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If You've Got Something To Say, Stand Up and Say It

The Recovering Engineer

Likewise, at the booths where people sat and waited for the conference attendees to approach them, nothing happened. So, here’s a big lesson I learned while working an exhibit hall booth at ASTD 2010 in Chicago: If you’ve got something to say, stand up and say it. 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. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. I just spoke at a conference where members from a local town were raffling off a vacation home to help raise training dollars. Makes no sense.

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Eliciting Excellence – A Great Online Learning Opportunity

The Recovering Engineer

The conference is called Eliciting Excellence , and the organizer is Michael Beck. Three Actions You Can Take to De-escalate Conflicts Tags: assertive communication , Communication Skills , influence , Leadership Skills , workplace conflict resolution Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. Learn More… What Do You Think?

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Commit to Continual Learning – Life Lessons From Cal Ripken, Jr

The Recovering Engineer

Today, I had the chance to see Cal Ripken, Jr speak at a conference in Baltimore, Maryland. 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. Learn More… What Do You Think? Tell me what youre thinking.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. Has anyone on your executive team attended a conference on strategy, innovation or disruption in the last year?

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

 Here are my picks for the week of November 15 - 21st, 2010.  Here are my picks for the week of November 15 - 21st, 2010.  Here are my picks for the week of November 15 - 21st, 2010.  Here are my picks for the week of November 15 - 21st, 2010.  Enjoy!  Enjoy!  Enjoy!  Enjoy!

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Encourage Employees to Talk More

Tony Mayo

The engineers around the punchcard reader had not been engaged in idle banter. File Backup and Sharing by SugarSync Free Conference Calls Google Alerts LinkedIn Mail2Web Exchange Server Online Appointment Scheduling by Tungle.Me Professor Ashenhurst told us the story of how an “efficiency expert&# had reduced productivity.

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