How to Discover Your Work Style and Personal Value
Engineering requires deep and focused thought. There are two primary engineering positions: the Engineer and the Engineering Manager. Each requires a unique work style. The main performance environment of the Engineer is at their desk in solitude. Engineers, the technical staff, typically require silence in order to focus on their work. The main performance environment […]
Winning With Impact: How to Stand Out in the Workplace, Marketplace, and Recruiting Space
Whether newer to the workforce or with 20 or more years’ experience, so many of us are: Feeling the weight of burnout and disengagement, Yearning for more meaning and purpose, and Wanting to make a difference in solving issues facing our world and those we care about. Organizationally, many of us are also struggling to […]
How to Create Your Most Productive Day in 30 Minutes
Would you believe me if I told you the only thing between you and the most productive day you’ve had is 30 minutes? Thirty minutes is all it takes to transition from feeling overwhelmed and stressed out to an engineer who has a plan to be productive and conquer their day. Keep reading to […]
Work From Home Productivity Tips for Engineers
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, many engineering companies across the United States and beyond are implementing travel restrictions and work from home directives. I have had the opportunity to work from home, on and off, over the last ten years, and as nice as it sounds, one of the biggest challenges with doing it […]
5 Modern Strategies to Integrate AEC Disciplines in 2020
One of the biggest challenges we face in construction is integrating all the AEC disciplines in our projects so their valuable input can positively affect the project. The key disciplines that need careful integration are the Architect, Engineer, and Contractor. These are the organizations that design the projects and carry out their execution.
This Is How Engineers Can Build a Good Work-Life Balance
To have a good work-life balance, you can’t live your life to work. It should be the other way around: Work so you can have a good life.
Maximizing Productivity Hacks for Engineering Professionals
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.
How Not to Lose Focus and Concentration During Working Long Hours
Focus and concentration are very important factors that effective professionals always prioritize when working. It is necessary for getting the work done. However, with the increasing development in technology coupled with other factors taking place around the world, it has become so easy to lose concentration while working on a task, simply because we are […]
Focus on Your Planning to Be Productive in Your Engineering Career
Most engineers I know are interested in achieving a relatively high level of productivity in their professional and work activities. Since most are working long hours, they aren’t interested in spending time on none-value added activities. Those who are successful in optimizing their productive time, do so through focusing on developing a plan of […]
80/20 Principle as One of the Most Effective Ways to Increase Your Productivity
In 1895, Vilfredo Pareto, the Italian economist, became aware that people could be divided into two groups. The first one was the “vital few” that made up the top 20% regarding influence and money, and the second referred to the “trivial many” that made up the bottom 80% of the population. Then, he realized that […]
