The Productivity Mindset for Engineers – Ep 219
Before you can be productive, you’ve got to start thinking the right way.It is very hard to define productivity when you don’t have your goals lined out. When you have your goals set and you know which way you are supposed to go, everything will start falling in place.
2019 Reflection and Setting 2020 Goals: Your Engineering Guide – Ep 218
In this episode, I will walk you through five questions and use these questions as a brainstorming process to help determine your 2020 goals.
How to Support the Professional Development of Your Engineering Team – Ep 217
Identify suitable opportunities for your engineering team to build new competences. Focus on what they want and any weaknesses or development needs.
Providing Engineering Career Growth Opportunities to Your Team – Ep 216
In this episode, we’re kicking off a series where we will be diving into the four key drivers of great engineering managers. I talk to Seth D. Scheilz, Professional Engineer at Black & Veatch in Kansas City, about the first key driver: providing your team members with engineering career growth opportunities.
The Life Cycle of a Great Engineering Manager – Ep 215
Provide your younger professionals with a custom mentor. This mentor should already be an effective manager or leader in the same field that the younger engineer are aspiring to manage, so that they can learn from the mentor.
How to Engineer Engineering Retirement – Ep 214
To project manage your own financial life requires some real thought and discernment. You need to have something to retire to and not just from. Think about what your retirement will look like, from a social aspect as well as a relational aspect.
The Scariest Things You Should Do in Your Engineering Career – Pick One Today – Ep 213
Most successful engineers agree that taking risks and doing things that were uncomfortable in their careers were the things that have helped them most in their careers.
Mentoring Matters – How to Find a Great Engineering Mentor Regardless of How Busy People Are – Ep 212
Not having the time to mentor somebody cannot be used as an excuse. If you want to succeed as an engineer or as a leader, you need to commit to helping others.
Transitioning from Engineering to Marketing – Ep 211
Sometimes we don’t take risks because we can’t actually get ourselves to do it; remember that real success happens outside of your comfort zone.
TECC 210: Business Development Skills for Engineering Professionals – Ep 210
In this episode, I am taking you with me on a road trip to the offices of Burns Engineering in downtown Philadelphia where you will listen in on a conversation between myself and Laura Hughes. Laura practiced as an engineer earlier in her career but is now the Director of Business Development at Burns Engineering, […]