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Decision Making 101 – Check Your Emotions Before You Decide | Guy.

The Recovering Engineer

Before writing that performance appraisal, evaluating those budget numbers, confronting poor performance, disciplining your child, or speaking with your spouse; check yourself. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.

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Fulfilling Employee Needs – Ten Critical Issues for Leaders to.

The Recovering Engineer

He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. Learn More… Comments 2 Responses to “Fulfilling Employee Needs – Ten Critical Issues for Leaders to Remember&# Rich DiGirolamo says: September 23, 2010 at 3:52 pm Guy, Good points. While innovative, it was sad.

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How Much Margin Do You Have? | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

December 14, 2010 by Guy Harris Filed under Gallery , Reflections 8 Comments A few days ago, I posted about the tragic death of a young lady who was part of my life when I was in college and she was a toddler. Just as the concept of margin applies to our schedule and our budgets, it also applies to our personal and professional relationships.

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Decision Making 101 – Check Your Emotions Before You Decide

The Recovering Engineer

Before writing that performance appraisal, evaluating those budget numbers, confronting poor performance, disciplining your child, or speaking with your spouse; check yourself. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.

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Stepping Up Into Leadership

Women in the LEAD

  In her book, The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine cites very specific chemical and hormonal differences between men and women that specifically affect language and communication, giving us a scientific basis for this.   In the past twenty years or so, we have read many works telling us what we already knew.

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Stepping Up Into Leadership

Women in the LEAD

  In her book, The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine cites very specific chemical and hormonal differences between men and women that specifically affect language and communication, giving us a scientific basis for this.     In the past twenty years or so, we have read many works telling us what we already knew.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. billion in mining projects since 2010. ” Improving risk management. Fostering innovation.