{"id":973,"date":"2017-05-17T13:42:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T13:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/situational.com\/white-paper-leading-knowledge-workers-power-expertise\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T17:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:00:38","slug":"white-paper-leading-knowledge-workers-power-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/situational.com\/whitepapers\/white-paper-leading-knowledge-workers-power-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Knowledge Workers and the Power of Expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"image-text-form image-text-form--homepage is-content-animated is-element-fade-in-up bg-white\" id=\"gated-form-content\" data-id=\"973\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n         \n            <div class=\"image-text-form__wrap test \">\n                <div class=\"form-text\">\n                    <div class=\"form-text__wrap js-content-animated\">\n                        <h2>Download the white paper to learn more!<\/h2>\n<p>By definition, \u201cknowledge workers\u201d are people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does. So, how do you help your team members achieve their goals when you \u2014 as the leader \u2014 are not an expert? 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