{"id":2791,"date":"2012-05-29T05:08:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T12:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2012-06-15T16:25:30","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T23:25:30","slug":"the-smartest-guy-in-the-cad-room-trials-of-a-new-cad-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2012\/05\/the-smartest-guy-in-the-cad-room-trials-of-a-new-cad-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smartest Guy in the CAD Room – Trials of a New CAD Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series The Trials of a New CAD Manager<\/a><\/div>

Trial Four: The Smartest Guy in the CAD Room – Thinking you know it all<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes a new CAD Manager will think that they know everything that there is to know about the tools they use.\u00a0 This feeling comes from the fact that they are most likely the smartest guy in the CAD room and that is why they got the position.\u00a0 But if they are overconfident, they may soon find out that they do not actual know it all.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of this Trial:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Symptoms of this trail are discovered when you are honest with yourself.\u00a0 Do not let your confidence overshadow reality.\u00a0 You need to pay attention to your reactions.\u00a0 Are you surprised when someone else comes up with a good idea?\u00a0 Do you push back when others have a better way of doing things?\u00a0 Do you cut off conversation or avoid certain people because they are bright?\u00a0 Do you feel jealous or angry when users start asking other people questions?\u00a0 You are struggling to stay ahead of every other person in your office on CAD know how<\/p>\n

When this Trial comes your way:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get real.\u00a0 No one knows everything.\u00a0 And if you think you do know it all, someone will upstage you at some point.\u00a0 This is not a failure \u2013 it is a reality.\u00a0 The more you take on management functions, the more you may distance yourself from the daily use of the tools you oversee.\u00a0 The trick it to get to know those bright and creative users that find new ways of doing things.\u00a0 Embrace and extend.\u00a0 Take the good ideas and spread them throughout the company.\u00a0 Give credit to the person who came up with the idea and spread them around.\u00a0 Build a team of super users that share their skills.\u00a0 Make sharing the best way of getting ahead.<\/p>\n
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This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series The Trials of a New CAD Manager<\/a><\/div>

Trial Four: The Smartest Guy in the CAD Room – Thinking you know it all Sometimes a new CAD Manager will think that they know everything that there is to know about the tools they use.\u00a0 This feeling comes from the fact that they are most likely the smartest guy in the CAD room and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"series":[71],"class_list":["post-2791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad-management","series-trials-of-a-new-cad-manager"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t