Goffee,Gareth Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Business Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.36w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781422122969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2009 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2009 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob Goffee is Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School, where he teaches in the world-renowned Senior Executive Programme. Gareth Jones is a Fellow of the Centre for Management Development at London Business School and a visiting professor at INSEAD, the international business school in Fontainebleau, France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard Business Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45055636832371,"sku":"9781422122969","price":39.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_92c2f15c-aac9-43fc-974d-7ed234bcb986.jpg?v=1780068913","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/clever-leading-your-smartest-most-creative-people-9781422122969","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}