Key Productivity and Performance Strategies to Advance Your Career
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Key Productivity and Performance Strategies to Advance Your STEM Career shares valuable knowledge and insights on best practices used by high performing individuals in the STEM fields to enhance their professional endeavors. The strategies contained in this book are based on Lesia L. Crumpton-Young's experience and expertise as a STEM professional and a certified Life and Career Coach. The book includes real-life examples from STEM professionals of career hurdles and efficient solutions to reaching your career goals. It covers effective goal setting, decision-making, and how best to overcome doubt and criticism, as well as practical advice on critical path analysis.
Finally, the book includes a five-year career planning tool, along with additional problem statements and exercises, making it a valuable resource those involved in the STEM fields.
- Includes a five-year career planning tool, additional problem statements and exercises
- Discusses topics such as decisive decision-making, setting clear and concise goals, objectives, targets and how to efficiently allocate resources
- Present insights on the best practices used by high-performing individuals in the STEM fields
Lesia L. Crumpton-Young
Vice President, Division of Research and Institutional Advancement, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
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Key Productivity and Performance Strategies to Advance Your Career - Lesia L. Crumpton-Young
Key Productivity and Performance Strategies to Advance Your Career
Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, PhD
Vice President, Division of Research and Institutional Advancement, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, United States
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Strategies for Enhancing Productivity and Performance
Abstract
1.1 Set Clear Goals, Objectives, and Targets
1.2 Prepare a Plan for Accomplishing Goals
1.3 Practice Strategic Immersion
1.4 Employ Decisive Decision-Making
1.5 Adopt a Get Things Done Mentality
1.6 Bind Thoughts of Fear, Doubt, and Worry
1.7 Overcome the Limiting Views in Your Mind
1.8 Silence the Critic
1.9 Chase The Fat Rabbits
1.10 Concentrate on Completing and Closing Matters
Chapter 2. Practices for Improving Productivity and Performance
Abstract
2.1 Establish a Paradigm for Ensuring Consistency
2.2 Follow a Critical Path Analysis for Task Execution
2.3 Practice Efficient Allocation of Resources
2.4 Employ Technology Tools to Expedite Task Execution
2.5 Adhere to Practices That Promote Rest, Rejuvenation, and Stress Relief
Chapter 3. Conclusion
Abstract
Productivity/Performance Log and Journal
Productivity and Performance Log
Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
Productivity and Performance Log
Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
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Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
Productivity and Performance Log
Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
Productivity and Performance Log
Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
Productivity and Performance Log
Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
Productivity and Performance Log
Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
Productivity and Performance Log
Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
Productivity and Performance Log
Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
Productivity and Performance Log
Productivity and Performance Journal Exercise
References and Resources
Index
Copyright
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About the Author
Dr. Young is the recipient of the United States Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM), which she received from President Obama in 2010. She has worked with hundreds of individuals around the country on developing strategies and implementing practices to improve their productivity and performance. Currently, she serves as the Vice President of Research and Institutional Advancement as well as the Chief Research Officer at Tennessee State University. Dr. Crumpton-Young also serves as Director of the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ) that conducts research and provides professional development services for helping faculty and students improve their effectiveness, performance, and productivity. Dr. Young is a Certified Life and Career Coach who uses her knowledge and experience to help further the career of individuals throughout the nation. Dr. Crumpton-Young has coauthored a workbook entitled Advancing Your Faculty Career
and authored the You’ve Got The Power!
Workbook series dedicated to empowering individuals to unleash the greatness that exists within them. Dr. Young was the founder and former CEO of Powerful Education Technologies a company dedicated to enhancing the personal and professional development of youth and adults throughout our nation. Also, Dr. Young is the founder and served as Executive Director of the Power Promise Organization, a nonprofit entity dedicated to helping students realize the promise of a brighter future.
Previously, Dr. Crumpton-Young also served as the Associate Vice President at Tennessee State University and as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation. Also, she served as Associate Provost at Texas A&M University. She also served as Department Head and Professor of the Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at the University of Central Florida (UCF). At UCF she received the Trail Blazer award for being the first female to serve as a Department Head within the College of Engineering. Prior to joining UCF, she held the position of Associate Dean of Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU) where she was the first female to serve as Associate Dean of Engineering. Also, she was one of the first females to receive the Hearin-Hess Distinguished Professor of Engineering Award. Also, Dr. Crumpton-Young served as the Developer and Director of the Ergonomics/Human Factors Experimentation