The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

During the training class, I made the point that only positive reinforcements encourage people to give high-level, maximum effort. If you stop giving encouragement, praise, and other positive input to people; eventually the positive runs out.&# He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 17, 2012

In my lectures at Stanford University, I define this as Positive Intelligence (PQ). To illustrate, when your mind tells you that you should prepare for tomorrow’s important meeting, it is acting as your friend, causing positive action. The wise investment is to raise Positive Intelligence first. When it wakes you up at 3:00 a.m.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 31, 2024

In the academic year 2021/2022 in Spain, a report from the Ministry of Education revealed that there were very few women studying Computer Engineering. They found that women who start a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering tend to have more previous education than men. Only 14.1% of the students in this program were women.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Understanding the Chief People Officer Position The Chief People Officer (CPO) position has become increasingly vital in today’s ever-changing business landscape. This value engineering activity must be carefully thought through, and expectations set that some results may take years to see.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Chris Edmonds, author of The Culture Engine , shows leaders how to create a high performing, values-aligned culture through the creation of an organizational constitution. Join us for an hour of content and conversation with Chris and Becky, as they discuss principles and ideas found in The Culture Engine and share real-life examples.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 9, 2012

Is it ever OK to demote a manager back to their former position? It's usually happened when a technical expert was promoted either before they were ready or for the wrong reason, i.e., best sales rep promoted to sales manager, best engineer promoted to engineering manager, etc…. Your first, intuitive answer might be "hell, no!".

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The Recovering Engineer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

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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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Flexible Work Arrangements and Pay Flexible work arrangements are not commonly offered to F1 team employees, especially those in roles that require on-track activities, such as mechanics, engineers, and drivers. In F1 racing, teams must find the best drivers, engineers, and mechanics to compete at the highest level.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional development has emerged as a vital tool for business owners and engineers alike to enhance their skills, drive innovation, and achieve long-term success. The Power of Lifelong Learning The landscape of business and engineering is constantly evolving, driven by technological advancements and market demands.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

When we are truly taking ownership, we speak from a position of knowledge about what’s in our own minds and are clear about what we don’t fully know. We had a very positive quarter with 10 percent growth in sales.”. Who’s to say that the 10 percent growth in sales is very positive ? but it goes much deeper than that.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 13, 2020

Stating a Clear Position and Explaining Your Thinking. To increase our candor, we can use the skills of stating our clear position and explaining our thinking. Stating our position is like a clear topic sentence in a paragraph. When we fail to state a clear position, we open the door to misunderstanding and muddled dialogue.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

.” The study, which was conducted on a cohort of software engineers employed by a prominent Fortune 500 company, sheds light on the impact of physical proximity on collaboration. The study revealed that younger employees were more inclined to leave their positions in the absence of this valuable feedback loop.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

That position humbled me and taught me lessons about leadership that I still use today, some 20 years later. Back then, the vast majority of Akamai’s 100 engineering staff had been recruited directly from MIT and other top universities. He is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

These responses encompass both positive reactions, such as aiding others, and negative ones, such as feelings of loneliness and insomnia. To explore these dynamics further, one experiment involved surveying 166 engineers employed at a Taiwanese biomedical company over a three-week period. ”

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

Driving Business Success through High-Level Talent Acquisition High-level talent acquisition plays a pivotal role in fueling the engines of business success in today’s volatile, complex, and increasingly international organizational landscape.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 24, 2021

License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article The five technologies that matter: how the C-suite can deploy each for post-pandemic positioning are those of the author Trond Arne Undheim alone and not the CEOWORLD magazine. What might it achieve in 10 years? What […].

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 4, 2024

“This, paved the way for the emergence of local new ventures, most of which were established by engineers formerly employed by the subsidiaries of foreign multinationals. This entrepreneurial spirit was supported by financial resources coming from both the public sector and private investors.”

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LDRLB

MAY 11, 2010

At first glance, it may seem odd to post a review of The Referral Engine , a marketing book on a leadership website. Jantsch lays down a step-by-step method that is less of a marketing plan and more of a business plan for building a business that is optimally positioned to generate referrals.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 26, 2021

Sometimes called the “negativity effect,” it’s the idea that we are much more likely to fixate on and remember negative comments, events, and emotions than positive ones, even if they have a very similar level of value or intensity. Make Feedback an Engine for Personal Growth. Isn’t that crazy?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 27, 2017

We first met in person when he was sharing tips from his fantastic book The Culture Engine with a group of tech leaders committed to building healthy business cultures. Chris offers one of the clearest, practical guides to creating a positive corporate culture that you will ever find. Winning Well Reflection.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 17, 2023

In the 2nd edition of Connection Culture , I wrote, “Although many factors are involved, the human connection that provides emotional support is one factor research has found to be associated with positive patient outcomes. What is especially surprising to me is that the positive emotions have been more like joy than mere happiness.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2020

Numerous studies have proven the positive impact of culture on performance and how fulfilling employees see their work. How do you know the Positive Impact was due to culture change? Often senior leaders who embrace the positive power of culture find themselves in organizations that don’t support this world view.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 13, 2023

They have the knowledge and experience to design a website that looks great and functions seamlessly while providing a positive user experience for visitors. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing a website to rank higher in search engine results pages (SERPs).

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Talent Anarchy 1

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

How to Optimize Your Wholesale Rate Sheet Now that we understand the significance of a wholesale rate sheet , let’s explore how to optimise it for both search engines and users: Clear and Organised Formatting The first step in optimisation is to ensure that your rate sheet is well-organised and easy to read.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The scene I want to spotlight is one in which Apple CEO John Scully sent over a man charged with managing the General Magic engineering group. ” One of the General Magic engineers immediately responded, “Thanks, but we don’t need a manager. We get overall leadership from Marc, which is all we need.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Ensure your website is mobile-responsive, optimized for search engines, and effectively communicates your brand’s unique value proposition. Building robust customer relationships fosters loyalty and generates positive word-of-mouth marketing, a priceless asset for small businesses.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Here are a few that people in jobs ranging from nursing home administrator to mechanical engineer are working on this week: For a client who’s finding their voice – participate in every meeting you attend for one month; for one who finds it hard to focus – document and prioritize a task list, then share it with your boss to become more aligned.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Are you a cog in the machine or a linchpin , once removed, makes the entire engine fall apart? I work with the BEST people in my company — people who are energetic, positive and enjoy what they do. If I left my position tomorrow, my boss (and their boss and upper management) would freak out and try to keep me with major incentives.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With the rise of generative AI services, like ChatGPT, concerns have echoed those around the rise of search engines and social media about how unbiased they are in delivering content to people. Research from the University of Chicago set out to explore whether these concerns are justified.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 27, 2024

The problem is compounded by the fact that AI engineers often use annotators—humans who review and categorize data. Those constructing AI models are often in privileged positions, which can enhance their sense of psychological power and reinforce biases. Furthermore, programmers themselves are not immune to their own implicit biases.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

More than two-thirds of them never deliver a positive return to investors. Entrepreneurs can avoid false starts by undertaking a thorough and thoughtful design process before commencing engineering work. False Positives. T HE FACT IS most startups fail. Eisenmann covers how to shut down and how to bounce back.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“People may just generally experience more of the positive stuff and are less likely to recall specifically negative leadership behaviors, especially if they’re overall happy in their workplace.” Most people, though, said positive things about their bosses, like how they do good things for their community.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Additionally, consider using user-generated content and testimonials to show exactly how your product or service has positively impacted your customers’ lives. Invest in SEO to ensure your content ranks well in search engines, increasing your brand’s visibility. Authentic stories build trust and foster brand loyalty.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Rapid-action, agile automation engines have emerged as the only resource for businesses to become fully functional, integrated, robotic enterprises that can adapt with the dynamic economy, consumer demand, internal logistics, business goals, and social landscape. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

Accountability means the prompt application of POSITIVE consequences (when folks do the right things the right way) and NEGATIVE consequences (when they don’t). He is the author or co-author of seven books, including Amazon best sellers The Culture Engine and Leading at a Higher Level with Ken Blanchard.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 14, 2019

Guest post by Mustafa Shraim , ASQ Fellow and Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Technology and Management, Ohio University. I recently published and presented a paper on a tampering experiment at the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education conference, where volunteers in an educational setting performed an experiment.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2021

The pay rate for a person working in this field will vary based on their exact position, the company they work for, and their experience. According to the Society of Petroleum Engineers , reservoir engineers in the United States reported an average salary of $158,857 and production engineers saw an average salary of $147,439.

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