The Recovering Engineer

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Keep Moving Forward

The Recovering Engineer

During my watch, I consulted with the Quartermaster (he tracks position and course), the Diving Officer (he controls direction and depth), the Chief of the Watch (he controls many systems), and others. The Chief of the Watch told me what he saw in the systems he monitored. And, it taught me a whole lot about how to work with a team.

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Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick

The Recovering Engineer

I am not a doctor, pharmacist, attorney, drug company executive or any other person who has deep insights into the intricacies of our health care system. Virtually all of the discussion that I have seen mentions or implies that the system itself is broken. Almost no substantive discussion about how to fix the system.

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Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick

The Recovering Engineer

I am not a doctor, pharmacist, attorney, drug company executive or any other person who has deep insights into the intricacies of our health care system. Virtually all of the discussion that I have seen mentions or implies that the system itself is broken. Almost no substantive discussion about how to fix the system.

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

The Recovering Engineer

surround sound speaker system to a USB port on my laptop? surround sound speaker and the home theatre system says: May 11, 2010 at 12:14 am [.] . — Learn More… Comments One Response to “Communication Tips: Connecting With Outgoing, Task-Oriented People&# Trackbacks Check out what others are saying about this post.

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Always Have a Pen

The Recovering Engineer

They became my personal accountability system. Your Now Step: Think about your system for living up to your commitments and responsibilities. Without a pen – and paper as I eventually learned – with me at all times, I could not remember it all. Remember: A good leader always has a pen. Is it working? If not, find a way to fix it.

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Communicating About Change – Connect With Emotions

The Recovering Engineer

Using the handout from this month’s Remarkable Leadership teleseminar as a discussion guide, we talked about some really powerful concepts related to communicating change.

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Flexible With People and Rigid With Timelines

The Recovering Engineer

They include construction, computer system, computer software, marketing, web development, book writing, process improvement, and plant expansion projects. At different times and in different roles, I have had the opportunity to observe, work on, plan, and implement projects of various sizes and types.