How is Technology Affecting Engineering Career Development and What Should We Do About It?
In one of my last posts I talked a lot about how everyone is in a rush these days between the technology and tight budgets; everyone wants everything to be done yesterday. The point of my post was that this fast-paced approach has placed an inordinate amount of stress on all engineers because they are […]
An Effective To-Do List Can Both Increase Productivity and Reduce Hours Worked in Your Engineering Career
Through our Institute for Engineering Career Development, I have worked with many engineers on a one-on-one basis providing Engineering Management Instituteing and guidance, and the two things that almost all of our members ask for help with are time management and work-family balance. Hence in this post I am going to share with you one […]
12 Rules of Zen Monks that may Help You Reduce Stress and Improve Quality in Your Engineering Career
Like many professions today, engineering can be a stressful profession due to the project deadlines, shrinking budgets, and client demands. In this post I want to provide some principles that Zen monks follow, and how you might apply them in your engineering career, to help you reduce some of the day-to-day stresses, and be more […]
Time Leadership
Unlike money or aptitude, time is the one commodity that every person on earth has the exact same amount of each day. Most expend an amazing amount of effort trying to expand this non-renewable resource. Multi-tasking, out-sourcing to another (a.k.a. using a secretary), and back-to-back scheduling are undertaken to cram as much as possible into […]
Warning: Too Much Internet Use May Reduce Your Productivity and Negatively Affect Your Work-Life Balance
Too Much Internet Use May Reduce Your Productivity. In my engineering career, I have always tried to be as productive as possible. That’s what we are taught as engineers – always optimize! Recently I have been doing a lot of traveling for my Engineer Your Own Success (EYOS) book tour and it has helped me […]
7 Tips and Quotes to Help Rapidly Advance Your Career
Hello all, I thought this week I would share 7 tips to help rapidly advance your career. These tips are based on my own experience as well as the many books I have read on both personal and career development. If your industry has any type of license or certification that you will need to […]
