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Alan Rossiter, PHD, is President of Rossiter & Associates, an industrial process improvement consulting company working primarily in the field of energy efficiency. In addition to consulting projects for companies such as ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and BP, he provides training courses in pinch analysis and energy management. He also runs a separate series of courses in communication skills, engineering ethics, and professional excellence. Dr. Rossiter has more than twenty-five years of process engineering and management experience, and authored more than fifty publications, including numerous book chapters and refereed journal articles. He is a chartered engineer, a registered professional engineer (Texas), and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK).
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FOREWORD ix
PREFACE xi
PROLOGUE: POSING A QUESTION xiii
I THE WORLD OF WORK 1
Chapter 1 Motivated to Work 3
Chapter 2 Life and Work 13
Chapter 3 Ethics at Work 19
II ELEMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE 27
Chapter 4 Communicating Effectively 29
Chapter 5 Fulfilling Commitments 43
Chapter 6 Recognizing and Expanding Your Professional Limits 57
Chapter 7 Investing in Your Profession and in Your Community 63
Chapter 8 Affirming Your Coworkers 71
Chapter 9 Celebrating Your Work 77
Chapter 10 Protecting Your Personal Life 81
EPILOGUE: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER 95
APPENDIX: TEXT OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH 101
REFERENCES 103
INDEX 107