The Effective Ecologist
Succeed in the Office Environment
Published on 19. May 2016
222 pages
978-1-78427-084-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Effective Ecologist covers the stuff that no-one told you about at university - how to develop your office-related and business skills to succeed in your career as a professional ecologist.
This book shows you how to be more effective in your role, providing you with the skills and effective behaviours within the workplace that will enable your development as an ecologist.
It explains what it means to be effective in the workplace and describes positive behaviours and how they can be adopted. It contains the skills needed for effective communication, organising projects, advice on planning, reporting and meetings and provides you with everything you need for a brilliant and successful career.
In a clearly written and honest account full of real life examples, the author leaves no stone unturned as he describes how making small changes in your behaviour can have a positive impact upon your performance and how you are perceived in your working environment.
Essential reading for anyone commencing or already pursuing a career in ecology who wants to perform at the highest level. In addition this work will be of great interest to team managers, business leaders and those responsible for the development of staff as a point of reference and guidance for their team.
This book shows you how to be more effective in your role, providing you with the skills and effective behaviours within the workplace that will enable your development as an ecologist.
It explains what it means to be effective in the workplace and describes positive behaviours and how they can be adopted. It contains the skills needed for effective communication, organising projects, advice on planning, reporting and meetings and provides you with everything you need for a brilliant and successful career.
In a clearly written and honest account full of real life examples, the author leaves no stone unturned as he describes how making small changes in your behaviour can have a positive impact upon your performance and how you are perceived in your working environment.
Essential reading for anyone commencing or already pursuing a career in ecology who wants to perform at the highest level. In addition this work will be of great interest to team managers, business leaders and those responsible for the development of staff as a point of reference and guidance for their team.
Reviews / Votes
The author makes use of his extensive experience in many aspects of business and ecology to set out methods for practising ecologists to provide the relevant material they have been commissioned to supply.Using practical, genuine examples he details the step-by-step process of getting together a group of ecologists and turning them into an effective team in the office and enabling them to produce and deliver the required report to their employer. This is certainly not easy for the inexperienced, but I feel confident that following Mr Middleton's advice will ensure many pitfalls are avoided. He sets great store and emphasis on inter-personal relationships and in combining these with the increasingly sophisticated technology now available to many but perhaps understood by few. He deals very well with the intricate dovetailing of an individual into a team, the careful planning and delegation of work responsibilities within a time frame and targets, so that there is little room for misunderstanding. There is a valuable section on how to set up your workspace to maximise efficiency yet remain available to those needing to consult you, both the ones responsible to you and those you are responsible to.
I was most impressed by the emphasis on inter-personal relationships and communication between people as being essential for success. Much of this is extremely straightforward and often neglected. Perhaps the natural human skills of communication have been allowed to fall out of use when technology replaces face to face contact, extremely important when dealing with clients who are unfamiliar with modern ecological jargon. Mr Middleton with great humour indicates that modern etiquette, common sense and pre-planning will avoid pitfalls and counter-productive attitudes and actions. Perhaps this is the 21st Century update of the Armed Services Perfect Planning prevents Poor Performance.
The text is carefully set out to make it easy to follow, the illustrations by Joan Punteney are both humorous and delightfully detailed, and there is a short but valuable Glossary. I commend it to all ecologists seeking effective communication with everyone else. Wildlife will also benefit greatly. -- Philip Jackson * BTO News * Your book is having a profound impact on my professionalism and business attitude. -- David Darrell-Lambert, Director, Bird Brain UK Limited It all comes together to make what should be a standard text for budding (as well as those in full leaf) ecologists. -- Reuben Singleton, Director, Tweed Ecology Ltd
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Exeter
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 s/w Abbildungen, 30 Schaubilder, 23 s/w Tabellen
23 Tables, black and white; 30 Figures; 8 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-78427-084-1 (9781784270841)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
04/2016
Pelagic Publishing
€33.80
Shipment within 10-15 days
Persons
With over 35 years' experience, Neil Middleton has worked successfully within the Services, Financial and Ecological Sectors gaining first-hand experience of performing, at a high level, a variety of leadership, managerial, technical, customer service, people development, consultancy, marketing and financial roles. He is the owner of BatAbility Courses & Tuition, which delivers bat-related skills development throughout the UK and beyond.
Neil is also an accomplished trainer across a wide range of business and ecology related subjects, having developed and delivered well over 200 training events to date. He has a constant appetite for self-development, not only for himself, but for those around him. This drive is the inspiration behind this book, within which he shares his experiences, thoughts and ideas as to how best you can perform successfully in your role.
Neil is the author of Is That a Bat? A Guide to Non-Bat Sounds Encountered During Bat Surveys and co-author of Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland, both published by Pelagic.
Neil is also an accomplished trainer across a wide range of business and ecology related subjects, having developed and delivered well over 200 training events to date. He has a constant appetite for self-development, not only for himself, but for those around him. This drive is the inspiration behind this book, within which he shares his experiences, thoughts and ideas as to how best you can perform successfully in your role.
Neil is the author of Is That a Bat? A Guide to Non-Bat Sounds Encountered During Bat Surveys and co-author of Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland, both published by Pelagic.
Content
Preface
1. Being effective
2. What's the job?
3. Positive behaviours
4. Communication skills
5. Organisational skills
6. Meetings, meetings, more meetings
7. Project management
8. Reporting
References
Appendix 1 Feedback: get rich quick
Appendix 2 Effective allocation of tasks
Appendix 3 Effective brainstorming
Glossary
Index
1. Being effective
2. What's the job?
3. Positive behaviours
4. Communication skills
5. Organisational skills
6. Meetings, meetings, more meetings
7. Project management
8. Reporting
References
Appendix 1 Feedback: get rich quick
Appendix 2 Effective allocation of tasks
Appendix 3 Effective brainstorming
Glossary
Index
