Organization/Productivity/Time Management

TECC 219: The Productivity Mindset for Engineers

January 7, 2020 By EMI

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In this episode, I talk with Matthew Gaddy, EIT, an engineer and productivity consultant. Matthew is going to help you start 2020 off in a more productive way. Matthew helps engineers manage projects more effectively and will run through a variety of different productivity strategies that will help you to develop a productivity mindset and ultimately increase your success as an engineer.

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TECC 202: How to Use Deadlines as Productivity Tools in Your Engineering Career and Life

May 14, 2019 By EMI

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In this episode, I talk about the importance of deadlines in your engineering career and life, and how you can use deadlines as productivity tools. This episode was inspired by a chapter of the book called The Business of Engineering: A New Mindset for the Engineer of the Future by Matthew K. Loos, P.E. that we are running a Kickstarter campaign for at the moment.

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TECC 198: Maker’s Versus Manager’s Schedule for Engineers

March 19, 2019 By EMI

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In this episode, I am speaking with Chris Marshall, P.E., Regional Geotechnical Engineer at Professional Services Inc. (PSI) in Houston, Texas. We talk about the strategies he uses when dealing with everyday distractions in his engineering career and we discuss the difference between a maker’s and manager’s schedule, and how you might utilize these different schedules in your engineering career.

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TECC 189: Taking Your Meetings from Ordinary to Extraordinary

November 13, 2018 By Christian Knutson, PE, PgMP, PMP

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In this episode, I talk with Paul Axtell about something all engineers are involved in, which is meetings. Not just the “M-word”, these are the individual and team interactions that make projects happen, and Paul provides us with some great take-aways you can use to take your meetings from ordinary to extraordinary.

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TECC 185: Lean Six Sigma Concepts for Engineering Industries

September 18, 2018 By Christian Knutson, PE, PgMP, PMP

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In this episode, you are going to listen in on a conversation between me and Joshua Plenert, MBA, MS, PE a licensed professional engineer who’s an expert in applying Lean and Six-Sigma concepts to the architectural, engineering and construction industry. As a structural engineer practitioner himself, he’s not only theorizing about what he talks and writes about – he’s putting it to practice in his work, which you will learn more about in this episode.

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TECC 160: 80/20 Sales and Marketing – Perry Marshall

October 17, 2017 By EMI

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In this episode, I will be talking to you about the 80/20 principle and a book called 80/20 Sales and Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Working Less and Making More by Perry Marshall. I will discuss how you can leverage the 80/20 rule even further in your engineering career and life.

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TECC 155: Strategies for Taking Control of your Mindset

August 8, 2017 By EMI

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In this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Allison Johanson, a licensed clinical social worker about strategies for taking control of your mindset even when your life is in upheaval.

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TECC 152: The Engineering behind Waze

June 27, 2017 By EMI

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In this episode, I interview Jon Sharkey, a software engineer from Google about the engineering behind the Waze application. We also talk about how project teams work at Google, specifically what the workflow looks like, tips on project management and everyday communication tools John uses as well as tools used at Google.

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TECC 140: How to Use Your Time Wisely as an Engineering Professional

January 10, 2017 By EMI

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Use Your Time Wisely

In this episode, I am going to talk to one of our listeners, Carl Humphrey, about challenges that he is facing around career planning and will give you some advice on how you can use your time wisely as an engineering professional. There were some very interesting strategies that we discussed in this episode that I believe apply to engineers at all experience levels considering how to chart the future of their career paths.

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The key to time management is to make sure that you put the time that you do have towards what’s important to you and what’s important in respect to achieving your goals.
When you have a time management issue, you must look at your personal as well as your professional goals and make sure that your time is focused on moving you closer to that goals.
Consider doing extra work at any engineering company so you can put that on your resume. For example, maybe you volunteer to attend evening meetings so that you can advance your learning in a certain topic. You may not get compensated immediately in the way of salary, but it might pay off in the long term because of the knowledge you are gaining.
Get super clear on your goals and make sure you are focused on things moving you towards your goals and that you are not getting off-track.
Have a process that helps to bring you back on course, whenever you get off-track.

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In the Take Action Today segment of the show, I will give you some actionable advice that you can apply to help you focus your time and energy.

About Carl Humphrey

Carl Humphrey was raised by good parents but he was a bit of a lost and wandering soul at times. Out of high school, he immediately jumped into the construction industry and learned so much but carried some demons about his past with him. Entering his thirties he knew life had more in store for him than what he had become. Starting with the spirit and branching into actions and behaviors, he exposed and examined everything that had gotten him thus far. Fast-forward to today, at this point, he has overcome many obstacles, and in doing so, he has realized that he wants to help those around him. You can follow his thoughts on his blog at www.waterebbandflow.com.

“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”
– Amos Bronson Alcott

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Carl’s Blog

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TECC 138: 10 Things you Can Do to Collaborate Better With your Engineering Teams

December 13, 2016 By EMI

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Collaborate In this episode, I am going to give you 10 actions that you can take to improve your collaboration efforts with your engineering team and also explain how this will benefit your career development.

Organization/Productivity/Time Management

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Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About Productivity for Engineers:

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Here Are 4 Guidelines for Using Deadlines Effectively as Productivity Tools in Your Engineering Career and Life:

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Here are some of the key points discussed about Maker’s Versus Manager’s Schedule for Engineers:

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Here are some of the key points discussed about effective meetings:

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Here are some of the key points discussed about Lean Six Sigma concepts:

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Here are the key points discussed on 80/20 Sales and Marketing:

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Here are the key points about taking control of your mindset:

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Here are the key points discussed on the Engineering behind Waze:

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Here are the key points from this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast:

More in this episode…

About Carl Humphrey

Resources and links mentioned in this session include:

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Here are 10 steps to better collaboration in your engineering career.

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