I do techno leadership programs - programs for developing leadership skills among technical staff in MNC development centers. There is general misconception that leadership is all about leading people through interpersonal skills like charisma, public speaking, and presence. Having worked for last 30 years with many development centers in different countries, I have seen people management to be just one aspect of techno leadership. There are equally important skills like complexity reduction, system knowledge, architectural thinking etc, which need to be mastered by senior technical people.Take for example complexity reduction. A techno leader should be able to explain working of system to different people. The other person could be CEO of company, VP, an architect, a user, or a developer. A techno leader should be able discuss the system at a level of abstraction relevant to those people. To do this, he or she need to master techniques like abstraction, modelling, views and perspectives. In our programs, we focus on 10 key techno leadership competencies:1. Complexity reduction. 2. System knowledge.3. Creativity and innovation. 4. Architectural thinking. 5. Professional networking.6. Tech savviness. 7. Business insights.8. Creative problem solving. 9. Rational decision making.10. Interpersonal skills. We have 5 signature programs to address these learning needs:1. System Architect Training2. Leadership for Technical Experts3. Creativity and Innovation at Work4. Effective Communication for Technical Experts5. Managing Technical PeopleOur corporate clients include Cisco, Oracle, Intel, NXP, Honeywell, Harman, VMware, Microsemi, Synopsys, NDS, Mahindra & Mahindra.We conduct ½ day, 1 day, 2 day, 3 day, 4 day, and 5 day programs based on profile of participants, expected program outcome, breadth and depth of topic coverage. For more details, visit www.shriConsulting.com or write to us at shri@shriConsulting.com