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