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One hurdle that many engineers experience in their careers is taking action on the challenging professional projects that will enable them to move forward and up.  I’ve had a lot of conversations with engineers who

“What gets measured gets done.” ~ Unknown Management Yoda Ever heard this phrase? More than likely you have and if you haven’t, stick around in the industry long enough and you will. Although this phrase

Accountability is one characteristic that is present every time success is realized on a big engineering project or any project undertaking.  Think about the major goals you’ve accomplished in your personal life and your engineering

How many times have you heard that you need to get the big picture? Or that you feel like you didn’t have the big picture? I’ve heard this phrase repeated too many times to count

When you think “effective leader” what comes to mind immediately? I attended a leadership seminar at local university recently. Within the first fifteen minutes we were given a task to go out and ask three

Researchers in psychology are uncovering amazing facts about how our brains are wired. The results benefit more than just the research scientists and psychologists. Even us engineers can benefit from this information and put it

No project lasts first contact with reality, just like no military plan lasts first contact with the enemy. It isn’t because there’s a lack of good engineers and project managers. No, it’s because these good

This post is an overview of Chade-Meng Tan’s book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) If you enjoyed reading this review and think I need to provide others (I

My ultimate goal with Engineering Management Institute website, podcast and other resources is to inspire as many engineers as possible to create extraordinary careers and lives. In order for engineers to create the careers and

For the longest time I saw leadership as a conglomeration of skills a person developed over time. I knew there was more to it than just skills, the “special sauce”. But I didn’t spend any

Thanksgiving is a special day, and while I believe we should be thankful for what we have every day, I still like that this day really reinforces gratitude among us. This for me was an

This is a guest post by Joel Erway, EIT, author of 30-Minute EIT: How to beat the FE exam without beating your head. Here at Engineering Management Institute, we highly recommend our friend and sponsor, PPI, for

I am a fast mover to say the least, and over the past few years, I think this has hurt me some. Don’t get me wrong, I get a lot of stuff done; however, I

My book Engineer Your Own Success has been picked up by IEEE-Wiley Press and we will be publishing an Updated and Expanded Edition in the Fall of 2014.  I have a lot of new information

Recently I struggled with achieving an important personal goal, and in this post I want to share the strategy that helped me do so, and also give you a blueprint for achieving your own goals.