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For the longest time through my engineering career I labeled myself an ‘introvert’.  You know, the typical engineer stereotype: reserved, shy, maybe a bit nerdy.  OK, maybe seriously nerdy. In any case, I just considered

A lot of members of the Engineering Career Community love to travel, both for work and for play.  They understand that to grow in their careers and as individuals, they have to get out into

One of the challenges I hear about from a lot of engineers is how to stay focused when there are so many distractions vying for their bandwidth.  I can relate, the same problem exists for

There is a stereotype in the engineering world that I would like to disprove and that is, to be successful in your engineering and project management efforts you have to work a TON of hours.

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.”

I am planning to take the PE exam in the future…. I am thinking about getting a master’s degree…. I am considering taking some core skills courses…. I may read this great book I heard

If you are currently building an engineering career you know that most of your time is spent on projects, and phone calls, and dare I say in meetings. This leaves little time for you to

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