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How Much Margin Do You Have? | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

To explain what I mean, I’ll lean on my background as an engineer. In my engineering design classes, I learned about the concept of design or safety margin — a factor built into design calculations to allow for minor errors, miscalculations, under estimations, and other variables that are difficult to accurately determine.

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Management Tip Audio Interview with Nick McCormick

The Recovering Engineer

I do, though, have an audio interview that I recently did with Nick McCormick over at Joe and Wanda on Management. This is a brief (about 10 minute) conversation Nick and I had around one management tip that I offered for his podcast listeners. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Click here to cancel reply.

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Communicating About Change – Connect With Emotions

The Recovering Engineer

Related posts: Decision Making 101 – Check Your Emotions Before You Decide Using the DISC Model: How to Create Stress for Other People Conflict Resolution Tips: Task Oriented People with People Oriented Individuals Why You Might Eventually Do Something You Don’t Want to Do… DISC Model FAQ’s: Is Changing Your Behavior Phoney?

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From Bud to Boss: My Audio Interview With Wayne Turmel | Guy.

The Recovering Engineer

To hear the full interview, check out From Bud to Boss at The Cranky Middle Manager. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. The big issues facing new supervisors. Tell me what youre thinking.

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I Need Your Help – What Would You Like to Know About the DISC Model?

The Recovering Engineer

Related posts: DISC Model FAQ’s: Is Changing Your Behavior Phoney? A DISC Model Question You Should Ask of Yourself Using the DISC Model: How to Create Stress for Other People DISC Model FAQ’s: Could I Have More Than One DISC Behavior Style? He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.

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My Interview With Mike Phillips on Lead the Team

The Recovering Engineer

He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. From Bud to Boss: My Interview with LeaderLab | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer says: February 3, 2011 at 10:41 am [.] I hope the interview helps your listeners.

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