Managing and leading : 52 lessons learned for engineers / / Stuart G. Walesh

• Autore: Walesh S. G
• Pubblicazione: Reston, VA, : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Disciplina: 620/.0068
• Soggetto topico: Engineering - Management; Leadership
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Leading, 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Managing and leading
• ISBN: 0-7844-7102-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911006838003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II