Engineers face a constant barrage of competing priorities from customers, co-workers, managers, vendors, and others. Combined with continuous demands to be creative and digital distractions, engineering productivity is declining. In our new ebook, Advanced Time Management, we take a look at a few causes of lost productivity, as well as some viable solutions.
Digiphrenia and nomophobia are two emerging health hazards that are impacting job satisfaction of knowledge workers globally. Do not let mobile devices steal your time and productivity.
According to research from the American Psychological Association, there is “lag” time when a person switches from one task to another. Multitasking can take as much as 40 percent more time than focusing on one task.
Discover six soft skills every engineer needs to take their careers to the next level. Learn tactics to overcome communication mishaps, and kill stress in the workplace.
Understand when to analyze and when to act. You can waste an enormous amount of time and mental energy defending ideas that you should let go.
Determine to keep current with technology that can improve your work. Continual learning benefits both the organization and the individual, make it a priority and you could make yourself more marketable.
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