These two books help technical professionals improve their communication and collaboration skills. Employers seek soft skills across the many market sectors to complement the technical skills they assume are present. These two groundbreaking books provide the fuel to propel your career.
Facilitating with FINESSE
The results of our work often depend on the quality of the facilitation. Facilitating with FINESSE addresses ways to improve interactive, peer-to-peer communication when working in teams.
The book provides the techniques to facilitate ten different technical applications from good to great.
- Root Cause Analysis
- Failure Modes & Effects Analysis
- Tree Diagrams
- Block Diagrams
- Capital Program Prioritization
- Business Cases
- Reliability Assessments
- Risk Management Plans
- Master Plans
- Strategic Plans
Facilitating with FINESSE: A Guide to Successful Business Solutions is available on Amazon.
Communicating to Decision Makers (2nd Edition)
The 2nd Edition of Communicating to Decision Makers was in June 2022. A new chapter, more case examples, and a new layout are among the enhancements to the 2017 1st edition. The new cover is now orange.
Communicating to Decision Makers provides an approach for effective communication up the chain of command. Our great work as technical professionals does not matter much if we can’t get senior management to understand. The FINESSE fishbone diagram is introduced in this book.
Communicating Reliability, Risk & Resiliency to Decision Makers: How to Get Your Boss’s Boss to Understand is available on Amazon.
Half-Day and Full-Day Training
Both books are outcomes of years of business-to-business training offered by JD Solomon Inc. Half-day and full-day training formats are available.
Improve Your Communication and Facilitation Skills
The time is now! Commit to being a better communicator and facilitator. FINESSE and CATER provide proven approaches. It’s time to begin the journey.
Communicating with FINESSE is a not-for-profit community of technical professionals dedicated to being highly effective communicators and facilitators. Learn more about our publications, webinars, and workshops. Join the community for free.
JD Solomon is the author of Communicating Reliability, Risk & Resiliency to Decision Makers: How to Get Your Boss’s Boss to Understand and Facilitating with FINESSE: A Guide to Successful Business Solutions. JD Solomon Inc. provides solutions for facilitation, asset management, and program development at the nexus of facilities, infrastructure, and the environment.
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