{"id":3306,"date":"2015-03-20T06:09:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T13:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2015-03-18T09:09:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T16:09:41","slug":"the-character-and-skills-of-a-cad-manager-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2015\/03\/the-character-and-skills-of-a-cad-manager-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Character and Skills of a CAD Manager \u2013 Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Character and Skills<\/a><\/div>

Moving to the Skills area now. \u00a0It differs from the Character portion of this series. \u00a0Character is who you are, Skills are what you do. \u00a0I am not going to list a long march of skills that define every last thing that a CAD Manager does, but rather a shorter list of the skills that I think make the most differences between a competent CAD Manager and a great one.<\/p>\n

Some of these slop over from the Character list, like Communication, Sharing Knowledge, Reporting, Documenting and many more. \u00a0These Character traits that motive you internally also drive the outward efforts that each encourages. \u00a0A desire to share knowledge and communicate will spill out as effective interactions with others. \u00a0Character traits have to generate outward expressions – or you start wondering if they are internally driven at all.<\/p>\n

So if the internal Characteristics of a CAD Manager drive the outward Skills, what would those skills look like?<\/p>\n

Tech Skills<\/strong> – one giant bucket – this one covers every area and is the entry fee for moving from CAD User to CAD Manager. \u00a0I lump everything together under Tech Skills because these have to be in place and rock solid. \u00a0So what are some tech skills that are not directly linked to the character traits we discussed before?<\/p>\n

Programming<\/strong> – An ability to increase productivity by using the embedded tools inside the software to increase speed, accuracy and consistency. \u00a0The API’s that many start with include AutoLISP, VBA, Object ARX and more. \u00a0Other more advanced tools also present themselves.<\/p>\n

Customization<\/strong> – Using the Autodesk interface tools like templates, keyboard shortcuts, ToolBars, right-click customization, block creation, menu CUI, and so much more.<\/p>\n

Staff Management<\/strong> – The prowess to work well with others. \u00a0Gathering, organizing and moving teams forward. Knowing how to motivate individuals in a team effort.<\/p>\n

Financial Skills<\/strong> – Knowing how to create and manage a budget. \u00a0Knowing when to adjust and refocus funds toward strategic goals. Knowing the processes your firm uses to approve spending beyond just asking your boss.<\/p>\n

Prioritizing<\/strong> – One of the most valuable, and least used skills that I think a CAD Manager needs. \u00a0Always rethinking what to do next. \u00a0Always taking the time to look up and around to see what is going on at your firm and with your tools and then change focus and direction as needed.<\/p>\n

Troubleshooting<\/strong> – knowing how to dissect a problem, no matter how big, into bite size correctable tasks. Being able to follow clues and leads, weigh evidence and make a judgement call on how to get things fixed.<\/p>\n
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This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Character and Skills<\/a><\/div>

Moving to the Skills area now. \u00a0It differs from the Character portion of this series. \u00a0Character is who you are, Skills are what you do. \u00a0I am not going to list a long march of skills that define every last thing that a CAD Manager does, but rather a shorter list of the skills that […]<\/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":[13,44],"tags":[],"series":[80],"class_list":["post-3306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad-management","category-the-basics","series-character-and-skills"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3307,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions\/3307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3306"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}