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PROFILE : My journey to Professional Registration - Innocent Gininda

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Innocent Gininda shares his journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng), emphasizing the importance of mentorship, early preparation, and understanding ECSA requirements. He offers advice to aspiring PrEngs, highlighting the value of diverse feedback and a positive mindset. My journey to becoming a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng) culminated successfully in November 2024. I was fortunate to begin my career at a company with a Commitment and Undertaking (C&U) Agreement with ECSA and a robust mentorship program. This commitment to training engineers to the standard required for Professional Registration provided me with essential resources and a structured path to track my experience against ECSA requirements. Early exposure to these expectations instilled a positive outlook on registration and solidified my desire to achieve this milestone. My views on Professional Registration have remained consistently positive throughout this journey. Working alongside ...
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CAREERTIP: When used effectively, humor can be a powerful tool for workplace success

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Humor, a frequently disregarded yet crucial element in the workplace, can be described as a form of communication that evokes unexpected or surprising interpretations, leading to amusement among listeners or audiences.


Delivering humor effectively in the workplace requires mastering the art of storytelling. Professionals must have a command of their tone of voice, stance, and range of facial and bodily expressions to deliver a humorous message with maximum impact, particularly in terms of timing the punchline.


Additionally, hardhatPROFESSIONALS must be attentive listeners who can respond to their audience and stay attuned to the diverse emotional responses elicited by different types of humor among colleagues.


When utilizing humor, hardhatPROFESSIONALS  must pay close attention to relationships and adapt to various individuals and contexts. Humor should only be used with mutually constructive intentions.


Here are some general guidelines:

Dos:

  1. Establish trusting relationships with colleagues before employing humor. This enables you to match humor types with audience characteristics.

  2. Regularly incorporate humor into interactions to achieve desired work outcomes.

  3. Encourage colleagues to respond with humor.

Don'ts:

  1. Avoid using humor in dire or catastrophic situations where colleagues' lives are at risk.

  2. Refrain from negative humor, such as sarcasm or aggressive humor, that bullies or belittles colleagues.

  3. Don't aim to be a stand-up comedian at work. Maintain a natural and spontaneous approach.


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