SAME Young Members October 2015 Webinar Recording and Resources
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Resources:
| BOOKS | ||
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| Title | Author | Summary |
| Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time | Rory Vaden | Provides an update to the Dave Allen “Get Things Done” book by adding the option of delaying a task to the right time. Packed full of useful time and task leadership tips that are easy to digest and employ. |
| The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results | Gary Keller & Jay Papasan | Helps unpack the concept of goal setting to the present by using the analogy of dominoes. One of the few books I’ve read in the past 5 years that has caused me to completely overhaul my strategy and goal setting process. |
| Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness | Robert Greenleaf | The foundational tome on the 11 servant leadership themes and a must read for anyone interested in adapting servant leadership to their way of life. |
| To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others | Daniel Green | The fact is that no matter what you do, if you are an engineer you are involved in selling. It may not be professional design services to a a client, but it’s going to be an idea, a concept, or getting someone to do something. This book helps you recognize this fact and how best to go about doing it. |
| Leadership is Half the Story: A Fresh Look at Followership, Leadership, and Collaboration | Marc & Sam Hurwitz | Highlights the importance of the follower’s role in business and organizational success as well as the personal benefits that come from embracing the full power of being an effective follower. |
| How To Work A Room: The Ultimate Guide to Making Lasting Connections–In Person and Online | Susan RoAne | Networking not your thing? Developing relationships seem fake? Read this book with an open mind and then reconsider. She’s been at this for nearly 30 years after being sacked as a teacher…it’s golden. |
| Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) | Hal Elrod | Rituals seem like to much of stretch? Hal nearly died in a horrific car accident and bases his ultimate recovery and the success he’s had since then on an ardent following of his S.A.V.E.R.S. – his morning set of rituals. And it turns out that most high performing people across all industries do the same thing. |
| Me, Inc.: Build an Army of One, Unleash Your Inner Rock God, Win in Life and Business | Gene Simmons | Think the KISS rocker is just that – a metal head? No so. The media mogul was a business major and entered into development of KISS brand as a businessman. This is a no-holds-bar book on building your own brand – Me, Inc. – and developing the only true assets you can ever build if you’re working for anyone. |
| PODCASTS & WEBSITES | ||
| Podcast Episode & Title | Guest | Topic |
| Ep 114: How To Boost Your Productivity | Lewis Howes Podcast | Rory Vaden | Dives into the the book “Procrastinate on Purpose” |
| Ep 176: The One Thing That Will Transform Your Productivity with Jay Papasan | Lewis Howes Podcast | Jay Papasan | Dives into the book “The ONE Thing” and the resources found on The ONE Thing website. |
| Website for the book: To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others | Daniel Pink | Provides a large number of resources associated with the book as well as videos and more. One great resource is ambivert assessment: http://www.danpink.com/assessment/ Don’t know what an ambivert is? Read this: What’s an Ambivert? It’s How To Move Others Throughout Your Engineering Career |
| Ep 78: Leadership is Half the Story: How Followership is Critical to A Successful Engineering Career | The Engineering Career Coach Podcast w/ Chris Knutson, PE | Marc Hurwitz | Dives into the book “Leadership is Half the Story”, but from the perspective of how it applies to engineers. Marc’s background is engineering and he teaches in the entrepreneurial engineering department at the University of Waterloo. |
| Ep 308: How to Work A Room: The Art of Networking | The Art of Charm Podcast | Susan RoAne | Dives into the book “How to Work A Room”. And if you want to hear a podcast with Susan that focuses entirely on how her book applies to engineers, join me on Ep 80 of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast released on 6 October! |
| Ep 72: How to Drastically Improve Your Engineering Career and Life in One Hour Per Day with Hal Elrod | The Engineering Career Coach Podcast w/ Anthony Fasano, PE | Hal Elrod | Dives into the morning rituals and both Hal and Anthony provide additional insight in to how to make them actionable in real life. |
| How to Build a World-Class Network in Record Time | Tim Ferris | Although this podcast focuses on how Ferris pitched his 4 Hour Work Week Book at the South-by-Southwest conference, it is packed with a ton of useful tactics and tips for how to work a room, develop a world class network, and how not to look like an ass clown doing so. |
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Christian J. Knutson, P.E., PMP
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