The Recovering Engineer

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It Takes a Team

The Recovering Engineer

We have the Kevin Eikenberry Group team that supports us as we travel for training and speaking engagements. We have our families who have tolerated the long-hours of travel, phone calls, blog posts, article writing, meetings, and website development it takes to get a book written, published, and sold. And the list goes on and on.

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Better Relationship Tips For Task Oriented People: Redefine Your.

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Sadly, this is not the first time I have struggled to have a fruitful conversation with my wife while I am traveling for business. a previous post, I shared the story about calling home while I was traveling. I could only think about what I still had to do to prepare for the next day before going to bed. My wife was not the problem.

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

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In a previous post, I shared the story about calling home while I was traveling. Today, I thought I would make a more explicit observation about one of the common differences between task-oriented people and people-oriented people (from the DISC model ): Task-oriented people generally “think&# about things (including relationships).

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Exercise Your Power of Choice in Conflict Resolution | Guy Harris.

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It’s a little rough. Dirt might get in your eyes so that you don’t see clearly what lies ahead. You have to go more slowly than you do in other situations.

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Conflict Resolution from John Wooden - What's Right Not Who's.

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I haven’t gotten very far into the book yet, and already I find myself swimming in wisdom and insights on leadership and life from the great John Wooden.

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Memorial Day Reflections: Let's Keep Things In Perspective

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soldier who began his travels somewhere in Iraq. I noticed that the solider who had been traveling for 2.5 My two hour layover eventually became a seven hour layover due to mechanical problems with the plane. Another person on the flight from Detroit to Indianapolis was a U.S. He had already made 18 hops in his 2.5

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Just Be Nice | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

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On my return trip, I connected with a flight in Chicago. I ran between gates to catch the flight to Indianapolis only to wait at the gate because this flight — like the one I had just taken from Boston to Chicago — was delayed.