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Jan 2021
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Anthony Fasano: The skill sets needed to...

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Anthony Fasano, Trainer, Author, Speaker at Engineering Management Institute, join us to chat about the most important skills an engineer needs to succeed. We cover the importance of good communication skills when working in project teams, and how to improve those communication skills, being able to present non-technically and speak with the public, and the three core skills needed to succeed - technical skills, project management and people management.

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