Delegating at Work How to Delegate Effectively Delegation is considered a core proficiency of leaders because it’s so difficult to do. Most people think that there are certain tasks that only they can complete. As a leader, there isn’t time ...
Communication During Conflict How to be Heard in the Heat of the Moment Conflict in a committee or consensus body is not unexpected or uncommon. The members of the committee are there to share their ideas and come to agreement on which to incorporate ...
An Earned Title is Worthy of Acclaim and Yes, Inclusion in One’s Signature Line 22 December 2020 Statement by the Women in Standards Board of Directors Download PDF On 11 December 2020, a Wall Street Journal opinion suggested that the earned degree ...
How the WTO TBT and Free Trade Agreements Support Standards How the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO TBT) and U.S. Free Trade Agreements support the promotion and use of national and international standard ...
Mentoring the Next Generation of Professionals How Mentoring Can Empower the Workforce Mentorship is a collaborative relationship between two people where one provides support, development, and direction to the other. Mentorship plays an imp ...
Diversity and Inclusion Seeking Diversity and Inclusion in Standards Development Diversity and inclusion, or D&I, involves the active and informed measures being taken by organizations to seek a wider range of life experiences, education ...
19 October 2020 Introducing IFAN to Women in Standards IFAN, the International Standards Users Network, is an independent, non-profit-making international association. Membership is comprised of national standards users’ group ...
Are These Habits Killing Your Productivity? Identify and Avoid the Biggest Time Wasters Time is money, as the saying goes. And in standards, time can mean the difference between an effective, well-reasoned standard, and a dud. In 2020, ‘time constrai ...
Standards - What are they? A standard is an agreement. An agreement between a group or people, organizations, governments, or others. It can be informal or formal, verbal or written, generally accepted or mandated by some power – government, commerci ...
Building an Inclusive and Diverse Environment for Success An Inward Look at the Language We Use What is the default gender that can be used to refer to all people? Should there be one? That question took center stage this month as we saw Ge ...
