LEADER 04515nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9911006838003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7844-7102-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078791 035 $a(EBL)3115459 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000485743 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12168152 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485743 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10610345 035 $a(PQKB)11508636 035 $a(OCoLC)708569229 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3115459 035 $a(ASCE)10.1061/9780784406755 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078791 100 $a20030827d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aManaging and leading $e52 lessons learned for engineers /$fStuart G. Walesh 210 $aReston, VA $cAmerican Society of Civil Engineers$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7844-0675-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLeading, Managing, and Producing; Roles?Then Goals; Smart Goals; Too Much of a Good Thing; DWYSYWD; Defining Moments; Courage: Real and Counterfeit; Thank Our 50 Stars; Go Out on a Limb; Keeping Our Personal Financial Score; Job Security Is an Oxymoron, Career Security Doesn't Have to Be; Are You Unemployable?; Afraid of Dying, or Not Having Lived?; Communicating Five Ways; So, What Do You Know About Bluebirds?; Talk to Strangers; You're Tall and That's All; Balance High Tech and High Touch; Trimming Our Hedges; Write to Find Out What We Think; Start Writing on Day 1; P; Practice Out Loud; DAD Is Out, POP Is In; Professional Students; Garage Sale Wisdom; Read and You Won't Need a Management Consultant; Caring Isn't Coddling; More Coaching, Less Osmosis; Education and Training: From Ad Hoc to Bottom Line; We Don't Make Whitewalls: Work Smarter, Not Harder; The Power of Our Subconscious; Delegation: Why Put Off Until Tomorrow What Someone Else Can Do Today?; TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More; Virtual Teams; Fruits of Effective Project Management; Every Project Is Done Twice; Limiting Liability; An Unhidden Agenda; Agenda Item: Good News; Minutes: Earning a Return on the Hours Invested in Meetings; A Simple Professional Services Marketing Model; Speed as a Competitive Edge; The Chimney Sweep and the Sewer Cleaner: The Importance of Style; Our Most Important Asset; Interviewing So Who You Get Is Who You Want; Eagles and Turkeys; AH HA! A Process for Effecting Change; Giving to Our Profession and Our Community; F = ma and You Can't Push a Rope; The Two Cultures: Bridging The Gap; Looking Ahead: Can You Spare a Paradigm; Sources of Quotations; Back Matter; Index 330 3 $aThis book offers useful ideas on ways in which engineers can more effectively approach the nontechnical or soft-side aspects of working with colleagues, clients, customers, the public, and other stakeholders. Reflecting upon 40 years of engineering and management experience, Walesh shares in his often-humorous style lessons learned that will advance your management and leadership skills. Each of the 52 quick essays offers an idea or principle for engineers to improve their managing and leading skills. Each essay is followed by pragmatic suggestions for ways to immediately apply and test the ideas using application tools such as action items, guidelines, dos and don'ts, checklists, forms, and resource materials such as articles, papers, and books. Plus, more than 60 e-newsletters and websites are referenced. Examples of managing and leading topics treated in this book are distinctions between managing and leading, goal formulation and achievement, improving personal and organizational productivity, courage, asking and listening, presenting papers, coaching, power of the subconscious mind, meetings, delegation, teamwork, project management, marketing, style, and effecting change. Anyone interested in advancing management and leadership skills will gain from the experience of the author and the valuable tools offered in this book. 606 $aEngineering$xManagement 606 $aLeadership 615 0$aEngineering$xManagement. 615 0$aLeadership. 676 $a620/.0068 700 $aWalesh$b S. G$0893572 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911006838003321 996 $aManaging and leading$94389275 997 $aUNINA