Lead on Purpose

MARCH 8, 2010

Innovative engineers are recognized for their inventions. Then there’s product management… — The Product Management Perspective: One of the least palatable realities of product management is that applause and acknowledgment of great work does not come immediately; sometimes it comes slowly and many times not at all.

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QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes Most quality management theories and modern management practices rely heavily on checklists as an important tool to get things right the first time. I was thinking about why engineering disciplines focus so heavily on checklists?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Purdue is known for its bright engineers, top flight technology students, it is the alma mater of the first and last men to walk on the moon. Yet, the question as I talked with women in the Purdue leadership program is still the age old one of how to balance it all; career, family, community, and time for oneself.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Also worth noting is that there is certainly a difference between value engineering and arbitrary cost containment. If you try hard enough you can find an aberration in just about any rule, but in the case of design it will simply be just that…an aberration.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2011

Here’s a tip: learn about search engine optimization (SEO) techniques and use of keywords. Get started by contributing content to sites that utilize freelance writers. Some will take unsolicited articles, many will give assignments to freelancers.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. You Know How To Say It : Mark Twain I’m not, but for the most part I can put across a cogent thought.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

Inspiration when given as a gift is like the fuel that feeds the engine of prosperity for your organization. It has been a huge learning for me throughout my own life and career that presence is sometimes all that is needed. What keeps you from gifting your kindness? Mary Jo Asmus : June 21, 2010 at 8:57 pm Welcome, Scott!

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HR Digest

JULY 1, 2021

During the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC), BCG and the European Association for People Management surveyed 3,400 executives, including 90 senior human resources leaders in more than 30 countries, to see how they were responding. Star performers aren’t like doctors or engineers. They post portfolios instead of resumes.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You can follow Seth on Twitter @ThisIsSethsBlog Alexa Rank : 4,876 Google Page Rank : 7 PostRank Leadership Score : N/A Number of Posts in last 30 days : 35 TwitterGrader Score : 100 The Management Experts : If you’re looking for a positive spin on leadership then look no further than Phil Gerbyshak.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

At the same time, fighter planes were coming in low overhead, their engines echoing in the cavernous atmosphere of Manhattan. Fifth Avenue was shut down and everyone was walking in the middle of it headed from hospital to hospital or up to the Red Cross to give blood. What was most striking was the attitude of everyone.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 15, 2010

Staying ethical when you are in power ie any kind of power – you dont necessarily have to be the top dog, even a manager or leader of a small team – would need to keep his ethic in check every now and then. It isn’t that their team are bad people, it is simply that the relationship with their manager prevents anything but.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

On this Labor Day, I give homage to those who shaped my own early career: Mom: Who taught me the art of domestic engineering: how to wash dishes, vacuum floors, make beds, and do the laundry with a sense of pride in the finished product. All Rights Reserved.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 22, 2011

If you are not yet in a position to manage your website to do this type of preparatory work for you, consider using social networking tools to expand and complement your marketing efforts. Use your Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, or Ning community to share your information.

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The Recovering Engineer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

DISC Model Frequently Asked Questions Tags: Communication Skills , DISC Model , disc style , emotional control , emotional intelligence , human behavior , influence , Leadership Skills , parenting skills , personality style , perspective , persuasion , understanding people Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

In the State of Nevada we, Professional Engineers, have to have 30 professional development hours of learning to renew our licenses every two years. Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. All Rights Reserved.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

What makes time management difficult is that I might have a “to do” list together and a goal for that day, but depending on the needs of our customers I might not even touch that list. If you have to approve things, if you are the bottle neck in the process, you are having an impact on your employees time if you manage yours poorly.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 11, 2016

As Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund states: if women were employed at the same rate as men, GDP would increase by 5 percent in the United States, by 9 percent in Japan and by 27 percent in India. Women are historically underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. We can leverage each other’s expertise.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

In addition, because of the successive generations entering the workforce, rising education levels, globalization, the flattening of organizations, and an increased willingness to change careers and companies, employees have come to understand they can add more value doing meaningful work.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Aside from being costly, a flawed execution can cast doubt on management credibility, have a negative impact on morale, taint the brand, adversely affect external relationships, and cause a variety of other problems for your business. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. Let me say this as clearly as I can…a ready, fire, aim approach will rarely find the target.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

You’re not cut out for engineering. Lines like this are still used all too frequently when employees tell their managers that they want to move in a new direction. Managers are under tremendous pressure to generate results. Part of your job will be to manage this uncertainty. You’re not a data scientist.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

She was a training manager for a large corporation, advising middle and senior managers on career development. Because management and professional services have traditionally been delivered face-to-face, Sally thought her job and location were reasonably safe. Sally (name has been changed) was laid off six months ago.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Call me crazy, but I don’t want to talk to someone who wants to manage my account, develop my business, or engineer my sale. If you don’t engineer everything around the client, your client relationships will vanish before your very eyes. A sales person is trying to sell them something.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2014

The presence of these women would imply that science, engineering, and technology (SET) industries welcome women. Brazil, China, and India are committed to their work and their careers. women in science say they experience “lab-coat cultures”; 25% in engineering face “hard-hat cultures”; and 31% in tech face “geek workplace cultures.”.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

And I'd also want team members who knew how to get people to adopt new skills and attitudes — experts in incentives, training and development, culture, communication, stakeholder management, and redeployment. Most process engineering starts out as a project," Coco explained. "We These are "people skills.". But it's also unusual.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. High-potential future leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

After 12 years, 50% of technical women, predominately in engineering and computer science, had switched to other fields; 20% of other women professionals had done the same. How talent management is changing. The manager says, ‘This will require extra hours, and you have to think about your family. Insight Center.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

The brain, as Bill Calvin said to me is “nature’s connection making engine.&# Doing lots of things provides that engine more fuel. Best, Tanmay Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life! Check it out. The best ideas come from outside your “normal&# sphere. Don’t Kill It!

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

After building credibility inside and outside the organization, in 2008 Mendiola created a broad initiative to remake Florida as a triple-bottom-line business devoted to profit, planet, and people. Perhaps the coming generation of leaders will come to embrace this approach as Ramón de Mendiola did, with similar results.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

In 2007 and 2008, the economy collapsed. A Romanian-born, US educated analyst, Dediu studied engineering in college, received an MBA but kept a lifelong passion for technology. But after only a few months of blogging, Crain’s Cleveland Business interviewed Juvan on the use of social media for lawyers. Good thing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. He did have a horrific 2008. And now, just after passing the average life expectancy for an American male , he seems to be in the midst of the best run of his career. He reportedly took home compensation of $1.7 In 2012 it was $1.9 In 2009 it was $1.3

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

In a recent New York Times video on both disasters , one former engineer, Rodney Rocha, recalls asking why his request was rejected. The manager’s answer: “I don’t want to be a Chicken Little about this.” I will regret always why I didn’t break down the door by myself.” It’s not my job.”

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HR Digest

APRIL 30, 2019

Through culture, organizations are able to establish and manage their sustainability goals such as social impact, environmental footprint, employee engagement, satisfaction, etc. What do you say have been the most important transformations in your career? The HR Digest: You have been with Philip Morris International quite a while.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Posted on August 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Rants , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth My question is this: Is your intellect an asset or liability? All one has to do is watch a very bright person defend their position to understand what I’m driving at with today’s post.

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