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As engineers, we like hard lines and definition in our daily lives and things we can easily see and measure. While these characteristics support effective work products, they are often the traits that inhibit us from excelling. Thus, the need to break out of our comfort zones and dig into diversity and genuine inclusion.

In your work, problems engineers must solve will occur under four basic categories. Every engineer should have one Category 4 problem they have identified, defined and are committed to solving over the course of their careers.

Embracing your career management can be frustrating. You may feel you have made progress, but still feel somewhat stagnant and frustrated. Career development is no longer always about climbing the corporate ladder. Career development is a personal pursuit.

We have realized through our research that there is a big difference in how women in engineering versus male engineers interact with their managers. And although certain improvements have been made in recent years, the fact remains that the world is still facing a significant deficit of female talent pursuing engineering careers.

Engineers should constantly be evolving in order to move forward in their careers by taking personal development efforts to enhance personal branding. Personal brands' tools enable you to communicate and promote who you are and what you’re destined to do.

Technical skills are the tools of the trade for engineers. If you want to find your perfect job, you can’t let your technical background do all the talking. In today’s hyper-competitive work environment, the winning formula for an engineer’s job application involves showcasing technical/hard skills, accomplishments, and soft skills.

Effective and successful engineers have a single trait in common. They are capable of effectively managing their time. Time is a precious commodity, therefore, maximizing productivity and your time can do wonders for your career and personal life.

Do you demand a high level of performance from yourself? Establishing a habit of journaling will help you reflect on and better understand your performance, and ultimately help you make adjustments if needed.

There was one skill that I heard frequently was lacking for both project managers and organization managers - effective delegation. It is the assignment of responsibility to another person to carry out a specific activity.

Nowadays, the engineering market has become more and more demanding and competitive. It's not enough to get your degree; you need to constantly learn and develop new skills to stand out from the other engineers and work on exciting projects.

Engineers of the future must possess skills like innovation, entrepreneurial vision, and teamwork. These aren’t traits that have commonly been attributed to engineering, but the rate of technological change has been so rapid that most college courses become obsolete by the time students graduate

Engineers are known for accuracy, attention to detail, and finding elegant solutions to complex problems. Yet when it comes to licensing, most firms lack a functional, comprehensive system to safeguard compliance. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to eliminate those risks and manage all aspects of your firm’s licensing efficiently and effectively.

There are tools that can make things easier for engineers, and one of the most essential is scheduling software.

So, you have an awesome idea for a new technology for product development. This is the one. It’s going to make you a millionaire. Or so you think. The problem is, 90 percent of new

  “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”—Eleanor Roosevelt Who hasn’t heard this famous quote? To have meaningful conversations, we need to raise our levels to those of great minds.