Video Chapter 8 Creating Global Problem Solvers

Video Chapter 8 Creating Global Problem Solvers Video Chapter 8 Creating Global Problem Solvers Video Chapter 8 - Creating Global Problem SolversChapter 8Creating Global Problem SolversThis final chapter focuses on some of the choices confronting young engineering graduates today. Based on the scenario below, Bella graduates from Steadfast University and is considering several options, including starting a business with Kamillo. What advice would you give Bella? What are the most important changes we need to make in buchen to help develop the skills of new engineers so that they can become true global problem solvers?THE SCENARIO Will Engineers Be True Global Problem Solvers? In the United States, middle school student Bella attends a Maker Faire and is inspired to join the schools robotics team. In Zambia, young Kamillo examines his villages broken water pump and wonders how it can be repaired. Both young people have started on a path that could lead them to confront some of the lar gest challenges on the planet. How will each be prepared and empowered to be true problem solvers?Join the conversationThis video is part of the ASME Decision Point Dialogues seriesan initiative designed to challenge thought leaders from industry, government, academia and NGOs to grapple with some of the most complex questions facing engineers and technologists today. The series raises awareness of existing conflict points and stimulates the kind of debate that leads to bold decision making and disruptive learning. In this first installment, the panel tackles the question of how to prepare and inspire generations of engineers to solve the most pressing global challenges. The copyright of this program is owned by ASME.

5 Ways to Build Your Business Network

5 Ways to Build Your Business Network 5 Ways to Build Your Business Network Business development strategies and tactics have changed dramatically in the past decade. The telephone is nearly obsolete for making an initial contact with a potential customer, as is postal mail. Cold calling? Forget it. If you are unknown, you wont get past caller ID. Unsolicited e-mail? Youll be blocked as a spammer. Today, successful business development is contingent upon building trusted relationships and leveraging those relationships to meet new prospects. These relationships fasson the backbone of your business network. It is vital that you continuously grow and nurture these relationships, as a large percentage of your business growth will come from your business network. Here are five ways to build and leverage your business network to grow your business. 1. Always Seek Referrals Your customers alfruchtwein certainly know colleagues like themselves who need your product or service. It is perfectl y acceptable to ask them for a referral and request permission to use their name for an introduction. With a referred contact in hand and a trusted customer as back up, you can then make your telephone call or send an email to gain an introduction. Once your prospect hears or sees the name of his or her colleague, you will have a much greater chance of success in your introductory contact. 2. Use Testimonials Your customers are your most important advocates. Ask them if they would be willing to provide a testimonial about your product or service. They most likely will agree because they want you and your business to succeed, particularly because it reinforces their decision to use your product or service. The testimonial may be a simple quote or a longer case study that demonstrates how your product or service solved their problem. Once youve secured the testimonial, you need to find vehicles to publish it. It should be posted on your website. You should also search and identify pub lications or sites that would be interested in publishing the case study. 3. Participate in Industry Meetings Believe it or not, face-to-face meetings are not dead. Participating in industry meetings, conferences, and tradeshowsis a greatway to nurture relationships with colleagues, network, and meet new people. If your industry has a national trade association, join it and participate in their meetings. If your product or service is used locally, join your areas Chamber of Commerce and attend their meetings. Because it is costly to attend meetings, maximize the impact of attending by attempting to set up one-on-one meetings in advance and identify other ways to increase your participation and visibility at the meeting look for speaking opportunities, sponsor a coffee break, or organize an educational workshop. 4. Blog Everybody seems to have one or is talking about creating one, and for good reason. Publishing a personal blog on your company website is a great way for your customer s and prospects to get to know you, your business philosophy, and your company, products, and services. Blogs also allow commentary and enable interaction, which is how you can forge new relationships and grow your business network. Your Blog is a place where you can share anecdotes that demonstrate your expertise or your fleck on a controversial industry topic. And, it will generate traffic to your site as search engines now identify keywords in blogs. 5. Be Social Grow your business network by using social media sites and apps, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and online networking communities. However, before you jump into social media, you need to fully understand the medium, how it works, and how you can use it to benefit your business. LinkedIn is a great place to start and grow your business network. Twitter is a microblogging site that will complement your blog. Using a combination of tried-and-true business development tactics along with new social media strategies, your business network will grow, as will your company. Tom Ricci is the owner of Ricci Communications.Today, successful business development is contingent upon building trusted relationships and leveraging those relationships to meet new prospects.

What Is Emotional Intelligence, and Why Everyone Needs It

What Is Emotional Intelligence, and Why Everyone Needs ItWhat Is Emotional Intelligence, and Why Everyone Needs It Recently, I was asked what exactly emotional intelligence is, and why its necessary. There are a number of definitions and lists, if you will, that try to define emotional intelligence, or EQ as its known. The two researchers who created the term were Peter Salavoy and John Mayer, and it is generally defined as follows Recognize, understand and manage ur ownemotions, as well as recognize, understand and influence the emotionsof others. While that seems simple, there are a number of advanced skills and competencies that must be learned in reservierung to become emotionally intelligent.While EQ is key to becoming a successful manager , it doesnt just apply to managers and leaders. It applies to all of us, in all aspects of our lives and relationships with ourselves, at home, at work, and in life.In my work, Ive identified five key skills or competencies th ose that best define EQ for work, for relationships, and for life. This is bedrngnis an all-inclusive list, but in my experience, if one masters each of the following and stays mindful of them daily, you are well on your way to being highly EQ skilled.Today, were going to talk about the first key skill self-awareness.At the most basic level, we are a highly social animal. To support the development and maintenance of those social relationships , which are essential for our surviving - and thriving - weve developed the ability to process the world not only through our thinking, but also through our emotions and feelings. Our feelings/emotions tell us how the events of our lives are impacting us, and how we, in turn, are shaping our perception of the world through those feelings we have in reaction to those events at work, at home, and in life. Its a circle, if you will. I experience events in my life, I use my emotional constructs to tell me what that event means to me and how i ts impacting me, and those emotions, in turn, greatly influence my thinking and understanding of the event as well as my next choices and actions as I engage others. That next engagement creates mora events for me. And round and round she goes That impact, information, and understanding of our own emotions is the beginning of taking full ownership of the creation of our lives and our realities, in work and in life.When we finally understand that, other than at a pure survival and trauma-induced flight or fight response, we are entirely responsible and accountable for the emotions we create as we try to understand the world around us and make sense of it.That, then, is self-awareness. Self-awareness is about being conscious of our emotional states at all times. The emotions we create in reaction to the world can shape what choices and behaviors we choose as we next engage the world. Self-awareness questions for work, family and life might include What feelings am I having right no w? What feelings are trying to get my attention? What feelings am I deliberately not feeling? What are these feelings telling me about how Im interpreting the events of my life? Is that interpretation accurate? Is it reality based?Is it an old story from my past? Are these feelings from my present or from my past? If I changed how I thought about a situation and what it means to me, what feelings would I have then? What feelings would I like to have around this situation? Does my feeling level and intensity feel appropriate for what the event is? Am I feeling too much? Too little? Am I using some feelings to hide other feelings that make me feel more vulnerable? Am I overusing certain feelings? Am I underutilizing certain feelings? What am I not feeling that probably makes sense given the situation/event? What did I learn in that family I grew up in about feelings? What didnt I learn?Unfortunately for many, if not most of us, the homes and neighborhoods we grew up in, and the cultur es and families that impacted us when we were young, did not provide a great education on what adult level emotional health looks like. Many of us never developed a healthy relationship with our own emotional selves, and still havent. We pay a price for that in our lives and relationships, with ourselves and others. We may not have learned how to feel our feelings, how to decipher and name them, and how to understand what our feelings are trying to tell us about our lives. Based on how the adults around us showed up in their feelings when we were children, we may have learned an immature, incomplete, or imbalanced view of feelings/emotions and what to do with them.Full ownership of our lives starts with owning our emotions as ours, and then using them, along with our clear, conscious thinking, to make the decisions that lead to a meaningful and fruitful life, work and home. And we must make decisions that lead to deep and meaningful connection to others. Im all about making this stu ff of growth, learning, transformation, agency, and personal power simple and easy to use in our lives. If you Google emotions you can find charts, wheels, lists of dozens if not hundreds of feeling/emotion words. While all are useful, in my own life and work the last 25 years, Ive discovered you really dont need hundreds of feeling words. Its also much easier to talk about my feelings with those that matter to me if its more simple. Ive found that if I pay attention to what I call the Big Six, I can have a deep, informative, and useful understanding of what my current or recent emotional state is/was. And if I know my current emotional state, Im much more informed about what my next choices and actions should be.I have to have some words to tell myself and others that this is the good part of my life, that I like how events are impacting me. That I feel more alive, uplifted, positive about things in my life. Joy/happiness, glad, excited, hopeful, passionate are all ways to commun icate that life is working well. There can be less intense forms such as glad, content, or satisfied, as well as more intense forms such as bliss, ecstatic, or elated. But all tell me that I like this stuff in my life.Think What are you happy about right now in your life?Sadness and pain help me understand the losses in my life, be they lost people (moved away or passed away), lost opportunity or lost stuff. Sadness, then, is that feeling that tells me Im losing or have lost something that matter to me. Sadness seems to travel with pain as a companion a lot of the time. Pain is that sensation that says life hurts right now it feels heavy, dark, constricted. Sadness and pain can be anywhere from a mild form of sadness like melancholy or bleakness to heavier forms of sadness/pain like anguish, misery, despair, heartbreak. I have to have a way to tell myself and others that Im experiencing loss. or think I am, or that life hurts right now.A quick note here After becoming proficient wit h my own EQ skills, I started to wonder how can we even know what brings us joy and happiness if we wont allow ourselves to be devastated by sadness, pain and grief? Just a thought.Think What are you sad about right now in your life?Fear is that sensation that goes through our body when we think something is challenging or overwhelming to us. Whether its a noise outside our tent in the middle of the night, a driver not paying attention on the freeway, or not reaching our numbers at work, fear tells us this situation is challenging to me, maybe even overwhelming, then fear charges the body with lots of energy so you can engage in the actions to get out of the challenge. Fear can be everything from mild forms of fear like anxious, nervous, doubt, or concern to heavier forms like despair, panic or terror.Think What are you afraid of right now in your life?Anger is that sensation thats telling us that whatever the situation or event is that has our attention, it doesnt work for us. We n eed it to be different. Thats all gemeindeland is trying to tell you - that you need that situation to be different. Im not talking about acting angry , which is an act of poor self-management. Im talking about the feeling anger which is trying to tell us something about a situation. Think about every time youve been angry. The only thing going on is this You just got something you dont want, or youre not getting something you do want. In either case, you need it to be different. Whether its that your kid came home smelling of alcohol for the first time or someone took something off your desk without your permission to you didnt get the raise you really, really needed, that sensation, that anger is just telling you that you need that situation to be different. Anger, like fear, charges your body with a boatload of energy so you can make the situation different and make it work better for you. Anger at a fundamental level is difference making energy.Think What are you angry about right now in your life?Guilt is that sensation we have when we have thoughts or judgments that our behaviors or actions should have been different than what they were. A little bit of guilt can be useful to help remind us of the behaviors that are more consistent with our vision of ourselves and our lives. A lot of guilt can be quite toxic so dont go thereThink Where do you feel a bit guilty right now in your life? Where do you think you should have said or done something differently?Shame is that sensation that goes through our bodies when we have judgments and negative thoughts about ourselves at a fundamental level. Shame goes to the core of our being. Lets say your workmate arrives really late for a really important meeting. You, super busy today, are sitting there getting angrier and angrier. (That doesnt work for you. You need that to be different). When they arrive, you make a really sharp, sarcastic comment about them in front of their peers. Well I guess that last meeting was waaaayyy more important than this one, so were just sitting here wasting time waiting for you Later, you might feel guilty about what you said, but feel shame about who you are as a leader, a peer to that person, a member of the team. A little healthy shame can be good to remember we are human and do very human stuff, some of which we may not be proud of. A lot of shame is toxic. Again, dont go there.Think Where do you feel a bit ashamed in your life right now? Where you are not proud of you?While I use words like gratitude, proud, compassion, and more, when asked about how Im feeling about almost anything from any of my journeys in work or life, I am most likely to respond with some combination of those Big Six as the most accurate emotional description of the events of my life. I might add in another feeling word or two, but Ill start with the Big Six.Jim, how are you feeling about work right now? Well, I feel, happy, fear, sadness and gratitudeAnd then I might tell you, or no t, a bit about whats driving each of those feelings in my life. There will be very intimate and build trust, connection and relationship dept.Why those Six? I find these Six are some of the biggest impact players in how we process the world and try and make sense of it. At some level, it will most likely be Its working for me, Im losing stuff that matters, Im challenged, I need something to be different and work better for me, Im thinking my behaviors havent represented me well, Im thinking I havent represented myself well.The Big Six give me an instant, accurate assessment of how my life, choices, actions, and relationships are impacting me. They cut to the bone, no bullshit, no guessing, no confusion. They let me truly understand me. So, through sharing sometimes, I can help others truly understand me.A fundamental adult-level emotional skill is to know what Im feeling, why and to be able to feel it, identify it, name it and talk about it with myself and others. When I can have th at level of clarity 24/7 about my relationship with my own feelings and emotions, then Im truly being Self-Aware.Jim Mitchell is a native Arizonan and recognized personal and corporate leadership development specialist and leadership consultant. He facilitates vulnerability-based leadership, emotional intelligence-based leadership, deep personal leadership, advanced communication skills, conflict resolution, personal vision, mission and purpose, culture change and performance acceleration and improvement workshops for a variety of individuals and clients around the globe.

How to Ask for a Vacation When Starting a New Job

How to Ask for a Vacation When Starting a New JobHow to Ask for a Vacation When Starting a New JobIts summertime, which means your thoughts turn to vacation. If youre new at a job, what are the rules about asking to take vacation time? In alot of jobs, you earn vacationtime, which means that you cant take a few days off until youve worked long enough to have earned time off. But some jobs grant you vacation on your first day of work. Can you take a vacation - and succeed on the new job - when youve only been therbeie for a month? Here are several ways to look at and answer this question. Planned in Advance If you have a trip planned before you start a job, the trip should come up during the negotiation phase. That is, if your sister in Alabama is getting married and youll need 3 days off in July, dont wait until your first day in June to mention that youll need time off. Instead, when youhave received a job offerand before youve accepted it, you can ask if you can take those days off. In most cases, your new boss wont have a problem with such a request - although some may inform you that the leave is unpaid time. But, if your boss says no, you then have the choice of accepting the job and skipping the weddingor turning down the job and serving as her maid of honor. Standard Summer Vacation In this case, you have nothing specifically planned, but youd like to take a summer vacation. Starting a new job doesnt mean you dont want to take a couple of days on the beach or go to visit grandma. Keep in mind that a lot of jobs have high learning curves and taking time off at the beginning can set you behind. You dont want your boss judging your long-term performance in a negative light because you took time off in the first couple of months at work. With that in mind, its still possible to take some time off. First, speak to your boss and acknowledge that you are new and youll understand if its not possible to take time off. Tell her that youd like to take a rea sonable amount of time off this summer. Expect the boss to give preference to everyone else in the office. Its not because youre not fabulous its just because youre new. If your boss says its no problem, go ahead and take your vacation. If your boss seems hesitant, assure her that you understand and that youll use your vacation time later in the year. Is that fair? Of course. Youre new to the job, which means that the position has probably been vacant for some time and they have a backlog of work that needs to be done. This doesnt mean you wont ever get to use your vacation time, just that you need to do some work first. What About Summer Jobs If youre astudent, working to earn money for schoolor a car, and both you and your boss are clear that when school starts in the fall, youre out of there, its a different situation. A lot of summer jobs are part-time, which means that you have a lot of free time anyway. You can ask for a week where you work Friday, Saturday, Sunday (which most people prefer not to work), and in exchange, not work the weekdays, allowing you to take a nice vacation - albeit undoubtedly unpaid. If your summer job is full time, getting time off is mora difficult. People hire seasonal workers because they need people there to cover jobs. It is something you should also ask about during the hiring process. Keep in mind that the answer may be no. One reason employers hire summer help is to allow regular full-time employees to take vacation time. Competition for summer jobs is fierce, and you may lose out to someone who is willing to commit to the whole summer. Does Your Level Matter Absolutely. If youve just been hired at an entry-level position, youre going to need to prove yourself. Asking for a vacation right at the beginning wont help with your reputation. If youre the new director, how you approach vacation will set the tone for your department. You want your staff to take their vacations, so taking one yourself looks like a good l eadership move. If you cant take a vacation in the first six months or more of a new job, it can be slightly bothersome, but its one of the things that come with the new job territory. Feel happy that youre in a new place and make sure youre first on the list for planning next years vacation.

Ideas, Formulas and Shortcuts for Free Modern Resume Templates for Word

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