Managing professionals and other smart people / Dermot Duff with Dr Mary Collins, Hannah Carney, Mary Goulding, Dr James M. Sheehan and Nick Koumarianos, Gerry Prendergast, Colm Russell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction. 2.Strategy and the professional 3.Developing leadership: in yourself and other professionals 4.Leadership in practice: managing professional peers - case study. Dr. James M. Sheehan 5.Personality and professionals: releasing potential 6.Engaging and motivating professionals: a new framework. Dr Mary Collins 7.Motivating professionals: new discoveries 8.Developing know-how: managing knowledge and innovation 9.Managing knowledge worker productivity in practice. Gerry Prendergast 10.Managing different professions. Dermot Duff with Colm Russell and Nick Koumarianos 11.Developing self-confidence in professionals: the power of self-talk, crucial conversations and appreciative enquiry 12.Managing professionals through emotional intelligence. Dr Mary Collins and Dermot Duff 13.Coaching and mentoring professionals at work. Hannah Carney and Dermot Duff 14.Managing senior professionals: an insider's view 15.Managing professionals and other smart people: a user's guide.