Managing and leading : 52 lessons learned for engineers / Stuart G. Walesh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walesh, Stuart G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Management.

Engineering.

Physical Description:

xviii, 281 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2004]

Contents:

Part 1 Personal Roles, Goals, and Development 1

1. Leading, Managing, and Producing: A Success Model for Organizations and Individuals 3

2. Roles

Then Goals: Setting Goals to Fit Chosen Life Roles 11

3. Smart Goals: A Guide for Setting Well-Formulated Goals 15

4. Too Much of a Good Thing: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Too Much Experience 22

5. DWYSYWD: Do What You Said You Would Do 26

6. Defining Moments: Transforming Problems into Opportunities 30

7. Courage: Real and Counterfeit: Risking Change and Confronting the Unknown 33

8. Thank Our 50 Stars: Appreciating the Freedom to Choose and Change Careers 37

9. Go Out on a Limb: Opening Doors of Opportunity 40

10. Keeping Our Personal Financial Score: Measuring and Increasing Our Net Worth 43

11. Job Security Is an Oxymoron, Career Security Doesn't Have to Be: Career Security That Ensures Employability 49

12. Are You Unemployable? Exploring Self-Employment Options 56

13. Afraid of Dying, or Not Having Lived? Realizing our Dreams Instead of Living with Regret 63

Part 2 Communication 67

14. Communicating Five Ways: Developing Career Security through Communication Competence 69

15. So, What Do You Know about Bluebirds? Questions that Start Conversations 75

16. Talk to Strangers: Making Contacts the Old-Fashioned Way 79

17. You're Tall and That's All: Choosing Our Words Carefully 83

18. Balance High Tech and High Touch: Mixing Technology with Human Contact 86

19. Trimming Our Hedges: Targeting Level of Detail to Audiences 89

20. Write to Find Out What We Think: Clarify Thinking Using Pen and Paper 92

21. Start Writing on Day 1: Report Writing that Parallels Progress 96

22. P[superscript 5]: Preparing, Presenting, and Publishing Professional Papers: Sharing Results with the Engineering Profession 101

23. Practice Out Loud: A Primer on Preparing for Presentations 106

24. DAD Is Out, POP Is In: Inviting Involvement: "Public Owns Project" Instead of "Decide-Announce-Defend" 112

Part 3 Learning and Teaching 117

25. Professional Students: Keeping Current with Engineering and Management Trends 119

26. Garage Sale Wisdom: Some Older Ideas are Still in Style 124

27. Read and You Won't Need a Management Consultant: Self-Education in Leadership and Management 127

28. Caring Isn't Coddling: Practicing High Expectations and High Support 131

29. More Coaching, Less Osmosis: Bringing Junior Engineers up to Speed 134

30. Education and Training: From Ad Hoc to Bottom Line: How Organizations Can Support and Encourage Continuing Education 139

Part 4 Improving Personal and Organizational Productivity 145

31. We Don't Make Whitewalls: Work Smarter, Not Harder: Increasing Efficiency While Maintaining Quality 147

32. The Power of Our Subconscious: Solving Problems Using Our Natural Creativity 154

33. Delegation: Why Put Off Until Tomorrow What Someone Else Can Do Today? Sharing Work to Advance You and Others 159

34. TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More: Building and Belonging to a Winning Team 163

35. Virtual Teams: Using Technology to Close the Distance 168

36. Fruits of Effective Project Management: Growing Your Organization by Meeting Requirements, Budgets, and Schedules 172

37. Every Project Is Done Twice: Planning the Work, Then Working the Plan 178

38. Limiting Liability: Minimizing Negligence through Diligence 182

Part 5 Meetings 189

39. An "Unhidden" Agenda: Keeping the Mystery out of Meetings 191

40. Agenda Item: Good News: Positive Recognition Brings Job Satisfaction 196

41. Minutes: Earning a Return on the Hours Invested in Meetings: Documenting Instead of Remembering 198

Part 6 Marketing 201

42. A Simple Professional Services Marketing Model: Earn Trust, Learn Needs, Close Deal 203

43. Speed as a Competitive Edge: Using Quickness as an Advantage 208

44. The Chimney Sweep and the Sewer Cleaner: The Importance of Style: Distinction by Design 211

Part 7 Building Mutually Beneficial Employee-Employer Partnerships 215

45. Our Most Important Asset: Culture Your Organization's Experience Base 217

46. Interviewing So Who You Get Is Who You Want: Prepare by Defining Specific Needs 223

47. Eagles and Turkeys: Associating with Winners Helps You Become One 228

Part 8 The Broad View 231

48. AH HA! A Process for Effecting Change: Incorporating Human Behavior in the Strategy and Tactics of Change 233

49. Giving to Our Profession and Our Community: Volunteering Service Brings its Own Rewards 239

50. F = ma and You Can't Push a Rope: Appreciating Both the Scientist and the Engineer 243

51. The Two Cultures: Bridging the Gap: How Science and the Humanities Work Together 246

52. Looking Ahead: Can You Spare a Paradigm? Staying Flexible for the Future: Adapting or Creating New Approaches 252.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273) and index.

ISBN:

0784406758

OCLC:

52970342