Control of the Technical Director Technical transition

If you talk to an information technology (IT) or research and development the budget. "When you ask the executives of a technology company, managers or human resources vice president," We continue to work on time and within the budget? "" Did you start seeing results instead of hearing excuses? "The answer is always a resounding" Yes! "

Where is the disconnect? It's a trick question, and often comes down to this: A technician has been hired or promoted to a supervisory or managerial and decision is based on performance in its current technical position. What do Below is a painful struggle to understand how to operate the business, which is totally different from the world technology.

At each level of management, new positions have different needs and skill development. To move from one level to another is not only more the same, there is a qualitative difference. In technical fields, the gap is even more important – the knowledge, skills, abilities and interests and requirements differ management, not only will hamper the work, will have several months to realize it was the wrong car, and several months to replace the manager. Easily can cost an amount of between one and a half to four years' salary inefficient manager to correct error. reflective evaluation, selection and training of your business can save a considerable sum in the long term.

Let us consider challenges in hiring or promotion of the worlds – the world of technology and business – and successfully negotiate continuing the inevitable conflicts between two cultures. In the leadership courses, the authors Charan, Noel Drott and discuss the transition from one level to another area management step. "Every step represents a major change to the employment needs resulting from the need for new skills, time horizons and applications, and new work values. " technicians and managers
They are completely opposite in the spectrum. First, it is important to win dislikes, interests and ways to always look good, the answer actually to the point where it could stop allowing them to pass the next step. People in a technical field, and who are passionate and have a strong personal interest. They are interesting, that's where your identity is. Technologists tend to be introverts in technology because they are better to deal with things or ideas rather than people. They tend to be poor delegator, because they are accustomed to working alone. They have their own world and defined their own tasks they like and where they are competent. Technologists not engaged in the trading day on and commitment that organizations depend on to make a difference. They describe it as "political" and in trials general. In business, you need to keep things moving forward and taking decisions now. Even if based on partial information is not perfect, you have to move forward you can do better later. You must make decisions in the best interest of the organization, which lost opportunities are often more expensive than a flawed decision. technical details. This can be extremely difficult for technologists. do not do the work themselves. They must release decisions and delegating work to others and be judged by the results obtained by the team. Managers need strong skills in the interface between business and technical areas, face a conflict technique requires a paradigm shift
If he is a coach or trainer rather than a producer, responsible for the conduct of other accounts – to other work and loyalty in exchange for their own individual sales goals all that society expects of them.

For staff described in the previous section and how to effectively close the gap between business and technical world. They must learn to help should be enough About the Author

Dr. Bill Handschin, Ph. D., L.P., is the Founder and Principal of Talent Management Consulting, and has been involved in management consulting for more than 20 years. He was formerly a research biochemist, and has worked with the IT and R&D departments of numerous clients in a variety of technological industries. He can be found at www.talentmci.com.

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