Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Problems adapting to the new corporate culture
Most of us are concerned about the decreasing levels of SET sector graduates entering the market place, but who’s actually doing anything about it, asks Janet Wright…
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Copyright misunderstanding or something more sinister?
The Iceland volcano will be remembered as much for the hypocrisy surrounding it as the actual danger caused by the ash to aeroplanes. In his 100th blog posting on the IET website John Dwyer smells a rat...
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
A new book on sustainable business management has been published that should be required reading for next time you’re on a flight increasing your carbon footprint
From politicians to sportsmen, they're all 'doing a Gazza'. But why are men in the public eye - including the PM – taking to crying to gain attention, asks Janet Wright?
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.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that engineering and technology leaders are finding it difficult to manage in these uncertain times. How does uncertainty manifest itself and can you spot it before paralysis sets in? By Janet Wright
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
Ministers should back large projects that could help tackle environmental problems as well as encourage young people to take up engineering, says John Dwyer
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Is it the right time for a move?
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: My staff won’t accept their award
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: Not ready for the sidelines just yet
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: Leader’s poor people skills are damaging morale
Translating entrepreneurial ideas into quality products or services that can be produced in sufficient quantities and delivered to the right location, on time, every time takes attention to detail, says Janet Wright
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: Persistent weak-link is marring team performance
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: department reshuffle shows me in poor light
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: Is his management style inappropriate?
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: Should I take overseas secondment?
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: No place for playground rumours
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: Made to feel like his assistant
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: I can’t stand my noisy neighbour
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: My manager wants me to go full-time
Without personal goals it is hard to know when you may need to adjust course. Janet Wright asks how can we successfully navigate our way through the impending recessionary storm?
As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth Janet Wright reflects on whether 'the survival of the fittest' applies to modern management...
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: kept in the dark by busy manager
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: My shyness is holding back work performance
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
As it's Christmas, we've allowed our resident columnist and blogger Janet Wright to let her hair down, and tell us just how good the good old days really were...
For the last issue of E&T of the year all the editors were asked to predict what the future held as regards Christmas, and we were asked to project to the year 2020...
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
In response to a recent news item – 'Training not suited to workers' learning preference' – coaching consultant Salma Shah explains why sometimes it's good to be taken out of your comfort zone...
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: headcount freeze is blocking my career
We all have to deal with change and move on in our careers and it is far better to be a positive role model for those changes. But how do we ensure we leave a positive legacy. By Janet Wright
Early in 2009, E&T magazine will be publishing a feature article on the 25 most influential engineers currently active in out sectors. We need your help to draw up a short-list...
Hot news from a hitherto unreported corner of the global meltdown: manufacturing gurus have gone into a tailspin as lean futures have tumbled. Total quality management (TQM) has been downgraded to 20%QM. An 80 per cent devaluation of the 5S shopfloor reorganisation technique has seen it reduced to 1S, and Two Sigma has suffered a similar fate.
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: 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?
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: I’m dreading making people redundant
The current economic downturn is being blamed on many things but recently the word ‘greed’ has started to creep into the descriptive vocabulary. By Janet Wright
As more and more companies exploit on-line technology to ‘gouge’ their customers John Dwyer asks why Internet theft seems to be more responsible than highway robbery…
If you have bothered to look up to the heavens lately one thing that you probably haven’t seen is blue sky – well if you live and work in Northern Europe anyway. And in the UK where the English take the gold medal for obsessing over all things metrological it has been a particularly awful August.
Whilst fiscal commentators continue to debate how long and how steep the current economic downturn might be the rest of us have to get on with our lives, says Janet Wright.
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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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The puzzle behind the talent tally 21 July 2010
Are we still short of skills in mid recession, asks John Dwyer
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Management dilemma 73: Problems adapting to the new corporate culture 14 July 2010
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Problems adapting to the new corporate culture
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Wishful thinking at the top of the climate change tree 8 July 2010
Government lack of policy does a disservice to manufacturers and public alike, argues John Dwyer
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Hello – it’s our future 28 June 2010
Most of us are concerned about the decreasing levels of SET sector graduates entering the market place, but who’s actually doing anything about it, asks Janet Wright…
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No hot air 25 May 2010
If you want the sustainability facts and figures, there's only one place to look, says John Dwyer
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Oh for an end to the merry-go-round 14 May 2010
Western consumers, and voters, have to ask themselves how they can continue to fund their lifestyles, argues John Dwyer
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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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Fear in a handful of ash 27 April 2010
The Iceland volcano will be remembered as much for the hypocrisy surrounding it as the actual danger caused by the ash to aeroplanes. In his 100th blog posting on the IET website John Dwyer smells a rat...
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Death knell of the CV 19 April 2010
With more of us than ever looking for jobs Janet Wright asks if the good old CV is still a potent application tool
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The new contemptibles 12 April 2010
Some of Britain's leading businessmen have raised hypocrisy to new levels, says John Dwyer
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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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No time to let up 29 March 2010
The UK can still hold its head up among the international manufacturing competition, but its position is fragile, says John Dwyer
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What are engineers made of? 23 March 2010
Making cutbacks in private industry is challenging enough, but in the public sector it’s virtually impossible, says Janet Wright
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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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Dyson’s remedy for sick economy 16 March 2010
John Dwyer notes another tilt towards a balanced economy
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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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Rubbish measures, rubbish life 8 March 2010
Obsession with GDP masks true picture of our wellbeing, says John Dwyer
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New book on sustainable management announced 24 February 2010
A new book on sustainable business management has been published that should be required reading for next time you’re on a flight increasing your carbon footprint
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The (public figure) crying game 22 February 2010
From politicians to sportsmen, they're all 'doing a Gazza'. But why are men in the public eye - including the PM – taking to crying to gain attention, asks Janet Wright?
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Not over for the environmentalists 15 February 2010
Global warming advocates have been let down, but they haven’t lost the argument, says John Dwyer.
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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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Global warming? It's over 1 February 2010
The failure of the Copenhagen summit was merely confirmation of of the death of an environmental crusade, says John Dwyer.
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True grit 29 January 2010
As the UK starts to count the cost of the coldest winter for years, businesses should assess what lessons there were to be learned
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Storm in a common room teacup 18 January 2010
John Dwyer reports an important debate about how seriously politicians take science and its practitioners
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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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Research in an unwelcome spotlight 2 January 2010
No-one notices scientists until there's a row, observes John Dwyer.
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The uncertainty syndrome 18 October 2009
Perhaps it’s not surprising that engineering and technology leaders are finding it difficult to manage in these uncertain times. How does uncertainty manifest itself and can you spot it before paralysis sets in? By Janet Wright
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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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Safety first! 13 October 2009
…and everyone else man the lifeboats. John Dwyer worries about a national loss of bottle
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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 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 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 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 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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What's really going on? 22 September 2009
Is there really a mismatch between reporting and reality, asks John Dwyer
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Lessons from Livingston 13 September 2009
The reasons given for the latest factory closure may indicate that the offshore penny has dropped, says John Dwyer
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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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'Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology' - review 30 August 2009
E&T's management editor Nick Smith reviews 'Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology'
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Positively blunting that competitive edge 30 August 2009
Do we really expect a business to reserve jobs for the ever growing list of minority groups; whatever their ability or experience, asks Janet Wright
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This really bugs me 25 August 2009
Viruses – whether computer or the pig-flu kind – have more in common than you'd think, argues John Dwyer
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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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Down these mean streets 12 August 2009
John Dwyer ponders the training and recruitment problems posed by recovery
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What’s in the low-carbon economy for manufacturing? 28 June 2009
Ministers should back large projects that could help tackle environmental problems as well as encourage young people to take up engineering, says John Dwyer
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Management Q&A 56: Is it the right time for a move? 28 June 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Is it the right time for a move?
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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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Innovation is the better part of value 1 June 2009
Dance troupes aren't the only way to fame and fortune, says John Dwyer, but innovation is being taken over by celebrity culture
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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 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 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 49: Not ready for the sidelines just yet 23 May 2009
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: Not ready for the sidelines just yet
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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 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 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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That’s not the spirit 22 May 2009
Translating entrepreneurial ideas into quality products or services that can be produced in sufficient quantities and delivered to the right location, on time, every time takes attention to detail, says Janet Wright
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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 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 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 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 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 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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‘Data rape’ or reason? 17 May 2009
The data privacy debate gets really hot in healthcare, reports John Dwyer
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UK energy hypocrisy 8 March 2009
Lord Mandelson thinks 'clean coal' is for China and India, reports John Dwyer
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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 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 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 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 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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Who moved the cheese? 7 March 2009
Janet Wright rereads a management book that explores change and how to cope with it...
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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 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 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 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 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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Job security? Don't become a statistic 22 February 2009
As the recession threatens to deepen further, job security has become the big issue, says E&T management editor, Nick Smith
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Facebook causes cancer? 22 February 2009
Technology has a long history of isolating people, argues John Dwyer
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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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Credit crunch bytes 7 February 2009
Why can’t bankers do ‘traceability’, asks John Dwyer
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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 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 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 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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Plotting your course through the recessionary storm 30 January 2009
Without personal goals it is hard to know when you may need to adjust course. Janet Wright asks how can we successfully navigate our way through the impending recessionary storm?
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Japan’s ‘employment for life’ myth 25 January 2009
Nissan’s lay-offs reveal familiar hire-and-fire practices back home
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Darwinism: now is that Handy? 25 January 2009
As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth Janet Wright reflects on whether 'the survival of the fittest' applies to modern management...
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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Engaging employees – be consistent, be constant 10 January 2009
Remembering the dotcom crash of 2001, Salma Shah wonders if any of the lessons leaned then can be applied in today's recession...
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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: 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: 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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ERP horses for courses 4 January 2009
Technology still has too big a stranglehold on the management imagination, says John Dwyer
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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: 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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Congratulations to all engineers born between 1930 and 1975 16 December 2008
As it's Christmas, we've allowed our resident columnist and blogger Janet Wright to let her hair down, and tell us just how good the good old days really were...
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing? 9 December 2008
A user in the driving seat can be a mixed blessing, says John Dwyer
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A manager's Christmas of the future...? 8 December 2008
For the last issue of E&T of the year all the editors were asked to predict what the future held as regards Christmas, and we were asked to project to the year 2020...
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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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Natural selection: Ostrich or tiger? 30 November 2008
How will your company confront the economic slump? Will you hide your head in the sand or use steath and tenacity to see you through? By Janet Wright
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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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Is the Press to blame for the recession? 25 November 2008
The way the press has reacted to the current economic slump is no different from the way engineers apply control theory, says John Dwyer
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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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Credible cats and approachable dogs 17 November 2008
As most of our management communication is done through non-verbal signals, perhaps its time to understand how domestic animals do it. By Janet Wright
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It’s not all doom and gloom 12 November 2008
Here’s some good news, for a change, reports John Dwyer
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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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Why learning means getting out of your comfort zone 9 November 2008
In response to a recent news item – 'Training not suited to workers' learning preference' – coaching consultant Salma Shah explains why sometimes it's good to be taken out of your comfort zone...
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Management dilemma: Headcount freeze is blocking my career 7 November 2008
Chartered engineer and qualified management coach Janet Wright answers your engineering management dilemmas. This case: headcount freeze is blocking my career
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Check your stress to avoid fireworks 2 November 2008
This Guy Fawkes Night we should think about our own stress levels, says Janet Wright
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The final countdown; top 25 Influential Engineers 30 October 2008
Find out who is top of your game in The IET poll to establish who are the top 25 influential engineers?
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The final countdown; top 25 Influential Engineers 29 October 2008
Find out who is top of your game in The IET poll to establish who are the top 25 influential engineers?
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Crisis? What crisis? 26 October 2008
The City Slickers are embarrassing themselves, says John Dwyer, but some manufacturers haven’t much to brag about either
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Leaving a legacy in the workplace 19 October 2008
We all have to deal with change and move on in our careers and it is far better to be a positive role model for those changes. But how do we ensure we leave a positive legacy. By Janet Wright
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Who are the 25 most influential engineers today? 19 October 2008
Early in 2009, E&T magazine will be publishing a feature article on the 25 most influential engineers currently active in out sectors. We need your help to draw up a short-list...
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Can we really be future-proof? 14 October 2008
When it comes to the computers on your desk at work, is it really possible to future-proof your business, asks Janet Wright
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Mixed news from the manufacturing front 13 October 2008
Hot news from a hitherto unreported corner of the global meltdown: manufacturing gurus have gone into a tailspin as lean futures have tumbled. Total quality management (TQM) has been downgraded to 20%QM. An 80 per cent devaluation of the 5S shopfloor reorganisation technique has seen it reduced to 1S, and Two Sigma has suffered a similar fate.
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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: 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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Sliding slickers 27 September 2008
Good and bad news on the financial front, thinks John Dwyer
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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: 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: 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: 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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Greedy ambition 21 September 2008
The current economic downturn is being blamed on many things but recently the word ‘greed’ has started to creep into the descriptive vocabulary. By Janet Wright
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Corporate social rip-offs 31 August 2008
As more and more companies exploit on-line technology to ‘gouge’ their customers John Dwyer asks why Internet theft seems to be more responsible than highway robbery…
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Blue-sky thinking 25 August 2008
If you have bothered to look up to the heavens lately one thing that you probably haven’t seen is blue sky – well if you live and work in Northern Europe anyway. And in the UK where the English take the gold medal for obsessing over all things metrological it has been a particularly awful August.
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Credit crunch hits home 30 July 2008
Whilst fiscal commentators continue to debate how long and how steep the current economic downturn might be the rest of us have to get on with our lives, says Janet Wright.
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Baffling UK complacency over electronic snooping 26 July 2008
Ordinary citizens would be picketing Whitehall if they realised how vulnerable they are, says John Dwyer
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What you see is not necessarily what you get 16 June 2008
It appears that there is a lot more to life than meets the eye, says Janet Wright
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Fuel's paradise 9 June 2008
Next month’s Farnborough Air Show convenes with the aviation industry in crisis, says John Dwyer
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