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Fast-Tracking Your Career: Soft Skills for Engineers

All 50 numbered rules from Bill Chou's book on soft skills for engineering and IT professionals, one card each, plus a matching game that pairs each rule with a story Chou tells about it.

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Part One: Communications
The seven rules of Chapter 1 on getting your point across: short answers you have ready, strong openings, a few diagrams, plain words and humor.
Flashcards: 7
Pair match: 7
14 total questions
Part Two: Dealing with people
Chapter 2 on getting people to like you and help you, and Chapter 3 on selling your work, your ideas and yourself.
Flashcards: 10
Pair match: 10
20 total questions
Part Three: Dealing with yourself
Chapters 4 to 6: how to do good work without chasing perfection, spend your hours where they pay off, and choose jobs where you stand out.
Flashcards: 13
Pair match: 13
Locked · 26 questions inside
Part Four: Dealing with the boss
Chapter 7 on winning a job interview, with Chou's stories of failed interviews and the one he won, and Chapter 8 on earning your boss's trust once you have the job.
Flashcards: 11
Pair match: 11
Locked · 22 questions inside
Parts Five and Six: Dealing with staff and being visionary
Chapters 9 and 10 on motivating and delegating to the people who report to you, and Chapter 11 on spotting chances outside your own job and selling a plan for them.
Flashcards: 9
Pair match: 9
Locked · 18 questions inside
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