How to Manage Smart People
Scott Berkun, who spent nine years as a manager at Microsoft, has authored How to Manage Smart People, a short (18 screen) ChangeThis manifesto on managing what I'd term "knowledge workers." It's a good piece (and a decent plug for his book) but it ignores one of the biggest issues in running these kinds of teams: not just keeping them moving, but keeping them headed in a direction that's aligned with their larger company.