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Mr. William M. Hayden, Ph.D., P.E., CMQ/OE, F.ASCE

Management Quality By Design, Inc.

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Mr. William Hayden, Ph.D., P.E., CMQ/OE, F.ASCE


Management Quality By Design, Inc.

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RE: How Exact is Time = Money?

Posted By William Hayden 11-19-2022 12:21 PM
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Q. "How does your firm track the hours spent on a project?" A. Back in my "Good old days," we each had a billable time percentage assigned. 70% for most of us engineers was to be billed weekly to our assigned projects. The balance covered health care, college tuition, and the like. And most definitely ...

RE: Looking for Guidance

Posted By William Hayden 09-27-2022 07:56 AM
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Hi Syed. Great idea to post this thought for feedback. Another source for you to consider would be the online version of "Directory of Associations," and go to their "Subject Index." Here I recommend you seek the support of your library at the university. Then, using "Google Scholar," and similar ...

RE: Project Perspectives

Posted By William Hayden 08-31-2022 01:52 PM
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Hi Heidi, great initiative identifying challenges before they arrive. In that vein, wonder if younger engineers, women and men, have yet realized that   one critical part of their formal engineering education excluded soft skills. The very challenges you list above as well as others require the ...

RE: Lifelong Learning as Engineers

Posted By William Hayden 07-29-2022 09:57 AM
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Thanks for this chat Heidi! Q. "What tips or advice do you have to keep the mindset of a lifelong learner in your career?" A. Given todays online access to libraries, consider the following process: 1. Based on the path you wish to walk down as you mature in your engineering career(s),    ask ...

RE: Employee Retention

Posted By William Hayden 10-29-2021 08:30 AM
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Q. "If you've left a company, what could they have done differently to keep you?" Hey Heidi, over the years I have learned that the best professionals leave for one or more of the following perceptions: a. Lack of recognition; b. Lack of challenge; and, c. Lack of opportunity. The reason ...

RE: What tool are you surprised you use as often as you do?

Posted By William Hayden 10-29-2021 08:30 AM
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OK, so I'm "Light Years" away from my early introduction into the practice of the profession of Civil Engineering.  I would have been thrilled to have 24/7 - 365 access to professional knowledge sources like "Google Scholar." This is a great starting point for one who wishes to learn what the thinking ...

RE: Ways to have a better conversation

Posted By William Hayden 10-28-2021 11:01 AM
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Great insight Tung. Consider making that open-ended question right after another tells you, or asks you for your feedback: "That's an interesting point. Can you tell me more?" Stay Healthy! Cheers, Bill ------------------------------ William M. Hayden Jr., Ph.D., P.E., CMQ/OE, F.ASCE ...

RE: Personality tests?

Posted By William Hayden 10-04-2021 10:13 AM
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Great, open discussion related to a better understanding of our own preferences. What caught me off-guard when I first "Discovered" it was a comparison of my type with others having similar types. Then, I stumbled across a matrix of sorts comparing my type with those other types that find my ...

RE: The Impact of Performance Reviews

Posted By William Hayden 10-01-2021 05:30 PM
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Each and all of the comments above work. I would suggest including this one: A 360-degree confidential performance review of all C-suite and Sr. managers by 100% of the employees.  IMO, 99% of the statements for employees to rate their own experiences with any or all of the survey group would address ...

RE: Best Advice (from Professors)

Posted By William Hayden 10-01-2021 05:30 PM
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Stu, if I may..   Approach it with uncommon sense. Common sense is usually the culprit. Stay Healthy! Cheers, Bill ------------------------------ William M. Hayden Jr., Ph.D., P.E., CMQ/OE, F.ASCE Buffalo, N.Y. "It is never too late to be what you might have been." -- George Eliot 1819 ...

RE: Workflow (in)efficiencies

Posted By William Hayden 09-30-2021 10:57 PM
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Q. Are these issues that appear across the industry? Yes, they do, on a daily basis. Of course not in all of our firms, just in about 96.4% of them! Dr. Deming replied to a similar question years ago. Deming said, "Your company's system is perfectly designed to keep giving you the results you see." ...

RE: Engineering Personalities

Posted By William Hayden 08-18-2021 02:16 PM
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To: Anyone Interested in a Better Understanding of self and others. From: An ENFP Re: Stepping outside of the technical engineering requirements and trying to get some level of insight into how better to understand, and be understood by others. Q1. What is your Myers-Briggs test result?; and, ...

RE: Getting Help with Homework Problems

Posted By William Hayden 07-03-2021 06:07 PM
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Re: "Professors have thrown up their hands because there really is little anyone can do to stop it." First, I acknowledge the frustration being exhibited. Next, "It ain't over until I/you/we quit! Finally, I am very confident that if we formed a group of educators and students, ...

RE: Dressing the Part

Posted By William Hayden 05-18-2021 06:15 PM
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Q.  "I would like to know what you think is considered "appropriate" dress code in the workplace?" Back around 2001or so, an E/A/C firm of about 237 people with three offices decided to nail this topic down. So, a very diverse group of employees formed a "Physical Appearance" task force and ...

RE: People vs Projects - priorities

Posted By William Hayden 05-13-2021 03:49 PM
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What a great example Christopher, how to raise another's level of confidence to be the best they can be. Particularly within an environment where there are business concerns for time, money, and scope control. When we think about other limits of people within our organizations, wouldn't it be nice ...

RE: People vs Projects - priorities

Posted By William Hayden 05-12-2021 09:09 AM
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Perhaps in the spirit of this conversation, some might share how they supported the inclusion of thosein their workgroups who were not spontaneously outgoing, i.e., may not initially reach out. . Introversion is neither shyness nor fear of public speaking Introverts rule [1] ...

RE: How to Crack Company Culture

Posted By William Hayden 05-07-2021 04:05 PM
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Q. "So, what does one do when they are looking at a new company and want to understand what the culture is like there?" First, if I may, I have learned that the factual evidence for this answer is                       "It's the way they do things around here." i.e., Not what they write, ...

RE: How important is lecturing in the role of a civil engineering educator?

Posted By William Hayden 05-03-2021 01:01 PM
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If I may add some thoughts . . . "The Call To Teach is A Call To Learn.™" "The mind of a student: Is it a vessel to be filled or a fire to be kindled?"                                      -Adapted from Plutarch "If you as a lecturer were accused of kindling a life-long passion to learn ...

RE: People vs Projects - priorities

Posted By William Hayden 04-26-2021 02:59 PM
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Now, perhaps I may be wrong, but I'm "Guessing" most who replied generally may be preference-typed as EEs, ie, "Engineer Extraverts." Please consider broadening your circle to include Introverts, who I am told make-up around 67% of engineers. Reference below FYI. Stay Healthy! Cheers, Bill p.s. ...

RE: Up or Out? Why is Job-hopping so prevalent?

Posted By William Hayden 04-26-2021 02:50 PM
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Good people leave firms if one or more of the following exists: 1. Lack of Challenge. 2. Lack of Recognition, and, 3. Lack of Opportunity. And those who are not able to leave stay. Stay Healthy! Cheers, Bill ------------------------------ William M. Hayden Jr., Ph.D., P.E., CMQ/OE, ...