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It’s pretty standard fare here on TECC to espouse the benefits of setting goals.  The reason we come back to goal setting over and over is because it works.  Goals:  Define a future intended situation.

It was a beautiful fall day, warm but not hot, brilliantly sunny.  I walk into the lobby feeling lean and confident, ready to slay the interview.  The company President comes out to greet me, and

After a decade-plus of leading and managing programs, there’s one thing I don’t recall ever saying – or hearing someone else say: “gee, I need to find balance in my projects.”  I didn’t philosophically, or

  When most people think about technical communication, their first thought is about how engineers communicate with other engineers. What almost nobody considers, though, is how we communicate with… not-engineers. And yet, it’s a HUGE

  Remove communication from engineering, and what are you left with? Math, mostly. Solve any problem in the world, but at the end of the day, if you can’t get your idea across to others,

I have had the pleasure of providing career coaching guidance to hundreds of engineers through my travels with my book Engineer Your Own Success. One very obvious characteristic of those engineers who are happy in

  My introduction to leading by serving began with my dad who was a chemical engineer and continued with my first two employers who both were professional civil engineers. Through their direct instruction, mentoring, and

  Accountability is all the rage.  Goal setting literature is full of articles, features and columns, touting the benefits of finding an accountabilibuddy, one whose job it is to keep you on track, moving forward

It’s a fact for every engineer, in either an academic or professional setting, that stress will be present.  Because this is the case, you can either view it as a horrific pollutant or accept it

In our society it’s not hard to level out. But, many professional engineers get stuck and cannot avoid a mediocre engineering career. We tell you how to get out of it Everyone judges themselves by

Anthony and I are both proponents of goal setting.  We’ll each tell you that if you’re unsure of what action to take next, don’t do anything until you’ve re-focused your goals.  Why?  Goals serve as

Another year has gone by in your engineering career and you are about to embark on yet another one.  As each year goes by in your career: how exactly are you measuring whether or not