Engineering Management Institute

UPCOMING TRAINING

Engineering Career

3 Steps to Building an Accountability System for Your Engineering Career

By

This is a guest post by Nader Mowlaee

Accountability SystemCareer success and growth comes to us when we accept responsibility for our actions, our wins, and our failures. This is because what we put into our career, from education to continuous learning, training, and certifications, dictates what we get out of task accomplishments, project achievements, and daily performance. We begin to notice that no one else but ourselves controls the power of success by taking full ownership of our consistent everyday actions, positive thoughts, and constructive energy.

Taking full ownership for building an accountability system for your engineering career is a powerful thing because there is no way to go back and fix the mistakes you made or change your career choice. However, at one point, you will discover that to change your engineering career trajectory, you will have to make changes to your daily routine and build an accountability system to guarantee those changes will remain in place for as long as it takes for them to become habits.

Accountability System

Here Are Three Tips for Building an Accountability System for Your Engineering Career:

[Read more…] about 3 Steps to Building an Accountability System for Your Engineering Career

The Power of Perseverance in Developing a Strong Engineering Career

By

This is a guest post by Nader Mowlaee

perseveranceThe good news is that your beliefs can strengthen your engineering career success, and as you build stronger core beliefs, you will raise your motivation to learn and grow into a more capable engineer. But the bad news is that changing your life and reaching your career goals will not be an easy task. You will likely fail over and over again before you succeed, and the chances are that achieving new levels of success on the job will take longer than you had initially forecasted. 

However, through building new habits, developing your skills, and demonstrating tenacity and grit, you can create a strong engineering career beyond what you initially thought was possible. On the other side, a poor set of personal habits, a low level of aptitude, and a lack of perseverance can explain why most engineers fail to achieve their career goals.

We are going through a very tough job market right now, and since the pandemic began, there have been many engineers who lost their jobs or had to pivot into a new career path so they can survive, keep making an income, and in some cases, to thrive. But you can’t allow job market setbacks, short-term failures, and temporary job losses to take away your energy and take you away from getting what you deserve.

Perseverance

[Read more…] about The Power of Perseverance in Developing a Strong Engineering Career

2 Steps to Setting Goals for Changing Your Engineering Career in 2021

By

This is a guest post by Nader Mowlaee

Changing Your Engineering CareerSTEP 1: Identify the Outcomes You Want to Create or Contribute To

Align your mission with a company’s mission that motivates you. It is tough to come up with innovative ideas by yourself, especially if you are starting to set new goals or changing your engineering career and you do not know where to start.

If this sounds like you, then you’re not alone. Many engineers have been making career transitions this year and certainly last year in 2020, and I have been there guiding them along the way. I know how it feels to come up short and feel like there is no future for you, and in this article, I want to give you a simple 2-step process to setting powerful goals that can contribute to you successfully changing your engineering career in 2021.

Let’s start by accepting that the world is our playground and we can get to play with our own rules, especially as an engineer. We are a special breed of people who can acquire new skills on demand and can pivot whenever it’s necessary so that we can create better outcomes in our careers and lives. However, you do not have to create your own job from scratch. Just join an existing team, follow their footsteps, and enable them to achieve their grand vision. Then you can branch out later to create your own unique results.

Changing Your Engineering Career

Here is an example: When I decided to leave an engineering career behind and get into technical recruiting, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. All I had was a role model and an attractive staffing company I had just joined. So all the goals I set were fully aligned with that company’s vision and core values.

[Read more…] about 2 Steps to Setting Goals for Changing Your Engineering Career in 2021

TGEP 14: Be Open to New Opportunities in Your Engineering Career

By

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

New OpportunitiesIn this episode, we talk to Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, Ph.D., P.E., a geotechnical project manager and laboratory manager at American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, Inc., about how you can be open to new opportunities in your engineering career, what geotechnical engineers can do in life, and what it means to be an engineer who attends conferences.

Engineering Quotes:

New Opportunities

New Opportunities

Here Are Some of the Questions We Ask Sebastian:

[Read more…] about TGEP 14: Be Open to New Opportunities in Your Engineering Career

TECC 236: How to Level up in Your Engineering Career

By

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

level upIn this episode, I talk to Shawn Livermore, a bestselling author, software engineer, consultant, and tech startup founder. He wrote a book called Average Joe that has lit the world on fire and has given hope to people, explaining that anyone in the tech world can create and that anyone on the peripheral of tech can break through to the center where innovation, creativity, and opportunity meet. And in this episode, we have the privilege to talk to him and hear him share some of his greatest stories, tips, and advice that will certainly help you to level up in your engineering career.

Engineering Quotes:

level up

level up

Here Are Some Ways on How You Can Level up in Your Career:

[Read more…] about TECC 236: How to Level up in Your Engineering Career

TECC 234: Professional Networking Tips and Tricks for Engineers

By

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

networkingIn this episode, we talk to Sol Rosenbaum, P.E., CEM, an energy engineer and founder of The Engineering Mentor, about the importance of mentorship and networking in your engineering career and explain how it can benefit your engineering career.

Engineering Quotes:

networking

networking

Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About Professional Networking Tips and Tricks for Engineers

[Read more…] about TECC 234: Professional Networking Tips and Tricks for Engineers

Meet Jeff Perry, MBA – the New Host of the Engineering Career Coach Podcast

By




The Engineering Management Institute is thrilled to have Jeff Perry, MBA, leadership coach and founder of More Than Engineering as the new host of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast –  a podcast dedicated to helping engineers create extraordinary careers and lives.

Jeff decided to transition in his engineering career towards coaching and training because he saw the amazing difference it makes in the lives of individuals and teams. He finds more joy in helping others be their best selves by developing people, rather than developing projects and services.

His advice to engineers is to not buy into classic engineering stereotypes that can sometimes limit your beliefs about yourself.

“Engineering is a key component to economic growth and world-wide innovation.”
~ Jeff Perry, MBA

Jeff’s goal as host of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast is to bring engineers the latest in personal development ideas from experts all over the world to allow them to improve their personal lives and careers.

[Read more…] about Meet Jeff Perry, MBA – the New Host of the Engineering Career Coach Podcast

TSEC 33: Leading With Outcomes: Keys to Advancing Your Engineering Career

By

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Advancing Your Engineering CareerIn this episode of The Structural Engineering Channel Podcast, we talk to Rens Hayes, Principal at H+O Structural Engineering, about strategic planning, organizational structure, leadership, management, and advancing your engineering career. Regardless of your current position and aspirations in your engineering career, if advancement is something you’d like to continue to pursue, this episode is full of big-picture insights that will help you see where opportunity for growth lies.

Engineering Quotes:

Advancing Your Engineering Career

Advancing Your Engineering Career

Here Are Some of the Questions We Ask Rens in This Episode:

[Read more…] about TSEC 33: Leading With Outcomes: Keys to Advancing Your Engineering Career

TECC 213: The Scariest Things You Should Do in Your Engineering Career – Pick One Today

By

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

The Scariest Things You Should Do in Your Engineering CareerIn this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to give you ten of the scariest things you should do in your engineering career and explain why you should do them. 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. I will list 10 possible risks and challenge you to take on one of them, or even one of your own, immediately in your career.

Here are 10 of the Scariest Things You Should Do in Your Engineering Career:

[Read more…] about TECC 213: The Scariest Things You Should Do in Your Engineering Career – Pick One Today

TECC 212: Mentoring Matters – How to Find a Great Engineering Mentor Regardless of How Busy People Are

By

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

Engineering MentorIn this episode, I discuss why mentoring matters and how you can find a great engineering mentor in your career. I will be sharing some advice that I received from a great conference I attended in New Jersey, the ASCE Tri-State (NJ-NY-PA) Conference in Atlantic City in late September 2019.  At the conference, I attended a panel entitled: “Mentoring Matters: The Role of a Mentor in Helping to Chart Your Career Path”. The panel consisted of experienced engineering professionals who talked about the importance of mentoring and how it helped them in their careers. They provided a lot of great strategies that you can use in selecting, finding and getting the most out of a mentor in your career. 

Engineering Quotes:

Engineering Mentor

Here Are the Key Points Discussed and the Professionals That Mentioned Then During the Mentoring Matters Panel:

[Read more…] about TECC 212: Mentoring Matters – How to Find a Great Engineering Mentor Regardless of How Busy People Are