Engineering Management Institute

Organization/Productivity/Time Management

TECC 284: The Power of Time Tipping for Engineers: Prioritize What Matters Most

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Time TippingIn this episode, we talk to Richie Norton, an award-winning, bestselling author, and entrepreneur about his new book called “Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results with the Power of Time Tipping.” He provides some very interesting facts on “time management,” or rather, anti-time management, and might just change the way you think of time management forever.

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Time Tipping

Time Tipping

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TECC 253: Four Ways to Increase Efficiency in Your Engineering Business

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Four Ways to Increase Efficiency in Your Engineering Business

In this episode, we talk to Andrea Dallan, an engineer, an entrepreneur, and CEO of Dallan Spa, an Italian family business about efficiency and sustainability in manufacturing. Andrea will list four specific aspects that you can implement in your firm to improve efficiency in your engineering business.  The strategies can be applied in one’s career as well.

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efficiency

efficiency

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TECC 228: How to Stay Safe and Keep Healthy During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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How to Stay Safe and Keep Healthy During the Coronavirus Pandemic

In this episode, I talk about how you can stay safe and keep healthy during the coronavirus pandemic by changing the way you think and doing things differently daily. During this pandemic we are indeed dealing with tough times, but if you can adapt a positive mindset, you might just find that even within these uncertain times, there are always opportunities out there.  

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Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About How You Can Stay Safe and Keep Healthy During the Coronavirus Pandemic:

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TECC 219: The Productivity Mindset for Engineers

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The Productivity Mindset for Engineers

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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Productivity Mindset

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

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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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Deadlines

 

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

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

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Maker's Versus Manager's Schedule for Engineers

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

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Taking Your Meetings from Ordinary to Extraordinary

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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Meetings

Meetings

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TECC 185: Lean Six Sigma Concepts for Engineering Industries

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Lean Six Sigma Concepts for Engineering Industries

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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Lean Six Sigma

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

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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

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Strategies for Taking Control of your Mindset

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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Taking Control of your Mindset
Taking Control of your Mindset

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

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