Learning to Lead through Leadership Flow – Ep 166

Learning to Lead through Leadership Flow

Image by senivpetro on Freepik In this episode, I talk with seasoned leadership expert, an author on General Leadership and an extremely accomplished leader and leadership coach, Croft Edwards about his new book called: LeadershipFlow | Perfectly Square; A Story About Learning to Lead and Transforming a Company. Our conversation focuses on how you can learn to lead […]

Sync to Swim: Project Leadership for Engineers and Project Managers – Ep 164

Sync to Swim: Project Leadership for Engineers and Project Managers

Image by javi_indy on Freepik In this episode, I talk with Colonel Mickey Addison, USAF (ret), MSCE, PMP about a project leadership model known as Sync to Swim.  As an Air Force officer, Mickey has handled national portfolios totaling billions of dollars, and he is passionate about leadership. We will also talk about his books, […]

How to Become an Effective Engineering Leader – Engineering Career TV Ep. 24

Q: How can I become an Effective Engineering Leader? Welcome to Episode #24 of Engineering Career TV. In this episode, I discuss the book titled Real Power: Business Lessons From the Tao Te Ching and give you some advice on how you can become an effective engineering leader.  I will spend most of the Engineering Career TV episodes answering questions […]

Using Negative Feedback For Success

Negative Feedback for success

It may be the nature of most people to try and avoid receiving negative feedback. When some people do receive such feedback, they often ignore it, rationalize it or attack the source of it. Very seldom do they see the benefit of improving from it. Negative feedback is an opportunity to reflect and learn. When […]

Transitioning from Engineer to Manager – Engineering Career TV Ep. 3

  Q: What does it take to be a manager besides having strong leadership skills? Welcome to Episode #3 of Engineering Career TV. The topic for this episode is Transitioning from engineer to manager. I will spend most of the Engineering Career TV episodes answering questions that have been submitted from engineers around the world on how […]

Developing Program Management Competencies to Excel in Your Engineering Career

Program Management

Over my career I’ve amassed knowledge and skills, and the experience, to manage large programs. This took years. I didn’t step into my first infrastructure program management role until my 12th year as a practicing engineer, managing a housing program in the Air Force.  A few years later that program became a nearly $1 billion […]

Planning to Practice your Passion as an Engineering Manager – Ep 129

Planning to Practice your Passion as an Engineering Manager

In this episode, Anthony Fasano, PE interviews Shahzal, a structural engineer trainee and listener of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast , and helps him discover his passion and offers guidance on the path to follow to pursue his passion as an engineering manager. Engineering Success Quotes: Here are the main points to practice your passion as an […]

Delivering Leadership During A Crisis Situation – Ep 124

Delivering Leadership During A Crisis Situation

In this episode, Chris Knutson, PE interviews Steve Armstrong, leadership coach and no stranger to leading during an emergency, or crisis situations, about the special attributes of leadership that must be called on when facing crisis situations. And we’ll be doing so based on his experiences with the McMurray wildfires that devastated the town at […]

TECC 120: A 10 Step Plan for Obtaining Your Professional Engineering License

A 10 Step Plan for Obtaining Your Professional Engineering License

Image by 8photo on Freepik In this episode, I interview Lieutenant Colonel Lagerquist, a career civil engineer officer on the topic of obtaining your professional engineering (PE) license by using a 10 step plan. Engineering Success quotes: The 10 key steps to obtaining your professional engineering license: