Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School (edX)

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Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School (edX)
Learn the essential soft skills technical professionals need in the workplace - based on the popular book and seminar series. An engineer's road map to professional and personal success.

Congratulations! You're an engineer, and now you're ready to take the corporate world by storm. But in order to succeed in your career, you'll need more than just great technical skills. You'll need to be able to promote your ideas, share them with others, and work with a wide variety of people.




Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School is designed to give engineers entering the corporate world the soft skills they'll need to succeed -- in business, and in life. Based on the instructor’s popular leadership seminars and book, this easy-to-digest guide to success will help even the most inhibited engineer to comfortably deal with the difficult people, processes, and meetings of today's competitive business world.

Filled with insightful, practical advice addressing vital skill areas and helpful tips you can apply immediately to any situation, Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School will help you take charge of your career and achieve the success for which you've worked so hard.


What you'll learn

Step by step, you'll learn important skills like:

- Setting priorities;

- Managing or working in a team;

- Being more effective at meetings;

- Speaking in front of a group;

- Negotiating personal or business issues;

- And just having more fun in the process!


Course Syllabus


Module 1: The Essential Skills

Important basic skills

Decision-making

Setting priorities

Managing time

Getting feedback

Acquaint engineers with real-world issues

Help build strengths, target weak areas

Be more effective and happier in work and life


Module 2: Communicating Effectively

Speaking effectively

Writing better

Listening well

Dealing with stress & having fun


Module 3: People Skills

Understanding yourself and others

Motivating people

Dealing with conflict

Leadership skills

Action planning


Module 4: Management Skills

- Meetings – Setting them up and running them

- Working in teams

- Being more creative

- Negotiating

- Managing and leadership