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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...
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"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)
