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TECC 252: Entrepreneurial Engineering & Engineering Culture

August 3, 2021 By EMI

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In this episode, we talk to Mark Kinsella, the VP of Engineering at Opendoor, a real estate company in California, about entrepreneurial engineering. He also discusses the four key components of culture in a firm and provides ways on how you can empower your teams to be more productive.

Engineering Quotes:

engineering culture

engineering culture

Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About Entrepreneurial Engineering & Engineering Culture:

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Filed Under: Business/Entrepreneurship, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: build strong teams, business-minded thinkers, career ladders for engineers, continue productivity, data capturing, Engineering Culture, engineering leader, engineering manger, engineering role, Entrepreneurial Engineering, Execution, Impact, importance of productivity, Mark Kinsella, Opendoor, quality, remote team proactive, strong engineering culture, teamwork, Working Remotely

TECC 248: Growing as an Engineering Leader and the Experience of Writing About It in a Sci-Fi Novel

June 8, 2021 By EMI

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Growing as an Engineering Leader and the Experience of Writing About It in a Sci-Fi Novel

In this episode, I talk to Matthew G. Dick, P.E., an engineering leader working at a transportation technology company and moonlighting as a sci-fi author. Matthew talks about his career journey growing as an engineering leader and the experience while writing about it in a sci-fi novel.

Engineering Quotes:

Growing as an Engineering Leader

Growing as an Engineering Leader

Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About Growing as an Engineering Leader and the Experience of Writing About It in a Sci-Fi Novel

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Filed Under: Leadership/Management, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: baseline for a book, change things about yourself, Dealing with stress, difficult time at work, engineering leader, Experience of Writing, Growing as an Engineering Leader, having a hobby, implement change in yourself, leadership and business, learn to become a manager and leader, Matthew G. Dick, moonlighting as a sci-fi author, sci-fi author, sci-fi fan, Sci-Fi Novel, SEED, self-reflecting, Stress management, think of fun things, transportation technology

How to Become an Effective Engineering Leader

April 12, 2021 By EMI

This is a guest post by George J. Newton

Engineering LeaderIt can be challenging to transition from being a great engineer into a position of leadership. While your technical knowledge and skills are essential to the execution of your role, being in a position of leadership also necessitates a range of non-technical skills. Here are four key principles to help you become an effective engineering leader, one who can not only achieve results, but also lead and inspire teams.

1. Understand Your Team’s Needs

Management positions require that you understand your team’s day-to-day job and develop empathy. The more you can understand your team’s individual journeys and experiences, the better placed you can be to support them to meet their goals and needs. Importantly, this will help you to ensure that they are not only engaged with the work, but that they are also being productive.

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Filed Under: Blog, Leadership/Management Tagged With: confident in your team, confident in yourself, Develop a Positive Mindset, Effective Engineering Leader, Effective Leader, engineering leader, George J. Newton, great engineer, Lead by Example, non-technical skills, position of leadership, Support Your Team, Support Your Team to Grow, technical knowledge and skills, Understand Your Team’s Needs

How to Build Confidence as an Engineering Leader (Even in the Face of Not-enough-ness)

February 8, 2021 By EMI

This is a guest blog by Jen Bunk, Ph.D.

ConfidenceClients often ask me how to build their confidence.

I find that the best way to approach this is to first explain what NOT to do, because if you build your confidence in the wrong way, you’ll decimate it. You’ll completely obliterate your chances of reaching your career goals.

So — what’s the wrong way and the right way to build your confidence?

First, I’m going to step back and be brutally honest for a second.

Right now, there are thousands of tech and engineering managers trying to upgrade their positions and their pay:

They’re reading boatloads of books…

They’re watching tons of training videos on leadership…

They’re even spending thousands of dollars on certification courses…

And despite all of that, most of them aren’t even close to getting a 10% raise — much less building their dream career.

If you want to upgrade your career in three months or less, you’ll never get there in a million years if you do those things. There’s a much shorter path.

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Filed Under: Blog, Personal Development and Professionalism Tagged With: authentic and assertive, Build Confidence, Build Confidence as an Engineering Leader, build your confidence, certification courses, confidence to deal, dream career, engineering leader, perceived lack of confidence, play the comparison game, rying to find your confidence, training videos on leadership, upgrade your career, work personality conflicts

TECC 225: How Project Management Skills Contribute to Your Overall Success as an Engineering Leader

March 17, 2020 By EMI

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How Project Management Skills Contribute to Your Overall Success as an Engineering LeaderIn this episode, I talk to Christian Knutson, CEng, P.E., PgMP, F. SAME, who has co-hosted this podcast in the past and now serves as the Europe Program Manager for Stanley Consultants. He is responsible for managing and coordinating Stanley Consultants’ activities in the U.K. and Europe as well as providing program/project management delivery and master planning solutions for clients in the U.K. and Europe. In this episode, which is part of a series we are publishing focused around the four key drivers of engineering managers, we talk about the third key driver: the ability to manage projects. Chris talks about the fundamentals of project management and how project management skills can help you to become a great engineering manager.

Engineering Quotes:

Project Management Skills

Project Management Skills

Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About Project Management Skills:

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Filed Under: Project Management, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: book of knowledge, Christian Knutson, communication skills, Cost and schedule, engineering leader, Engineering managers, PMP certification, Program Management, project management, Project Management Skills, project management training, project triangle, Success, work breakdown structure

TCEP 109: Construction Engineering – Communication in Negotiated Bid Contracts

January 16, 2019 By EMI

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Construction Engineering

In episode 109 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk with Nils Gransberg, MS on topics related to Construction Engineering. Nils also tells us about the research he is conducting into negotiated bid contracts, and about his military background and experience.

Engineering Quotes:

Here are some of the questions I ask Nils about Construction Engineering:

  • Tell us more about the discipline of Construction Engineering?
  • Why did you decide to get your PhD?
  • Tell us about your research on negotiated bid contract delivery in public projects?
  • Can you talk about what it was like being a civil engineer in the military?

Here are some key points discussed in this episode about construction engineering:

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Filed Under: Career Goals and Challenges, TCEP-The Civil Engineering Podcast Tagged With: bid contracts, civil engineer, Construction Engineering, Construction Engineers, construction manager, discipline of Construction Engineering, engineering leader, military, PhD, skills, value

TECC 173: Five Levels of Leadership to Help You Become a Powerful Engineering Leader

April 17, 2018 By EMI

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Five Levels of Leadership to Help You Become a Powerful Engineering Leader

In this episode, I talk with Chris Goede from the John Maxwell Company about leadership. Chris explains the 5 Levels of Leadership model and gives some great strategies for becoming a very powerful engineering leader.

Engineering Quotes:

Powerful Engineering Leader

Powerful Engineering Leader

Here are some of the key points discussed on becoming a powerful engineering leader.

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Filed Under: Leadership/Management, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: behavior, believe, Chris Goede, common language, engineering leader, Five Levels of Leadership, John Maxwell, Leadership, People Development, Permission, Pinnacle, Position, Production

Learn about Project Management to Enhance Your Engineering Career

October 3, 2016 By EMI

Project ManagementWhether you want to become a project manager or not, you’ll be running a project at some point in your life and in one of your capacities.  It might be in the role you hold at your firm, or in the role you occupy in a technical or professional organization, or even a role you fill in a community group.  The point is, many of activities we undertake are projects.  That is, they are what Project Management International (PMI) defines as a, temporary in that it has a defined beginning and end in time, and therefore defined scope and resources.  A project is unique in that it is not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal.


So the question is, do you want to approach your management of these projects in life half-assed, or with a framework that will make your management of the project more efficient?

Before I dive into one possible answer to this question (the option I’ll suggest is one worth following!), I’m not advocating earning a credential, certificate or degree in project management.  I don’t believe a practicing engineering professional must earn one of these to be proficient in applying project management concepts to efficiently bring about intended benefits to the customers and clients they serve.  What I do believe, is that one cannot leave development of a methodology of project management to on-the-job training or simple observation.

Learning about project management by osmosis might make you proficient, however, I doubt it.  Relying on casual observation to learn, internalize, and then apply knowledge in a fashion that enhances ones proficiency in any topic is a path that’s fraught with long lead-time.  Simply put, you’re going to get a better return on investment of time if you actively study project management methodology and know the basic concepts.

So how is knowing project management concepts going to make you a better engineer?

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Filed Under: Blog, Project Management Tagged With: Christian Knutson, communication, engineering career success, engineering leader, engineering skills, project management, project management fundamentals, project management methodology

2 Steps for Leading Through Accountability in Your Engineering Career

January 25, 2016 By EMI

2 Steps for Leading Through Accountability in Your Engineering Career

Today we show you 2 Steps for Leading in your Engineering Career

What is accountability and why is in important in becoming a strong engineering leader?

Webster dictionary defines accountability as an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions.

Let’s investigate both sides of this definition:

#1 Take Responsibility on Your Engineering Projects

If you want to become a strong engineering leader, you must take responsibility in your career.   [Read more…] about 2 Steps for Leading Through Accountability in Your Engineering Career

Filed Under: Blog, Leadership/Management Tagged With: engineering leader, Engineering Manager

TECC 70: Developing the Engineering Leader Inside of You – EYOS 7 of 7 – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast

July 28, 2015 By EMI

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TECC 70: Developing the Engineering Leader Inside of You

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going talk about leadership and how you can improve your leadership skills as an engineer regardless of your current position or experience level.

This episode is the seventh part in the seven part series where I covered the 7 key elements to creating an extraordinary engineering career, based on my recently released updated and expanded edition of my book Engineer Your Own Success.

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the Take Action Today segment of the show, I will give you a tip on how to get people want to work with you, not just for you.

Listen to this session and learn about the following points related to how you can develop and improve your leadership skills: [Read more…] about TECC 70: Developing the Engineering Leader Inside of You – EYOS 7 of 7 – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast

Filed Under: Leadership/Management, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: Engineer Your Own Success, engineering leader

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