Do you have a complex technical job, like a software developer, scientist, lawyer, engineer, policy writer, economist or medical researcher?Master Expert is your guide to every business skill you need to succeed. 740 pages and 50 chapters of toolkits, ideas, checklists, and new processes to help you surmount every one of the challenges faced by senior technical specialists: How do I pitch my ideas to make sense commercially and strategically?How do I understand my organisations commercial context?How do I prioritise and engage stakeholders? How do I recalibrate failing relationships?How do I coach and delegate, and make my expertise understood by non-technical colleagues?How do I manage upward, talk to boards, and convince doubters?How do I manage my energy, workload and priorities day to day?How do I get better at presenting, intelligence gathering and networking?How do I understand where my skills are weak, and how to plan to improve them?Why Master Expert?Its time technical specialists like yourself got the same deal as managers.From the very first day a new manager starts work, theyre given a LOT of help. A career ladder. Appraisals, Mentoring. Networking. Capability frameworks. Support, connections - theyre trained to deal with whatever business problems come along.Technical people dont get that kind of support. Its time they did. Master Expert details how to evaluate the performance of technical specialists, and includes a capability framework to understand your own, or your teams, progress toward Master Expert status.The authors, Alistair Gordon and Dominic Johnson, have been coaching developers, scientists, lawyers, engineers, policy writers, economists, medical researchers and other technical specialists for close to ten years now, and this book distils everything theyve learned.Learn more at expertship
P>Review A Kickstarter "Project we love" About the Author: Alistair Gordon is the CEO of Expertunity, an expert coach, speaker and author. A long-time veteran of the media and organisational development worlds, he has been publisher of one of Australias best-known business magazines, BRW. He is the co-author with Dominic Johnson of the two founding books on Expertship, Master Expert and the Expertship Growth Guide. Find out more at expertshipDominic Johnson is a master facilitator who has logged thousands of hours coaching experts and masterminding Expertship programs. With Alistair Gordon, he is the co-author of the two founding texts of Expertship, Master Expert and the Expertship Growth Guide, as well as the co-designer of the Expertship career growth processes described in each book. Find out more at expertship- We ship across Australia, including major cities like: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle and the Gold Coast