The fully integrated engineer: combining technical ability and leadership prowess

Foreword, xi   A Note from the Series Editor, xiii    Preface, xv    Acknowledgments, xvii    1 What You Learned in College Is Limiting Your Growth As a Technology Professional 1    This Book Is Your Safety Net, 3    2 Why Should You Read a Book by Me? Or   Why Is This Book Important Now? 5    A Few Words in Praise of Steven T. Cerri   s Work, 7    3 If You Are an Engineering or Technical Manager, Read This 11    4 Is Free Will Truly    Free   ? 13    Do You Choose What You Eat?, 13    A Hypothetical Situation That Is Very Real, 14    Personal Behavioral Subroutines, 16    Limiting Beliefs and Personal Behavioral Subroutines, 17    Just for Managers, 17    Personal Subroutines Can Help as Well as Hinder Functionality, 17    Turning Limiting Beliefs into Successes Using Gems of Wisdom, 18    5 The Way You Change 19    Engineering Is Easy. It Is the People That Are Difficult, 19    Humans Are Just Satellites on Earth, 20    The Model of Human Behavior: The Four Stages to Action, 21    What Makes an Inspiring Speech?, 26    Close the Loop, 27    A Real-World Example, 27    Changing Behavior Requires That You Push the Right    Button   , 29    How Difficult Is it to Loose Weight?, 30    6 The Origin of the 15 Limiting Beliefs and the 15 Gems of Wisdom 33    7 How To Use This Book and the Structure of Chapters 9 Through 23 35    Example: Chapter 9, 35    Add Gem of Wisdom #1 to Your Current Map of the World, 37    8 How to Add Any Gem of Wisdom to Your Map of the World 41    Steps to Add a Gem of Wisdom to Your Current Map of the World, 41    9 Ideas as Identity: Career-Limiting Belief #1 45    Add Gem of Wisdom #1 to Your Current Map of the World, 49    10 Being Right: Career-Limiting Belief #2 55    Add Gem of Wisdom #2 to Your Current Map of the World, 59    11 What versus How: Career-Limiting Belief #3 63    Add Gem of Wisdom #3 to Your Current Map of the World, 66    References, 70    12 Avoiding Shoptalk: Career-Limiting Belief #4 71    Add Gem of Wisdom #4 to Your Current Map of The World, 74    13 I   ll Do My Own Work: Career-Limiting Belief #5 79    Add Gem of Wisdom #5 to Your Current Map of the World, 83    14 Ducking Delegation: Career-Limiting Belief #6 87    Add Gem of Wisdom #6 to Your Current Map of the World, 90    15 I   ll Do What I Like: Career-Limiting Belief #7 95    Add Gem of Wisdom #7 to Your Current Map of the World, 98    16 Inconsiderate Communication: Career-Limiting Belief #8 103    Add Gem of Wisdom #8 to Your Current Map of the World, 106    17 Limited Visionary: Career-Limiting Belief #9 111    Add Gem of Wisdom #9 to Your Current Map of the World, 114    18 Being Persistently Consistent: Career-Limiting Belief #10 119    Add Gem of Wisdom #10 to Your Current Map of the World, 122    19 Pursuing Perfection: Career-Limiting Belief #11 127    Add Gem of Wisdom #11 to Your Current Map of the World, 130    20 You are Not the Teacher: Career-Limiting Belief #12 135    Add Gem of Wisdom #12 to Your Current Map of the World, 139    21 Withholding Expertise: Career-Limiting Belief #13 145    Add Gem of Wisdom #13 to Your Current Map of the World, 149    22 Bluntness as a Virtue: Career-Limiting Belief #14 155    Add Gem of Wisdom #14 to Your Current Map of the World, 159    23 The Fixer: Career-Limiting Belief #15 165    Add Gem of Wisdom #15 to Your Current Map of the World, 168    24 A Parting Letter From Steven 173    Further Reading, 177    Biography of Steven T. Cerri, 179    Index, 181