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The entrepreneurial engineer [[electronic resource] ] : personal, interpersonal, and organizational skills for engineers in a world of opportunity / / David E. Goldberg
The entrepreneurial engineer [[electronic resource] ] : personal, interpersonal, and organizational skills for engineers in a world of opportunity / / David E. Goldberg
Autore Goldberg David E (David Edward), <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (226 p.)
Disciplina 620.0023
620.0068
Soggetto topico Engineering firms - Management
ISBN 1-280-64896-1
9786610648962
0-470-03896-9
0-470-03895-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The Entrepreneurial Engineer; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Entrepreneurial Engineer: Ready for the 21st Century; 1.1 21st-Century Engineers Moving at Internet Time; 1.2 Engineering Education, Common Sense, and the Real World; 1.3 Ten Competencies for the Entrepreneurial Engineer; 1.4 Three Principles; 1.5 Three Cautions; Exercises; 2 The Joy of Engineering; 2.1 A Joyous Confession; 2.2 Engineering as Liberal Education, Launchpad, and Lifelong Love; 2.2.1 Who Is Getting a "Liberal Arts" Education Today?; 2.2.2 Engineering as Launchpad; 2.2.3 Ten Ways to Love Engineering
2.3 The Fundamental Tug-of-War2.4 Science and Its Little Secret; 2.5 Engineers: First Masters of Modern Enterprise; 2.6 Economy of Intellection: Separating Science from Engineering; 2.6.1 Modeling Plane; 2.6.2 Spectrum of Models; 2.7 Four Tensions Facing the Entrepreneurial Engineer; Summary; Exercises; 3 Money, Work, and You; 3.1 Money, Moola, the Big Bucks; 3.2 Roads to Wealth: Four Dinner Table Platitudes; 3.3 Hidden Lesson 1: Engagement; 3.3.1 Why Engagement Matters; 3.3.2 Matching your Vocational Impedance; 3.4 Hidden Lesson 2: Courage; 3.4.1 Locus of Control: Internal versus External
3.4.2 Exploring Courage3.5 Tactical Lessons of Handling Money; 3.5.1 Spending and Earning Styles; 3.5.2 Spending-Earning Impedance; 3.5.3 Investing, Saving, and Thrift; 3.6 Get a Life; 3.7 Plotting your Course: Values, Mission, and Goals; 3.7.1 Creating a Personal Values Statement; 3.7.2 Writing a Personal Mission Statement; 3.7.3 Setting Goals; Summary; Exercises; 4 Getting Organized and Finding Time; 4.1 Time and Its Lack; 4.2 Effective Ways to Waste Time; 4.3 Seven Keys to Time Management; 4.3.1 A Place for Everything; 4.3.2 Work for Mr. To Do; 4.3.3 Sam Knows: Just Do It
4.3.4 A Trash Can Is a Person's Best Friend4.3.5 Tuning Your Reading; 4.3.6 Managing Interruptions; 4.3.7 Getting Help; Summary; Exercises; 5 Write for Your Life; 5.1 Engineers, Root Canal, and Writing; 5.2 Why Many Engineers Don't Like to Write; 5.3 Prime Directive of Writing: Just Write; 5.3.1 Freewriting; 5.3.2 Directed Writing for the Real World; 5.4 Getting the Content and Organization Right; 5.4.1 The Primary Structure of Business Writing: BPR; 5.4.2 Lists and Amplification: Technical Writer's Best Friend; 5.4.3 Sectioning, Titles, and Headings
5.4.4 Summaries, Conclusions, and Distinguishing the Difference5.5 Edifying Editing; 5.6 Improving Your Writing; Summary; Exercises; 6 Present, Don't Speak; 6.1 Speeches versus Presentations; 6.2 Why Present?; 6.3 Preparation Makes the Presentation; 6.3.1 Audience Analysis; 6.3.2 Subject Selection; 6.3.3 Elements of a Presentation; 6.3.4 Preparation Process; 6.3.5 Transparency Design and Preparation; 6.4 Delivery; Summary; Exercises; 7 Human Side of Engineering; 7.1 Human Challenges of Engineering; 7.2 Through the Eyes of Others; 7.3 Anatomy of a Disagreement
7.4 We are all Salespeople on this Bus
Record Nr. UNINA-9910830675803321
Goldberg David E (David Edward), <1953->  
Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2006
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The entrepreneurial engineer [[electronic resource] ] : personal, interpersonal, and organizational skills for engineers in a world of opportunity / / David E. Goldberg
The entrepreneurial engineer [[electronic resource] ] : personal, interpersonal, and organizational skills for engineers in a world of opportunity / / David E. Goldberg
Autore Goldberg David E (David Edward), <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (226 p.)
Disciplina 620.0023
620.0068
Soggetto topico Engineering firms - Management
ISBN 1-280-64896-1
9786610648962
0-470-03896-9
0-470-03895-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The Entrepreneurial Engineer; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Entrepreneurial Engineer: Ready for the 21st Century; 1.1 21st-Century Engineers Moving at Internet Time; 1.2 Engineering Education, Common Sense, and the Real World; 1.3 Ten Competencies for the Entrepreneurial Engineer; 1.4 Three Principles; 1.5 Three Cautions; Exercises; 2 The Joy of Engineering; 2.1 A Joyous Confession; 2.2 Engineering as Liberal Education, Launchpad, and Lifelong Love; 2.2.1 Who Is Getting a "Liberal Arts" Education Today?; 2.2.2 Engineering as Launchpad; 2.2.3 Ten Ways to Love Engineering
2.3 The Fundamental Tug-of-War2.4 Science and Its Little Secret; 2.5 Engineers: First Masters of Modern Enterprise; 2.6 Economy of Intellection: Separating Science from Engineering; 2.6.1 Modeling Plane; 2.6.2 Spectrum of Models; 2.7 Four Tensions Facing the Entrepreneurial Engineer; Summary; Exercises; 3 Money, Work, and You; 3.1 Money, Moola, the Big Bucks; 3.2 Roads to Wealth: Four Dinner Table Platitudes; 3.3 Hidden Lesson 1: Engagement; 3.3.1 Why Engagement Matters; 3.3.2 Matching your Vocational Impedance; 3.4 Hidden Lesson 2: Courage; 3.4.1 Locus of Control: Internal versus External
3.4.2 Exploring Courage3.5 Tactical Lessons of Handling Money; 3.5.1 Spending and Earning Styles; 3.5.2 Spending-Earning Impedance; 3.5.3 Investing, Saving, and Thrift; 3.6 Get a Life; 3.7 Plotting your Course: Values, Mission, and Goals; 3.7.1 Creating a Personal Values Statement; 3.7.2 Writing a Personal Mission Statement; 3.7.3 Setting Goals; Summary; Exercises; 4 Getting Organized and Finding Time; 4.1 Time and Its Lack; 4.2 Effective Ways to Waste Time; 4.3 Seven Keys to Time Management; 4.3.1 A Place for Everything; 4.3.2 Work for Mr. To Do; 4.3.3 Sam Knows: Just Do It
4.3.4 A Trash Can Is a Person's Best Friend4.3.5 Tuning Your Reading; 4.3.6 Managing Interruptions; 4.3.7 Getting Help; Summary; Exercises; 5 Write for Your Life; 5.1 Engineers, Root Canal, and Writing; 5.2 Why Many Engineers Don't Like to Write; 5.3 Prime Directive of Writing: Just Write; 5.3.1 Freewriting; 5.3.2 Directed Writing for the Real World; 5.4 Getting the Content and Organization Right; 5.4.1 The Primary Structure of Business Writing: BPR; 5.4.2 Lists and Amplification: Technical Writer's Best Friend; 5.4.3 Sectioning, Titles, and Headings
5.4.4 Summaries, Conclusions, and Distinguishing the Difference5.5 Edifying Editing; 5.6 Improving Your Writing; Summary; Exercises; 6 Present, Don't Speak; 6.1 Speeches versus Presentations; 6.2 Why Present?; 6.3 Preparation Makes the Presentation; 6.3.1 Audience Analysis; 6.3.2 Subject Selection; 6.3.3 Elements of a Presentation; 6.3.4 Preparation Process; 6.3.5 Transparency Design and Preparation; 6.4 Delivery; Summary; Exercises; 7 Human Side of Engineering; 7.1 Human Challenges of Engineering; 7.2 Through the Eyes of Others; 7.3 Anatomy of a Disagreement
7.4 We are all Salespeople on this Bus
Record Nr. UNINA-9910841078103321
Goldberg David E (David Edward), <1953->  
Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2006
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Fast-tracking your career : soft skills for engineering & IT professionals / / Wushow "Bill" Chou
Fast-tracking your career : soft skills for engineering & IT professionals / / Wushow "Bill" Chou
Autore Chou Wushow
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, New Jersey : , : IEEE Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (188 p.)
Disciplina 620.0023
Soggetto topico Engineering - Vocational guidance
Information technology - Vocational guidance
Soft skills
ISBN 1-118-66215-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword xiii -- Dr. Sorel Reisman -- Guest Introduction i xv -- Dr. Simon Y. Liu -- Guest Introduction ii xvii -- Dr. Arnold "Jay" Bragg -- Guest Introduction iii xix -- Frank E. Ferrante -- Preface xxi -- Acknowledgments xxiii -- About the Author xxv -- Introduction and Summary 1 -- Engineers Are Potentially Better Positioned as Executives, 1 -- Categorization of Smart Soft Skills, 2 -- Rules for Mastering Smart Soft Skills, 3 -- Relationships among the Soft Skills, 8 -- PART ONE: Communications: The Absolutely Necessary -- Chapter 1 Communications Smart 13 -- Rule 1: Being always ready for elevator pitches/speeches, 14 -- Rule 2: Mastering a presentation by mastering the onset, 16 -- Rule 3: Using three diagrams to simplify complexity, 18 -- Rule 4: Sizing up and resonating with the audience, 20 -- Rule 5: Being careful of careless comments, 23 -- Rule 6: Using plain language, 24 -- Rule 7: Using jokes and self-deprecating humor, 26 -- PART TWO: Dealing with People: The Essential -- Chapter 2 People Smart 31 -- Rule 1: Getting accepted by accepting others fi rst, 32 -- Rule 2: Winning by understanding both ourselves and our counterparts, 34 -- Rule 3: Being aggressive by being nonaggressive, 36 -- Rule 4: Gaining by giving, 38 -- Rule 5: Successful networking by networking less, 41 -- Rule 6: Being heard by listening, 46 -- Chapter 3 Marketing Smart 49 -- Rule 1: Sizing up and resonating with our "customers", 51 -- Rule 2: Putting a positive spin on our "product", 53 -- Rule 3: Making a convincing presentation with a well-crafted presentation, 53 -- Rule 4: Inciting enthusiasm with enthusiasm, 54 -- A Marketing Role Model: Steve Jobs (and His Embodiment, Apple), 55 -- PART THREE: Dealing with the Self: The Basic -- Chapter 4 Work Smart 59 -- Rule 1: Achieving outstanding results by not seeking perfection, 60 -- Rule 2: Avoiding blunders of overconfi dence, 62 -- Rule 3: Focusing on self-examination, not on blaming others, when things gone awry, 63 -- Chapter 5 Time Smart 65.
Rule 1: Investing time with the same zeal as venture capitalists investing money, 66 -- Rule 2: Killing two birds with one stone, 68 -- Rule 3: Minding ROI, 70 -- Rule 4: Making nonproductive time productive, 71 -- Rule 5: Turning spare time into opportunities, 73 -- Rule 6: Keeping the mind sharp by taking catnaps, 74 -- Chapter 6 Career Smart 77 -- Rule 1: Opting to be a big fi sh in a small pond, 78 -- Rule 2: Hopping to a more opportune pond at opportune moments, 80 -- Rule 3: Never polishing a sneaker, 84 -- Rule 4: Making a good lasting impression by making a good first impression, 86 -- PART FOUR: Dealing with the Boss: Earning Trust and Recognition -- Chapter 7 Job-Interview Smart 89 -- Rule 1: Being well prepared by collecting relevant information, 90 -- Rule 2: Putting a positive spin on our qualifi cations, 91 -- Rule 3: Preparing targeted elevator pitches/speeches, 91 -- Rule 4: Sizing up and resonating with the interviewer, 92 -- Rule 5: Winning interviewers' confi dence in us by exhibiting confidence, 93 -- Rule 6: Avoiding gaffes by avoiding overconfi dence, 93 -- Stories of Failed Interviews, 93 -- A Successful Interview Story, 98 -- Chapter 8 Boss Smart 101 -- Rule 1: Winning trust by showing loyalty, 102 -- Rule 2: Gaining gratitude by sharing credit and taking blame, 104 -- Rule 3: Being astute by watching for nuances, 105 -- Rule 4: Being proactive and farsighted, 107 -- Rule 5: Showing enthusiasm for challenging assignments, 108 -- PART FIVE: Dealing with Staff: Inspiring Loyalty and Productivity -- Chapter 9 Motivating Smart 111 -- Rule 1: Winning loyalty by being loyal, 112 -- Rule 2: Getting credit by not taking credit, 114 -- Rule 3: Motivating by complimenting, 115 -- Chapter 10 Delegating Smart 117 -- Rule 1: Getting more done by doing less, 118 -- Rule 2: Delegating successfully by matching tasks with staff, 119 -- Rule 3: Making controversial decisions by not making them, 122 -- PART SIX: Being Visionary: Leading to the C-Suite -- Chapter 11 Beyond the Box 127.
Rule 1: Examining the big picture to identify opportunities, 128 -- Rule 2: Forming a visionary plan, 131 -- Rule 3: Marketing the vision, 131 -- Successful Fast-Tracking Stories, 132 -- Final Thoughts 137 -- The Book's Objective, 137 -- "Soft Skills" and "Rules" Outside the Scope of This Book, 137 -- High Achievers' Soft Skills, 139 -- Personal Career Goals, 140 -- Appendix Tables for Principles, Strategies, and Rules 141 -- Table A.1 Principles and Strategies, 141 -- Table A.2 Communications Smart, 142 -- Table A.3 People Smart, 143 -- Table A.4 Marketing Smart, 144 -- Table A.5 Work Smart, 145 -- Table A.6 Time Smart, 146 -- Table A.7 Career Smart, 146 -- Table A.8 Job-Interview Smart, 147 -- Table A.9 Boss Smart, 148 -- Table A.10 Motivating Smart, 149 -- Table A.11 Delegating Smart, 149 -- Table A.12 Beyond the Box, 150 -- Abbreviations 151 -- Index 153.
Record Nr. UNISA-996205292603316
Chou Wushow  
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : IEEE Press, , [2013]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fast-tracking your career : soft skills for engineering & IT professionals / / Wushow "Bill" Chou
Fast-tracking your career : soft skills for engineering & IT professionals / / Wushow "Bill" Chou
Autore Chou Wushow
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, New Jersey : , : IEEE Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (188 p.)
Disciplina 620.0023
Soggetto topico Engineering - Vocational guidance
Information technology - Vocational guidance
Soft skills
ISBN 1-118-66215-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword xiii -- Dr. Sorel Reisman -- Guest Introduction i xv -- Dr. Simon Y. Liu -- Guest Introduction ii xvii -- Dr. Arnold "Jay" Bragg -- Guest Introduction iii xix -- Frank E. Ferrante -- Preface xxi -- Acknowledgments xxiii -- About the Author xxv -- Introduction and Summary 1 -- Engineers Are Potentially Better Positioned as Executives, 1 -- Categorization of Smart Soft Skills, 2 -- Rules for Mastering Smart Soft Skills, 3 -- Relationships among the Soft Skills, 8 -- PART ONE: Communications: The Absolutely Necessary -- Chapter 1 Communications Smart 13 -- Rule 1: Being always ready for elevator pitches/speeches, 14 -- Rule 2: Mastering a presentation by mastering the onset, 16 -- Rule 3: Using three diagrams to simplify complexity, 18 -- Rule 4: Sizing up and resonating with the audience, 20 -- Rule 5: Being careful of careless comments, 23 -- Rule 6: Using plain language, 24 -- Rule 7: Using jokes and self-deprecating humor, 26 -- PART TWO: Dealing with People: The Essential -- Chapter 2 People Smart 31 -- Rule 1: Getting accepted by accepting others fi rst, 32 -- Rule 2: Winning by understanding both ourselves and our counterparts, 34 -- Rule 3: Being aggressive by being nonaggressive, 36 -- Rule 4: Gaining by giving, 38 -- Rule 5: Successful networking by networking less, 41 -- Rule 6: Being heard by listening, 46 -- Chapter 3 Marketing Smart 49 -- Rule 1: Sizing up and resonating with our "customers", 51 -- Rule 2: Putting a positive spin on our "product", 53 -- Rule 3: Making a convincing presentation with a well-crafted presentation, 53 -- Rule 4: Inciting enthusiasm with enthusiasm, 54 -- A Marketing Role Model: Steve Jobs (and His Embodiment, Apple), 55 -- PART THREE: Dealing with the Self: The Basic -- Chapter 4 Work Smart 59 -- Rule 1: Achieving outstanding results by not seeking perfection, 60 -- Rule 2: Avoiding blunders of overconfi dence, 62 -- Rule 3: Focusing on self-examination, not on blaming others, when things gone awry, 63 -- Chapter 5 Time Smart 65.
Rule 1: Investing time with the same zeal as venture capitalists investing money, 66 -- Rule 2: Killing two birds with one stone, 68 -- Rule 3: Minding ROI, 70 -- Rule 4: Making nonproductive time productive, 71 -- Rule 5: Turning spare time into opportunities, 73 -- Rule 6: Keeping the mind sharp by taking catnaps, 74 -- Chapter 6 Career Smart 77 -- Rule 1: Opting to be a big fi sh in a small pond, 78 -- Rule 2: Hopping to a more opportune pond at opportune moments, 80 -- Rule 3: Never polishing a sneaker, 84 -- Rule 4: Making a good lasting impression by making a good first impression, 86 -- PART FOUR: Dealing with the Boss: Earning Trust and Recognition -- Chapter 7 Job-Interview Smart 89 -- Rule 1: Being well prepared by collecting relevant information, 90 -- Rule 2: Putting a positive spin on our qualifi cations, 91 -- Rule 3: Preparing targeted elevator pitches/speeches, 91 -- Rule 4: Sizing up and resonating with the interviewer, 92 -- Rule 5: Winning interviewers' confi dence in us by exhibiting confidence, 93 -- Rule 6: Avoiding gaffes by avoiding overconfi dence, 93 -- Stories of Failed Interviews, 93 -- A Successful Interview Story, 98 -- Chapter 8 Boss Smart 101 -- Rule 1: Winning trust by showing loyalty, 102 -- Rule 2: Gaining gratitude by sharing credit and taking blame, 104 -- Rule 3: Being astute by watching for nuances, 105 -- Rule 4: Being proactive and farsighted, 107 -- Rule 5: Showing enthusiasm for challenging assignments, 108 -- PART FIVE: Dealing with Staff: Inspiring Loyalty and Productivity -- Chapter 9 Motivating Smart 111 -- Rule 1: Winning loyalty by being loyal, 112 -- Rule 2: Getting credit by not taking credit, 114 -- Rule 3: Motivating by complimenting, 115 -- Chapter 10 Delegating Smart 117 -- Rule 1: Getting more done by doing less, 118 -- Rule 2: Delegating successfully by matching tasks with staff, 119 -- Rule 3: Making controversial decisions by not making them, 122 -- PART SIX: Being Visionary: Leading to the C-Suite -- Chapter 11 Beyond the Box 127.
Rule 1: Examining the big picture to identify opportunities, 128 -- Rule 2: Forming a visionary plan, 131 -- Rule 3: Marketing the vision, 131 -- Successful Fast-Tracking Stories, 132 -- Final Thoughts 137 -- The Book's Objective, 137 -- "Soft Skills" and "Rules" Outside the Scope of This Book, 137 -- High Achievers' Soft Skills, 139 -- Personal Career Goals, 140 -- Appendix Tables for Principles, Strategies, and Rules 141 -- Table A.1 Principles and Strategies, 141 -- Table A.2 Communications Smart, 142 -- Table A.3 People Smart, 143 -- Table A.4 Marketing Smart, 144 -- Table A.5 Work Smart, 145 -- Table A.6 Time Smart, 146 -- Table A.7 Career Smart, 146 -- Table A.8 Job-Interview Smart, 147 -- Table A.9 Boss Smart, 148 -- Table A.10 Motivating Smart, 149 -- Table A.11 Delegating Smart, 149 -- Table A.12 Beyond the Box, 150 -- Abbreviations 151 -- Index 153.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910139249403321
Chou Wushow  
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : IEEE Press, , [2013]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fast-tracking your career : soft skills for engineering & IT professionals / / Wushow "Bill" Chou
Fast-tracking your career : soft skills for engineering & IT professionals / / Wushow "Bill" Chou
Autore Chou Wushow
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, New Jersey : , : IEEE Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (188 p.)
Disciplina 620.0023
Soggetto topico Engineering - Vocational guidance
Information technology - Vocational guidance
Soft skills
ISBN 1-118-66215-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword xiii -- Dr. Sorel Reisman -- Guest Introduction i xv -- Dr. Simon Y. Liu -- Guest Introduction ii xvii -- Dr. Arnold "Jay" Bragg -- Guest Introduction iii xix -- Frank E. Ferrante -- Preface xxi -- Acknowledgments xxiii -- About the Author xxv -- Introduction and Summary 1 -- Engineers Are Potentially Better Positioned as Executives, 1 -- Categorization of Smart Soft Skills, 2 -- Rules for Mastering Smart Soft Skills, 3 -- Relationships among the Soft Skills, 8 -- PART ONE: Communications: The Absolutely Necessary -- Chapter 1 Communications Smart 13 -- Rule 1: Being always ready for elevator pitches/speeches, 14 -- Rule 2: Mastering a presentation by mastering the onset, 16 -- Rule 3: Using three diagrams to simplify complexity, 18 -- Rule 4: Sizing up and resonating with the audience, 20 -- Rule 5: Being careful of careless comments, 23 -- Rule 6: Using plain language, 24 -- Rule 7: Using jokes and self-deprecating humor, 26 -- PART TWO: Dealing with People: The Essential -- Chapter 2 People Smart 31 -- Rule 1: Getting accepted by accepting others fi rst, 32 -- Rule 2: Winning by understanding both ourselves and our counterparts, 34 -- Rule 3: Being aggressive by being nonaggressive, 36 -- Rule 4: Gaining by giving, 38 -- Rule 5: Successful networking by networking less, 41 -- Rule 6: Being heard by listening, 46 -- Chapter 3 Marketing Smart 49 -- Rule 1: Sizing up and resonating with our "customers", 51 -- Rule 2: Putting a positive spin on our "product", 53 -- Rule 3: Making a convincing presentation with a well-crafted presentation, 53 -- Rule 4: Inciting enthusiasm with enthusiasm, 54 -- A Marketing Role Model: Steve Jobs (and His Embodiment, Apple), 55 -- PART THREE: Dealing with the Self: The Basic -- Chapter 4 Work Smart 59 -- Rule 1: Achieving outstanding results by not seeking perfection, 60 -- Rule 2: Avoiding blunders of overconfi dence, 62 -- Rule 3: Focusing on self-examination, not on blaming others, when things gone awry, 63 -- Chapter 5 Time Smart 65.
Rule 1: Investing time with the same zeal as venture capitalists investing money, 66 -- Rule 2: Killing two birds with one stone, 68 -- Rule 3: Minding ROI, 70 -- Rule 4: Making nonproductive time productive, 71 -- Rule 5: Turning spare time into opportunities, 73 -- Rule 6: Keeping the mind sharp by taking catnaps, 74 -- Chapter 6 Career Smart 77 -- Rule 1: Opting to be a big fi sh in a small pond, 78 -- Rule 2: Hopping to a more opportune pond at opportune moments, 80 -- Rule 3: Never polishing a sneaker, 84 -- Rule 4: Making a good lasting impression by making a good first impression, 86 -- PART FOUR: Dealing with the Boss: Earning Trust and Recognition -- Chapter 7 Job-Interview Smart 89 -- Rule 1: Being well prepared by collecting relevant information, 90 -- Rule 2: Putting a positive spin on our qualifi cations, 91 -- Rule 3: Preparing targeted elevator pitches/speeches, 91 -- Rule 4: Sizing up and resonating with the interviewer, 92 -- Rule 5: Winning interviewers' confi dence in us by exhibiting confidence, 93 -- Rule 6: Avoiding gaffes by avoiding overconfi dence, 93 -- Stories of Failed Interviews, 93 -- A Successful Interview Story, 98 -- Chapter 8 Boss Smart 101 -- Rule 1: Winning trust by showing loyalty, 102 -- Rule 2: Gaining gratitude by sharing credit and taking blame, 104 -- Rule 3: Being astute by watching for nuances, 105 -- Rule 4: Being proactive and farsighted, 107 -- Rule 5: Showing enthusiasm for challenging assignments, 108 -- PART FIVE: Dealing with Staff: Inspiring Loyalty and Productivity -- Chapter 9 Motivating Smart 111 -- Rule 1: Winning loyalty by being loyal, 112 -- Rule 2: Getting credit by not taking credit, 114 -- Rule 3: Motivating by complimenting, 115 -- Chapter 10 Delegating Smart 117 -- Rule 1: Getting more done by doing less, 118 -- Rule 2: Delegating successfully by matching tasks with staff, 119 -- Rule 3: Making controversial decisions by not making them, 122 -- PART SIX: Being Visionary: Leading to the C-Suite -- Chapter 11 Beyond the Box 127.
Rule 1: Examining the big picture to identify opportunities, 128 -- Rule 2: Forming a visionary plan, 131 -- Rule 3: Marketing the vision, 131 -- Successful Fast-Tracking Stories, 132 -- Final Thoughts 137 -- The Book's Objective, 137 -- "Soft Skills" and "Rules" Outside the Scope of This Book, 137 -- High Achievers' Soft Skills, 139 -- Personal Career Goals, 140 -- Appendix Tables for Principles, Strategies, and Rules 141 -- Table A.1 Principles and Strategies, 141 -- Table A.2 Communications Smart, 142 -- Table A.3 People Smart, 143 -- Table A.4 Marketing Smart, 144 -- Table A.5 Work Smart, 145 -- Table A.6 Time Smart, 146 -- Table A.7 Career Smart, 146 -- Table A.8 Job-Interview Smart, 147 -- Table A.9 Boss Smart, 148 -- Table A.10 Motivating Smart, 149 -- Table A.11 Delegating Smart, 149 -- Table A.12 Beyond the Box, 150 -- Abbreviations 151 -- Index 153.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910831180203321
Chou Wushow  
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : IEEE Press, , [2013]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Formazione e accesso alla professione degli ingegneri in Italia / [redatto da Emanuele Palumbo ; coordinamento di Massimiliano Pittau]
Formazione e accesso alla professione degli ingegneri in Italia / [redatto da Emanuele Palumbo ; coordinamento di Massimiliano Pittau]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Roma, : Centro studi Consiglio nazionale degli ingegneri, 2001
Descrizione fisica 96 p. ; 24 cm.
Disciplina 620.0023
Collana Centro studi C.N.I
Soggetto topico Ingegneri - Professione - Italia
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ita
Record Nr. UNISANNIO-UFE0203012
Roma, : Centro studi Consiglio nazionale degli ingegneri, 2001
Materiale a stampa
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The fully integrated engineer : combining technical ability and leadership prowess / / Steven T. Cerri
The fully integrated engineer : combining technical ability and leadership prowess / / Steven T. Cerri
Autore Cerri Steven T.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (205 p.)
Disciplina 620.0023
Collana IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series
Soggetto topico Engineering - Vocational guidance
Career development
ISBN 1-119-08419-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword, xi -- A Note from the Series Editor, xiii -- Preface, xv -- Acknowledgments, xvii -- 1 What You Learned in College Is Limiting Your Growth As a Technology Professional 1 -- This Book Is Your Safety Net, 3 -- 2 Why Should You Read a Book by Me? OŕŒWhy Is This Book Important Now? 5 -- A Few Words in Praise of Steven T. Cerri's Work, 7 -- 3 If You Are an Engineering or Technical Manager, Read This 11 -- 4 Is Free Will Truly "Freé? 13 -- Do You Choose What You Eat?, 13 -- A Hypothetical Situation That Is Very Real, 14 -- Personal Behavioral Subroutines, 16 -- Limiting Beliefs and Personal Behavioral Subroutines, 17 -- Just for Managers, 17 -- Personal Subroutines Can Help as Well as Hinder Functionality, 17 -- Turning Limiting Beliefs into Successes Using Gems of Wisdom, 18 -- 5 The Way You Change 19 -- Engineering Is Easy. It Is the People That Are Difficult, 19 -- Humans Are Just Satellites on Earth, 20 -- The Model of Human Behavior: The Four Stages to Action, 21 -- What Makes an Inspiring Speech?, 26 -- Close the Loop, 27 -- A Real-World Example, 27 -- Changing Behavior Requires That You Push the Right "Buttoń, 29 -- How Difficult Is it to Loose Weight?, 30 -- 6 The Origin of the 15 Limiting Beliefs and the 15 Gems of Wisdom 33 -- 7 How To Use This Book and the Structure of Chapters 9 Through 23 35 -- Example: Chapter 9, 35 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #1 to Your Current Map of the World, 37 -- 8 How to Add Any Gem of Wisdom to Your Map of the World 41 -- Steps to Add a Gem of Wisdom to Your Current Map of the World, 41 -- 9 Ideas as Identity: Career-Limiting Belief #1 45 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #1 to Your Current Map of the World, 49 -- 10 Being Right: Career-Limiting Belief #2 55 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #2 to Your Current Map of the World, 59 -- 11 What versus How: Career-Limiting Belief #3 63 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #3 to Your Current Map of the World, 66 -- References, 70 -- 12 Avoiding Shoptalk: Career-Limiting Belief #4 71 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #4 to Your Current Map of The World, 74.
13 I'll Do My Own Work: Career-Limiting Belief #5 79 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #5 to Your Current Map of the World, 83 -- 14 Ducking Delegation: Career-Limiting Belief #6 87 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #6 to Your Current Map of the World, 90 -- 15 I'll Do What I Like: Career-Limiting Belief #7 95 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #7 to Your Current Map of the World, 98 -- 16 Inconsiderate Communication: Career-Limiting Belief #8 103 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #8 to Your Current Map of the World, 106 -- 17 Limited Visionary: Career-Limiting Belief #9 111 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #9 to Your Current Map of the World, 114 -- 18 Being Persistently Consistent: Career-Limiting Belief #10 119 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #10 to Your Current Map of the World, 122 -- 19 Pursuing Perfection: Career-Limiting Belief #11 127 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #11 to Your Current Map of the World, 130 -- 20 You are Not the Teacher: Career-Limiting Belief #12 135 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #12 to Your Current Map of the World, 139 -- 21 Withholding Expertise: Career-Limiting Belief #13 145 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #13 to Your Current Map of the World, 149 -- 22 Bluntness as a Virtue: Career-Limiting Belief #14 155 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #14 to Your Current Map of the World, 159 -- 23 The Fixer: Career-Limiting Belief #15 165 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #15 to Your Current Map of the World, 168 -- 24 A Parting Letter From Steven 173 -- Further Reading, 177 -- Biography of Steven T. Cerri, 179 -- Index, 181.
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The fully integrated engineer : combining technical ability and leadership prowess / / Steven T. Cerri
The fully integrated engineer : combining technical ability and leadership prowess / / Steven T. Cerri
Autore Cerri Steven T.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (205 p.)
Disciplina 620.0023
Collana IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series
Soggetto topico Engineering - Vocational guidance
Career development
ISBN 1-119-08419-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Foreword, xi -- A Note from the Series Editor, xiii -- Preface, xv -- Acknowledgments, xvii -- 1 What You Learned in College Is Limiting Your Growth As a Technology Professional 1 -- This Book Is Your Safety Net, 3 -- 2 Why Should You Read a Book by Me? OŕŒWhy Is This Book Important Now? 5 -- A Few Words in Praise of Steven T. Cerri's Work, 7 -- 3 If You Are an Engineering or Technical Manager, Read This 11 -- 4 Is Free Will Truly "Freé? 13 -- Do You Choose What You Eat?, 13 -- A Hypothetical Situation That Is Very Real, 14 -- Personal Behavioral Subroutines, 16 -- Limiting Beliefs and Personal Behavioral Subroutines, 17 -- Just for Managers, 17 -- Personal Subroutines Can Help as Well as Hinder Functionality, 17 -- Turning Limiting Beliefs into Successes Using Gems of Wisdom, 18 -- 5 The Way You Change 19 -- Engineering Is Easy. It Is the People That Are Difficult, 19 -- Humans Are Just Satellites on Earth, 20 -- The Model of Human Behavior: The Four Stages to Action, 21 -- What Makes an Inspiring Speech?, 26 -- Close the Loop, 27 -- A Real-World Example, 27 -- Changing Behavior Requires That You Push the Right "Buttoń, 29 -- How Difficult Is it to Loose Weight?, 30 -- 6 The Origin of the 15 Limiting Beliefs and the 15 Gems of Wisdom 33 -- 7 How To Use This Book and the Structure of Chapters 9 Through 23 35 -- Example: Chapter 9, 35 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #1 to Your Current Map of the World, 37 -- 8 How to Add Any Gem of Wisdom to Your Map of the World 41 -- Steps to Add a Gem of Wisdom to Your Current Map of the World, 41 -- 9 Ideas as Identity: Career-Limiting Belief #1 45 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #1 to Your Current Map of the World, 49 -- 10 Being Right: Career-Limiting Belief #2 55 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #2 to Your Current Map of the World, 59 -- 11 What versus How: Career-Limiting Belief #3 63 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #3 to Your Current Map of the World, 66 -- References, 70 -- 12 Avoiding Shoptalk: Career-Limiting Belief #4 71 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #4 to Your Current Map of The World, 74.
13 I'll Do My Own Work: Career-Limiting Belief #5 79 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #5 to Your Current Map of the World, 83 -- 14 Ducking Delegation: Career-Limiting Belief #6 87 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #6 to Your Current Map of the World, 90 -- 15 I'll Do What I Like: Career-Limiting Belief #7 95 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #7 to Your Current Map of the World, 98 -- 16 Inconsiderate Communication: Career-Limiting Belief #8 103 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #8 to Your Current Map of the World, 106 -- 17 Limited Visionary: Career-Limiting Belief #9 111 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #9 to Your Current Map of the World, 114 -- 18 Being Persistently Consistent: Career-Limiting Belief #10 119 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #10 to Your Current Map of the World, 122 -- 19 Pursuing Perfection: Career-Limiting Belief #11 127 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #11 to Your Current Map of the World, 130 -- 20 You are Not the Teacher: Career-Limiting Belief #12 135 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #12 to Your Current Map of the World, 139 -- 21 Withholding Expertise: Career-Limiting Belief #13 145 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #13 to Your Current Map of the World, 149 -- 22 Bluntness as a Virtue: Career-Limiting Belief #14 155 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #14 to Your Current Map of the World, 159 -- 23 The Fixer: Career-Limiting Belief #15 165 -- Add Gem of Wisdom #15 to Your Current Map of the World, 168 -- 24 A Parting Letter From Steven 173 -- Further Reading, 177 -- Biography of Steven T. Cerri, 179 -- Index, 181.
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., , [2016]
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The go-to guide for engineering curricula, grades 6-8 : choosing and using the best instructional materials for your students / / Cary I. Sneider
The go-to guide for engineering curricula, grades 6-8 : choosing and using the best instructional materials for your students / / Cary I. Sneider
Pubbl/distr/stampa London : , : SAGE Publications, Ltd, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 620.0023
Soggetto topico Engineering - Study and teaching (Middle school) - United States
Science - Study and teaching (Middle school) - United States
ISBN 1-4833-5351-6
1-4833-8573-6
1-4833-8634-1
1-4833-8633-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Altri titoli varianti Go-to guide for engineering curricula, grades six-eight
Record Nr. UNINA-9910149450903321
London : , : SAGE Publications, Ltd, , 2015
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Guida alla professione di ingegnere / redatti da Emanuele Palumbo ; coordinamento di Massimiliano Pittau
Guida alla professione di ingegnere / redatti da Emanuele Palumbo ; coordinamento di Massimiliano Pittau
Pubbl/distr/stampa Roma : Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri, 2005
Descrizione fisica 2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 620.0023
Collana Centro studi C.N.I.
Soggetto non controllato Ingegneri - Professioni
ISBN 88-6014-002-1
88-6014-013-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione ita
Nota di contenuto 3.: Formazione, mercato del lavoro ed accesso all'albo / Emanuele Palumbo 4.: Le tariffe professionali e la loro applicazione
Record Nr. UNINA-990008328500403321
Roma : Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri, 2005
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