The Recovering Engineer

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Communication Tips: Connecting With Outgoing, Task-Oriented People.

The Recovering Engineer

When you find yourself communicating with a person who is outgoing and task-oriented (primary Dominant behavioral style), remember these key communication tips: Get to the point quickly — offer the results or conclusions and then your data or analysis. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.

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Take It, Leave It, or Change It

The Recovering Engineer

The decision was to do a “cost-benefit analysis&# of our new situation. do your “cost-benefit analysis&# and choose one of these options: Take It Accept the change with all of its good and bad components, and realize that it is your choice to stay. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.

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Quit Looking for “The” Right Answer

The Recovering Engineer

Complex problems – like fixing the accounting system or creating a maintenance training program – usually have many possible right answers. As you seek “the” right answer, you might fall into over-analysis paralysis. Simple problems – like writing checks or fixing pumps – generally have single right answers. Indecision.