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How To Lead Smart People: Leadership for Professionals

Leading teams of knowledge workers and professionals presents an interesting challenge. People with these skills join organisations to do interesting, challenging work with equally smart, able people, applying their knowledge and experience for the benefit of their clients and their firms. They are smart people who, perhaps understandably, think they know everything already. They often don’t believe they need leaders. How to Lead Smart People is for these leaders in need.

Leading with Assertiveness

Assertiveness can be a tricky skill to develop. It benefits hugely from focused practice. There is a thin line between assertiveness and aggression and it is easy, even for smart people, to mix them up. So what’s the difference? Assertiveness is related to balance, being clear about your needs and taking into consideration the needs of others. Aggression is based on winning without any thought of the rights or feelings of others and might even be seen as bullying.