Fast-Tracking Your Career - Soft Skills for Engineering and It Professionals

Informationen zum Autor Dr. WUSHOW "BILL" CHOU was Deputy Assistant Secretary and the founding CIO of the U.S. Treasury where he oversaw fourteen bureau CIOs and an annual budget of two billion dollars. He was also the founding Vice President of Telecommunications for Network Analysis Corporation; founding Director of Computer Studies at North Carolina State University; founding editor in chief of one journal and one magazine; and consultant to more than thirty organizations (both government and private sector). He is a Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University and Chair of the Advisory Board of IT Professional magazine. Dr. Chou is a Fellow of the IEEE. Klappentext Fast-Tracking Your Career provides engineers and IT professionals with a complete set of soft skills they can use to become more effective on the job and gain recognition from management and colleagues. The 11 core skills covered here are accompanied by more than 40 detailed guidelines on how to master those skills. The book offers first-rate advice on how to go about acquiring communication skills, people skills, presentation skills, time management skills, and others. Specific examples about current situations are discussed, exploring the impact of the Facebook phenomenon and the subprime mortgage crisis.Visit the author's website for more information:www.FastTrackingCareers.com Zusammenfassung Fast-Tracking Your Career provides engineers and IT professionals with a complete set of soft skills they can use to become more effective on the job and gain recognition from management and colleagues. The 11 core skills covered here are accompanied by more than 40 detailed guidelines on how to master those skills. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword xiii Dr. Sorel Reisman Guest Introduction i xv Dr. Simon Y. Liu Guest Introduction ii xvii Dr. Arnold "Jay" Bragg Guest Introduction iii xix Frank E. Ferrante Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii About the Author xxv Introduction and Summary 1 Engineers Are Potentially Better Positioned as Executives, 1 Categorization of Smart Soft Skills, 2 Rules for Mastering Smart Soft Skills, 3 Relationships among the Soft Skills, 8 PART ONE: Communications: The Absolutely Necessary Chapter 1 Communications Smart 13 Rule 1: Being always ready for elevator pitches/speeches, 14 Rule 2: Mastering a presentation by mastering the onset, 16 Rule 3: Using three diagrams to simplify complexity, 18 Rule 4: Sizing up and resonating with the audience, 20 Rule 5: Being careful of careless comments, 23 Rule 6: Using plain language, 24 Rule 7: Using jokes and self-deprecating humor, 26 PART TWO: Dealing with People: The Essential Chapter 2 People Smart 31 Rule 1: Getting accepted by accepting others fi rst, 32 Rule 2: Winning by understanding both ourselves and our counterparts, 34 Rule 3: Being aggressive by being nonaggressive, 36 Rule 4: Gaining by giving, 38 Rule 5: Successful networking by networking less, 41 Rule 6: Being heard by listening, 46 Chapter 3 Marketing Smart 49 Rule 1: Sizing up and resonating with our "customers", 51 Rule 2: Putting a positive spin on our "product", 53 Rule 3: Making a convincing presentation with a well-crafted presentation, 53 Rule 4: Inciting enthusiasm with enthusiasm, 54 A Marketing Role Model: Steve Jobs (and His Embodiment, Apple), 55 PART THREE: Dealing with the Self: The Basic Chapter 4 Work Smart 59 Rule 1: Achieving outstanding results by not seeking perfection, 60 Rule 2: Avoiding blunders of overconfi dence, 62 Rule 3: Focusing on self-examination, not on blaming others, whe...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xiii
Dr. Sorel Reisman
 
Guest Introduction i xv
Dr. Simon Y. Liu
 
Guest Introduction ii xvii
Dr. Arnold "Jay" Bragg
 
Guest Introduction iii xix
Frank E. Ferrante
 
Preface xxi
 
Acknowledgments xxiii
 
About the Author xxv
 
Introduction and Summary 1
 
Engineers Are Potentially Better Positioned as Executives, 1
 
Categorization of Smart Soft Skills, 2
 
Rules for Mastering Smart Soft Skills, 3
 
Relationships among the Soft Skills, 8
 
PART ONE: Communications: The Absolutely Necessary
 
Chapter 1 Communications Smart 13
 
Rule 1: Being always ready for elevator pitches/speeches, 14
 
Rule 2: Mastering a presentation by mastering the onset, 16
 
Rule 3: Using three diagrams to simplify complexity, 18
 
Rule 4: Sizing up and resonating with the audience, 20
 
Rule 5: Being careful of careless comments, 23
 
Rule 6: Using plain language, 24
 
Rule 7: Using jokes and self-deprecating humor, 26
 
PART TWO: Dealing with People: The Essential
 
Chapter 2 People Smart 31
 
Rule 1: Getting accepted by accepting others fi rst, 32
 
Rule 2: Winning by understanding both ourselves and our counterparts, 34
 
Rule 3: Being aggressive by being nonaggressive, 36
 
Rule 4: Gaining by giving, 38
 
Rule 5: Successful networking by networking less, 41
 
Rule 6: Being heard by listening, 46
 
Chapter 3 Marketing Smart 49
 
Rule 1: Sizing up and resonating with our "customers", 51
 
Rule 2: Putting a positive spin on our "product", 53
 
Rule 3: Making a convincing presentation with a well-crafted presentation, 53
 
Rule 4: Inciting enthusiasm with enthusiasm, 54
 
A Marketing Role Model: Steve Jobs (and His Embodiment, Apple), 55
 
PART THREE: Dealing with the Self: The Basic
 
Chapter 4 Work Smart 59
 
Rule 1: Achieving outstanding results by not seeking perfection, 60
 
Rule 2: Avoiding blunders of overconfi dence, 62
 
Rule 3: Focusing on self-examination, not on blaming others, when things gone awry, 63
 
Chapter 5 Time Smart 65
 
Rule 1: Investing time with the same zeal as venture capitalists investing money, 66
 
Rule 2: Killing two birds with one stone, 68
 
Rule 3: Minding ROI, 70
 
Rule 4: Making nonproductive time productive, 71
 
Rule 5: Turning spare time into opportunities, 73
 
Rule 6: Keeping the mind sharp by taking catnaps, 74
 
Chapter 6 Career Smart 77
 
Rule 1: Opting to be a big fi sh in a small pond, 78
 
Rule 2: Hopping to a more opportune pond at opportune moments, 80
 
Rule 3: Never polishing a sneaker, 84
 
Rule 4: Making a good lasting impression by making a good first impression, 86
 
PART FOUR: Dealing with the Boss: Earning Trust and Recognition
 
Chapter 7 Job-Interview Smart 89
 
Rule 1: Being well prepared by collecting relevant information, 90
 
Rule 2: Putting a positive spin on our qualifi cations, 91
 
Rule 3: Preparing targeted elevator pitches/speeches, 91
 
Rule 4: Sizing up and resonating with the interviewer, 92
 
Rule 5: Winning interviewers' confi dence in us by exhibiting confidence, 93
 
Rule 6: Avoiding gaffes by avoiding overconfi dence, 93
 
Stories of Failed Interviews, 93
 
A Successful Interview Story, 98
 
Chapter 8 Boss Smart 101
 
Rule 1: Winning trust by showing loyalty, 102
 
Rule 2: Gaining gratitude by sharing credit and taking blame, 104
 
Rule 3: Being astute

Bericht

"Whether you re an engineer, IT professional, or other technical professional, Fast-Tracking Your Career helps you advance your career by developing business and personal skills that are as sharp as your technical abilities." ( N ew Tech Review , 1 June 2013)

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Chou, W Chou, W. Chou, Wushow Chou, Chou Wushow
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.09.2013
• EAN: 9781118521786
• ISBN: 978-1-118-52178-6
• Seiten: 192
• Serien: IEEE PCs Professional Engineer; IEEE PCs Professional Engineer
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Elektronik, Elektrotechnik, Nachrichtentechnik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Management; Ingenieur, Personalwesen, Business & management, Technische Dokumentation, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik, Wirtschaft u. Management, Personal Career Development, Professional Development for Engineers, Perspektiven in Ingenieurberufen