Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Copyright misunderstanding or something more sinister?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Should I manage on a ‘need to know’ basis?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Paperwork getting out of proportion
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Reorganisation offers tempting new role
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: My management replacement is letting me down
You ask: I recently agreed to take over the directorship of a major, high profile, project for my company. Although I initially relished the challenge I am now beginning to regret my decision. This is because I don’t seem to be able to get the project team to pull together and deliver.
You ask: I am really worried about losing my job and this is beginning to have an adverse effect on my performance. I’m not sure anyone else has noticed in the current climate, but I don’t know how long I can continue to get away with this. And this is just adding to my worries. I have financial commitments that I would not be able to honour if I lost my job.
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 64: Not interested in moving into management
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 63: how do I stop my sales team ‘going native’?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 62: project threatened by defensive team member
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Should I appoint below-par manager?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Customer service manager is failing to deliver
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Leader’s poor people skills are damaging morale
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: nervous about making staff redundant
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Suspicious of ‘new’ role created for me
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: My staff won’t accept their award
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Is his management style inappropriate?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: colleagues forget that I’m part-time
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: department reshuffle shows me in poor light
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I’ve been landed with managing the budgets…
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Persistent weak-link is marring team performance
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my manager keeps putting off my performance review
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: No place for playground rumours
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Difficult to integrate into new job
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Should I take overseas secondment?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: How can I make my American manager less hands-on?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Feeling guilty for being part-time
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Made to feel like his assistant
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Chairing meetings is a real pain
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: My manager wants me to go full-time
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I don’t want to move departments
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I can’t stand my noisy neighbour
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: My shyness is holding back work performance
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Employee won’t do the work he’s paid to do
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: kept in the dark by busy manager
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Facing budget cuts despite doing a good job
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I’ve apologised, what more can I do?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: betrayed by layers of management
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: regulations are blocking my career
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my staff thinks I’m a ‘crisis manager’
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my boss won’t let me have time off…
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I want to become a self-employed engineer
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my boss has made me feel like an idiot
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: not allowed to save my company money
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I’m dreading making people redundant
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: what are the benefits of joining the IET?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: should I let a key player go on sabbatical?
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Management dilemma 74: No friends in business? 10 August 2010
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: No friends in business?
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Management dilemma 72: Copyright misunderstanding or something more sinister? 14 May 2010
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Copyright misunderstanding or something more sinister?
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Management dilemma 71: Should I manage on a ‘need to know’ basis? 6 April 2010
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Should I manage on a ‘need to know’ basis?
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Management dilemma 70: Paperwork getting out of proportion 18 March 2010
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Paperwork getting out of proportion
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Management dilemma 69: Repair job share blues 17 March 2010
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Repair job share blues
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Management dilemma 68: Reorganisation offers tempting new role 16 March 2010
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Reorganisation offers tempting new role
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Management dilemma 67: My management replacement is letting me down 8 March 2010
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: My management replacement is letting me down
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Management dilemma 66: My team won’t blend together? 5 February 2010
You ask: I recently agreed to take over the directorship of a major, high profile, project for my company. Although I initially relished the challenge I am now beginning to regret my decision. This is because I don’t seem to be able to get the project team to pull together and deliver.
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Management dilemma 65: I am worried about my job 2 January 2010
You ask: I am really worried about losing my job and this is beginning to have an adverse effect on my performance. I’m not sure anyone else has noticed in the current climate, but I don’t know how long I can continue to get away with this. And this is just adding to my worries. I have financial commitments that I would not be able to honour if I lost my job.
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Management Q&A 64: Not interested in moving into management 18 October 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 64: Not interested in moving into management
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Management Q&A 63: how do I stop my sales team ‘going native’? 13 October 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 63: how do I stop my sales team ‘going native’?
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Management Q&A 62: project threatened by defensive team member 27 September 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 62: project threatened by defensive team member
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Management Q&A 61: bogged down by e-mail 27 September 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 61: bogged down by e-mail
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Management Q&A 60: Getting away with poor performance 23 September 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 60: Getting away with poor performance
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Management Q&A 59: Reluctant to delegate my responsibilities 23 September 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 59: Reluctant to delegate my responsibilities
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Management Q&A 58: I’ve hit the engineering glass ceiling 13 September 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. Management Q&A 58: I’ve hit the engineering glass ceiling
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Management Q&A 57: Can’t engage new team 13 August 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: can’t engage new team
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Management Q&A 55: should I appoint below-par manager? 15 June 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Should I appoint below-par manager?
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Management Q&A 54: I’m an unwilling volunteer 8 June 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I’m an unwilling volunteer
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Management dilemma 53: Customer service manager is failing to deliver 1 June 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Customer service manager is failing to deliver
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Management dilemma 52: No sign of promised promotion 23 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: No sign of promised promotion
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Management dilemma 51: Leader’s poor people skills are damaging morale 23 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Leader’s poor people skills are damaging morale
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Management dilemma 50: nervous about making staff redundant 23 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: nervous about making staff redundant
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Management dilemma 48: Suspicious of ‘new’ role created for me 23 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Suspicious of ‘new’ role created for me
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Management dilemma 47: My staff won’t accept their award 23 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: My staff won’t accept their award
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Management dilemma 46: Is his management style inappropriate? 17 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Is his management style inappropriate?
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Management dilemma 45: colleagues forget that I’m part-time 17 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: colleagues forget that I’m part-time
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Management dilemma 44: department reshuffle shows me in poor light 17 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: department reshuffle shows me in poor light
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Management dilemma 43: I’ve been landed with managing the budgets… 17 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I’ve been landed with managing the budgets…
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Management dilemma 42: Persistent weak-link is marring team performance 17 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Persistent weak-link is marring team performance
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Management dilemma 41: my manager keeps putting off my review 17 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my manager keeps putting off my performance review
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Management dilemma 40: No place for playground rumours 7 March 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: No place for playground rumours
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Management dilemma 39: Fed up with 14-hour days 7 March 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Fed up with 14-hour days
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Management dilemma 38: Difficult to integrate into new job 7 March 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Difficult to integrate into new job
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Management dilemma 37: Should I take overseas secondment? 7 March 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Should I take overseas secondment?
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Management dilemma 36: How can I make my US boss less hands-on? 7 March 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: How can I make my American manager less hands-on?
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Management dilemma 35: Feeling guilty for being part time 22 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Feeling guilty for being part-time
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Management dilemma 34: Made to feel like his assistant 22 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Made to feel like his assistant
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Management dilemma 33: My staff are revolting 22 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: My staff are revolting
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Management dilemma 32: Chairing meetings is a real pain 22 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Chairing meetings is a real pain
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Management dilemma 31: I’m no good at public speaking 22 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I’m no good at public speaking
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Management dilemma 30: My manager wants me to go full-time 7 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: My manager wants me to go full-time
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Management dilemma 29: I don’t want to move department 7 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I don’t want to move departments
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Management dilemma 28: I can’t stand my noisy neighbour 7 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I can’t stand my noisy neighbour
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Management dilemma 27: Forced into bad practice 7 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Forced into bad practice
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Management dilemma 26: Stuck with a ‘rubbish’ manager 7 February 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Stuck with a ‘rubbish’ manager
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Management dilemma: My shyness is holding back performance 25 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: My shyness is holding back work performance
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Management dilemma: Employee won’t do the work he’s paid to do 25 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Employee won’t do the work he’s paid to do
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Management dilemma: Kept in the dark by busy manager 25 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: kept in the dark by busy manager
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Management dilemma: Nervous of R&D merger 25 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Nervous of R&D merger
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Management dilemma: Facing budget cuts despite doing a good job 25 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Facing budget cuts despite doing a good job
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Management dilemma: Help! I work for two managers… 25 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Help! I work for two managers…
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Management dilemma: I’ve apologised, what more can I do? 10 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I’ve apologised, what more can I do?
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Management dilemma: betrayed by layers of management 4 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: betrayed by layers of management
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Management dilemma: my manager’s a nightmare 4 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my manager’s a nightmare
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Management dilemma: regulations are blocking my career 1 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: regulations are blocking my career
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Management dilemma: former ‘top dog’ won’t play ball 1 January 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: former top dog won’t play ball
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Management dilemma: my staff thinks I’m a ‘crisis manager’ 8 December 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my staff thinks I’m a ‘crisis manager’
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Management dilemma: my boss won’t let me have time off… 30 November 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my boss won’t let me have time off…
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Management dilemma: I want to become a self-employed engineer 25 November 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I want to become a self-employed engineer
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Management dilemma: My boss has made me feel like an idiot 12 November 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my boss has made me feel like an idiot
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Management dilemma: I’m not allowed to save my company money 13 October 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: not allowed to save my company money
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Management dilemma: I’m dreading making redundancies 25 September 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I’m dreading making people redundant
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Management dilemma: my boss has poor people skills 25 September 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my boss has poor people skills
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Management dilemma: not the job I applied for… 7 October 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: not the job I applied for…
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Management ‘dilemma’: should I join the IET? 3 October 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: what are the benefits of joining the IET?
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Management dilemma: my manager owes me an apology… 29 September 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: my manager owes me an apology
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Management dilemma: I can’t spare my best people for sabbaticals 25 September 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: should I let a key player go on sabbatical?
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Management dilemma: should I stay or should I go? 23 September 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas.
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Management dilemma: should I squeal on the boss? 22 September 2008
Chartered engineer, qualified management coach and E&T magazine agony aunt Janet Wright solves your engineering management dilemmas.
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