Out Of The Box: Skills For Developing Your Own Career Path
By Mark D. Hansen, P.E., CSP, CPE
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In these rapidly changing times, safety professionals need a guide to help them make career-sensitive decisions. This book addresses the critical questions you may have during the course of your career. Questions like, how do you. . . get to the corner office?. . . negotiate your salary?… convince management of the bottom-line impact of your safety program?. . . lead?. . . follow?. . run effective meetings? Or, what do you do when. . .you are about to get laid off?. . .you have to hire or fire an employee?. . .your company is about to merge with another company and your job may be in question?
This book answers these probing questions, and could be the key to your survival. It tells how to transition from one industry to another, overcome company politics, survive layoffs, research the many ways to find jobs, pick the right company, get ahead at a company without stepping on people, bring good talent with you to the next job, and-in general – achieve a higher level of success in your career.
Contents include:
- Take charge of your career to avoid unpleasant surprises
- Secrets of success and getting things done
- Managing change and going with the flow
- Do you really want to lead?
- A gentle approach to power
Mark D. Hansen, P.E., CSP, CPE is Senior Safety Representative, Hunt Oil Company, Dallas, Texas. He is a native Texan who has been a safety professional for more than 20 years and has successfully made several job changes to advance his career. Hansen holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas A&M University. He is an active Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and was elected to serve as its national president in 2002-2003.