First among Equals: ‘T-R-E-A-T’ Leadership for ‘L-E-A-P’ in a Knowledge-Based World

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How do you lead, motivate and inspire individuals who are as knowledgeable as you are?
How do you lead individuals who are knowledge creators (innovators, scientists, academicians, entrepreneurs, etc.) and whose core task is to create something new?

While we live in a world that is becoming increasingly automated, humans will continue to dominate one significant kind of work-knowledge work. Knowledge workers can be found in professions like education, consulting, engineering, architecture, design, art and R&D. First among Equals describes the 'T-R-E-A-T' framework of leadership that is a combination of five behavioural traits-task-orientation, relation-orientation, empowering, authenticity and team-building. By presenting real-life examples of leaders from India, the book describes how the 'T-R-E-A-T' leadership affects the 'L-E-A-P' (learning, enjoyment, autonomy and performance) of knowledge workers and impacts their perceptions of fairness, creating positive psychological capacities and generating autonomous motivation. Leaders of knowledge workers have to consider themselves as 'first among equals' in order to be effective in a knowledge work context.

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Vishal Gupta is associate professor in the Organisational Behaviour Area at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). He obtained his doctorate in Human Resource Management from IIM Lucknow in 2013 and his bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS-Pilani in 2005. In 2013, Vishal was chosen as one of 'India's 25 Young HR Leaders' by People Matters. He was recognised as an 'Emerging Psychologist' by the National Academy of Psychology in 2014. In 2016, he was conferred the 'Young Scientist Award' by the National Academy of Sciences India. He is the President of the Indian Academy of Management, an affiliate of the Academy of Management, US.

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