The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 27, 2010

Put the best construction on everything. Since you are in control of your thoughts, choose to make the story a good one – a positive one – one that puts you in a better frame of mind and puts the other person in a good light – or at least one to be sympathized with. You’ll be much happier. Get updates in an RSS reader.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 10, 2010

He holds degrees in Theology, Construction and Design, and a Masters in Business Administration. In addition, he speaks and consults on leadership and social media. Why am I introducing him here?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2020

You can find scaffold everywhere, even around an under-construction small building or substantial triple-story buildings. The scaffold can ideally be used in a great variety of inspection, construction, repair, and maintenance projects. It will help you in avoiding unforeseen happening in your next construction project.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

You can be on the either side, but by following some simple thumb rules, you can make it a constructive exercise. Make it constructive : by offering help, solution alternatives, facilitation or arranging for external help. Make it constructive yourself, if the other person doesn’t. Direct feedback can be misconstrued.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The message was so well constructed and completely customized that I am including it here for your educational pleasure. About 80 members are given 30 seconds each to give their introduction, and at the end, the entire group recites their tag line. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 20, 2020

When putting your cost estimate together, you can’t focus on item price tags. If you found this article useful, check out our other blog posts today. This is where your local market knowledge will come in handy. Your hard money lender can also help put an estimate together.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

He changed the performance appraisal system to provide constructive feedback for everyone and added the requirement to leaders’ performance appraisals that they help sailors learn and grow. He encouraged what he referred to as “constructive friction.” 2 Comments so far Brian Hackett on June 23rd, 2010 Great article.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 20, 2011

" The reason his answer failed to answer, so to speak, was he was forcing me to construct my own picture from data that, although apparently clear and meaningful to him, was nothing more than numbers to me. See you in columbus David Marold TEAM Explosion Posted by: David Marold | January 21, 2011 at 10:58 AM Excellent article!

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

The latter, Manjoo stresses, is key, because journalism is at a point where figuring out a new way to construct a pay wall isn''t good enough anymore. Jason Stirman, one of Medium''s founders, discusses its attributes in this meandering First Round Capital article. And just how does all the tagging of content happen?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

And, while this should, of course, be accompanied by constructive, privately delivered criticism , various studies and articles, including this recent HBR piece , have touted the benefits of positive reinforcement.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Having said all that, I think it important to say too, that casual conversations can go from being constructive and helpful to divisive and destructive if you’re not careful. As leader, it is important to model constructive and helpful conversations and to be clear that negative talk is not condoned. What is your experience with it?

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Chris Brady

JUNE 10, 2010

See if you can find inspiration and warmth in the stories of some of the lives of the athletes, such as Brazilian star Kaka who has recently come to faith in Christ and proclaims it publicly and joyously, or the rag-tag underdog team from the United States, who aren't given much of a chance. " Hey, it works for me.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

This followership type also helps to improve their leaders’ performance, as they will voice opinions prior to and provide constructive feedback after bad decisions. When encountering problems, Self-Starters are apt to resolve issues and then tell their leaders what they did rather than waiting to be told what to do.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Thanks for a good article Gwyn. So perhaps it’s a matter of using and demonstrating this language more often and more consistently if only to help people see its more constructive edges. What do they mean to you? How will they affect the way we work? 14 Responses to The Language of Leadership in the 21st Century.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 17, 2010

Especially in a way that is so elegant, and so well constructed, that it can actually qualify as a theorem – something that can be demonstrated to be true. Note: 6/17, 2:15PM EST – Thanks to Dude (see comments below) for correcting my spelling on “Theorem&#. I’ve made the proper corrections to the original post.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 20, 2009

The Ugly Truth about Some Employees is that: In general, criticism is a hard pill to swallow , even the constructive kind. Samuel Culbert has a great article on “Get rid of performance reviews&#. It is all too often a time for proving how great you have done to ensure you get the biggest possible raise or bonus.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 27, 2009

Tweet This Post Tagged as: customer service { 10 comments… read them below or add one } Robin Dickinson December 27, 2009 at 4:36 pm Excellent post, Terry. Don’t protest Walmart pre-construction and then immediately take your business there once the inevitable store opening occurs. Popularity: 6% [ ?

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QAspire

JULY 18, 2010

Team work plays a crucial role in success of any nature of project in any field, be it a manufacturing, construction, s/w or sports. In my experience, people forget the success of projects/initiatives on a long run, but they always remember the fun they had while executing the work. People cherish relationships they build while working.

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QAspire

JANUARY 28, 2010

Confined by constructs of an organization. When those assumptions are constructively challenged, new ideas emerge. When you constantly enable others succeed, you gain better understanding of human motivations and ways to constructively use them for better results. Keep writing great articles. Limited job descriptions.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

And this can’t be just your run-of-the-mill, 300-750 word article due to the explosion of content on the web. million blog articles are being published every day. This article by Mike McManus of Marketing Labs is one solid example. They are on top of the latest trends in SEO, SEM and copywriting strategies.

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