Geniuses, Tramps, and Thieves

Geniuses are a cadre of employees growing in number and importance. Then there are the virtual-ites, working from home or the road, sometimes full-time, sometimes freelance, and also growing in preponderance. And finally, there are the time-stealers, like conflict-creator and uncertainty.

You now have an arsenal of tactics and techniques to manage all three categories:

• Pepper your geniuses with questions and show them you care. Break projects into small parts.
• With remote employees, get deliberate about communications.
• With the thieves, fight back with courage and candor.