How Engineer Project Manager Joy Became a Manager For The First Time.

Civil Engineer and Project Manager Joy Makumbe shares her thoughtful stories on how she got her first job managing a team, her philosophy on why she always negotiates her salary without any guilt, how she dealt with non-supportive coworkers even though she was scared of their reaction, and how she commands respects as the female joyful boss in a male-dominated industry. Read more about Joy’s journey in a male dominated industry in her book TECH GIRL DIARIES. Told in a witty and fun way, Joy shares with you her joys and pains as she strives to leave her mark in the engineering field. Grab your copy here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1779255624 To learn more about how to confidently and effectively handle hard conversations in an assertive way, visit https://www.assertiveway.com. You can also start to learn assertive communication which helps you calmly express any thoughts, ideas, desires, feelings and boundaries in a respectful, thoughtful, and anxious-free way with these free resources: https://wwwassertiveway.com/free. 

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