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Clever
Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones (Harvard Business Press, $26)
Clever workers don't just own their jobs. They apply entrepreneurial spirit. Clever workers can be "brilliant, difficult – and sometimes even dangerous," authors Rob Goffe and Gareth Jones say. Making clever workers brilliant involves understanding their psyches. The authors identify a number of their traits: They do what they are and define themselves by their passion, not their employer. That passion makes them the go-to people. Their skills are not easily replicated. "Clevers cultivate the internal resources they need and know the toes they shouldn't step on (but often do)." Clever workers get the job done and function best when they aren't so much told what to do as shown what must be done – and then allowed to figure out how. They don't pay attention to people who can't help them execute. Clever workers need to be steered, not led. If you want to ensure that clever workers display their brilliance, "convince them your company can help them succeed."
Switch
Chip Heath and Dan Heath (Broadway Books, $26)
The Heaths take the psycho-babble out of emotional intelligence. They characterize the brain as a two-party system that doesn't believe in a bipartisan approach to making decisions. When change enters the mental landscape, the logical side collides with the animal- emotional side. They offer three principles: 1. Make sure the logical side knows why change must occur, what forms it may take and the results. 2. Motivate the animal brain by "finding the feeling." Find the trigger that allows the emotional side to agree with the logical side. Showing someone what they can do post-change becomes a motivator. 3. Shape the path for change by tweaking the environment. Build new habits that flow from existing ones. This allows people to expand their comfort zone without thinking they're entering the danger zone. Ask for input – and listen to it. Jim Pawlak reviews business books for The Dallas Morning News. bizbooks@hotmail.com
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