by Pat Sweet | Aug 9, 2018 | Article, Leadership, People Management, Productivity, Project Management
Delegation is incredibly important. An organization cannot survive without managers who can effectively and efficiently delegate tasks to staff. Managers who fail to learn this critical skill will find they and their teams inefficient and ineffective. These are the...
by Pat Sweet | Jan 27, 2018 | Article, Professional Development
A while back, I got an email from a junior engineer asking whether it was “his job” to address some concerns about a design he had worked on. Admittedly, I was a bit torn with respect to how I should answer. My gut reaction was that this engineer was...
by Pat Sweet | Jan 6, 2018 | Article, Professional Development
A few weeks ago, I started a new job as a senior systems engineer. I’m incredibly excited to be taking on a new challenge, and I’m sure there will be lots to share in the future as I settle into the new role. Today, I want to tell you about how I...
by Pat Sweet | Oct 16, 2017 | Article, Productivity, Professional Development
[Editor’s Note: This is another guest post from the excellent Tyler Watkins. You can check out his work on how to live a better life at tylerjwatkins.com.] In the late 1960s, psychologist Walter Mischel at Stanford University conducted a series of experiments on...
by Pat Sweet | Aug 3, 2017 | Article, Productivity
Last month, I put on a leadership seminar for a large group of engineers in Mississippi. My talk introduced some basic business and management concepts to engineers, including leadership, communications, professional development, and productivity. During the...
