The Truth About Selling

“I hate sales!” “I could never sell anything!” I wish I had a dime—maybe a dollar—for every time I uttered phrases like that.   My first business coach helped me break that thought pattern. Here is how the thinking goes:   You are an engineer who excels at (fill in the blank).  You happen to meet Chris, […]

Providing Stellar Service to Your Engineering Customers

Think back to the last time you had a marvelous buying experience. It doesn’t matter what you were buying — a car, prescription drugs, or a hot dog. What made that experience stand out for you, the customer? Now, put yourself in the shoes of your customers. They are the clients who hire you or […]

Growing Your Civil Engineering Firm: Being Proactive, Not Reactive – Ep 178

Growing Your Civil Engineering Firm

In this episode, the seventh in our Civil Engineering Entrepreneurs (CEE) series, I talk to Bonnie Moss, P.E., President at MBCO Engineering, LLC, as part of our Civil Engineering Entrepreneurs series about growing your civil engineering firm and why being proactive offers a business a lot of advantages. Engineering Quotes: Here Are Some of the […]

From Laid Off to Starting an Engineering Firm – Ep 250

From Laid Off to Starting an Engineering Firm

In this episode, we talk to Aaron Moncur, a mechanical engineer who runs a mechanical design firm called Pipeline Design & Engineering and the host of the podcast “Being an Engineer,” a podcast that collects and shares industry knowledge and best practices associated with the discipline of engineering. We talk about his career journey and […]

Be a Better You

Better You

The people who read this blog are educated, experienced problem-solving professionals, and, I’m assuming, really smart. That is what my 15+ years of working with engineers has taught me.   However, for many of those engineers, their confidence wanes when it comes to non-technical knowledge, skills, and abilities.   Does the idea of public speaking give you […]

A Sustainable Sales Platform Starts With an Organization’s Values

Sales Platform

As with every phase of life, beginnings and ends are times for focused reflection on our successes and failures. Individually and as a member of a team, this analysis sets the stage for subsequent growth. This reflective planning rhythm has defined the last 10 years of my life, as I’ve strived to grow from events: […]

Everything Civil Engineers Talk About Doing, but Never Get To Do – Ep 151

Maysill Pascal

In this episode of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk to Maysill Pascal, P.E., Regional Senior Engineer and Sales Manager at USW, a MENARD Group USA Company. We talk about her career journey and her traveling around the globe, and how that has helped her career, but also how she has dealt with it emotionally. […]

What Does Hostage Negotiation Have to Do With Consulting Engineers? – Ep 146

Hostage Negotiation

In this episode of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk to Dan Oblinger about hostage negotiation. Dan explains how hostage negotiation fits into consulting engineering and also provides five specific ways that engineering firms should look at to evaluate their negotiation and communication abilities. Engineering Quotes: Here Are Some of the Questions I Ask Dan: […]