The Invisible Engineer

By Octave Baker, Ph.D.
 

Despite their reputations as hard working and loyal employees, many foreign-born engineers and scientists face problems moving up the corporate ladder into top managerial and executive positions...

 

 

Meeting the Challenge of Managing Diversity

By Octave Baker, Ph.D.
 

Baker argues that the challenge for managers is to maximize the advantages and minimize the potential problems associated with cultural diversity. In the process, they have to learn to view managing diversity as an important, business-driven issue...

 

 

How to Develop Your Style of Writing to Suit Your Career

By Susan Almazol
 

As professionals climb the career ladder, they are sometimes shocked to get their emails and documents bounced back to them for major revision. They are not used to having their ideas rejected...

 

 

Engineers and Scientists Find They Have to Write Persuasively

By Susan Almazol
 

Technical professionals must always write clearly and concisely. Increasingly, they must also write persuasively. “The technical part was easy. Writing it persuasively was the hard part...”