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

The Recovering Engineer

To explain what I mean, I’ll lean on my background as an engineer. In my engineering design classes, I learned about the concept of design or safety margin — a factor built into design calculations to allow for minor errors, miscalculations, under estimations, and other variables that are difficult to accurately determine.

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Built to Win

Great Leadership By Dan

In Major League Baseball, the 2011 New York Yankees were built to win but didn't make it to the World Series. There are many other examples of sports teams and company teams around the globe that had talent, leadership, and heart, but were unable to finish. They simply didn’t "win" as expected.

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Task-Oriented vs People-Oriented: A Common Source of Conflict.

The Recovering Engineer

For example, I once worked with an extremely people-oriented person on evaluating a potential business investment. 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. Reply What Do You Think? Click here to cancel reply.

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Conflict Resolution Mistakes: Stating Opinions As Facts | Guy.

The Recovering Engineer

For example, you might state your viewpoint and support it with “I think everyone would agree that…&# (At least that’s how it sounds when I say it. 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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Don't Use an Illness Description for a Normal Behavior | Guy.

The Recovering Engineer

For example, people with strong Cautious traits saying that people with strong Influencing traits are ADD/ADHD. 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. Tell me what youre thinking.

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Hear and Understand to be Heard and Understood

The Recovering Engineer

In reflecting on the situations, I recall some things I learned as a practicing engineer. I think that people are sort of like the containers in my example above. 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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Rules Without Relationship Breed Rebellion | Guy Harris: The.

The Recovering Engineer

I would reply: take a look at the title of this blog and remember that I am a recovering engineer. For example, in my role as a parent, I have certain rules and expectations of my two daughters. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. Actually, I love rules.

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