Featured Interview with Alistair Gordon

What could your organisation achieve if its technical specialists were given the same intensity of skills development as people managers? * Organisations spend so much money hiring techincal experts and individual contributors - then they ignore them once they're hired. * As a result, senior individual contributors lack the business skills they need to drive innovation and change at a senior level. They have great ideas but can't quite get the company to get behind their innovation As a result:* The money invested in technical teams doesn't quite pay off.* Technical experts end up overworked, resentful and demotivated - and quit.* The business loses any number of opportunities to create value. What steps can businesses and CEOs take to help experts achieve their full potential? What effort is required, and what benefits should they expect? How bad a problem is this?   Alistair Gordon is the co-author with Dominic Johnson of Master Expert: how to use Expertship to achieve peak performance, seniority and influence in a technical role (Expertship Press USD$39). He is CEO of Expertunity, an expert coach, speaker and author, and a long-time veteran of the media and organisational-development worlds. Download the first chapter from the book for free at https://expertship.com, as well as numerous resources for experts, their managers and HR teams. Social Media Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-gordon-5a69349/twitter.com/beamasterexpertfacebook.com/expertshipexpertship.com