The Foundation of a Great Management Career in Engineering
Whether project management or organizational management, the foundation of a great management career starts with exceptional technical/professional performance. Many engineering professionals start their careers with strong technical skills, honed through years of schooling, challenging work assignments, and delivering on project management expectations. Moving into a project or organizational management role takes a new set of […]
5 Laws for Engineer Career Success
“Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.” This quote comes from Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk and beautifully describes what each engineer wants to do and should do to achieve career success: create, innovate, and improve everything around them. Becoming a successful “wizard,” or engineer, has never been easy because […]
One Engineer’s Plan for Recovering from Burnout – Ep 181
In this episode, I provide coaching and guidance to an engineer struggling with career burnout. By the end of this episode, he is inspired and has a plan to change his career for the better. He then also adds a twist to this episode and starts asking me some career-related questions on the decisions I […]
Business Development Skill Building for Civil Engineers – Ep 092
In episode 92 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I am taking you with me to visit T&M Associates headquarters in Middletown NJ, where we are going to sit down with Ihsan Al-Fayyomi to talk about business development skill building for civil engineers. Here are some of the questions I ask Ihsan: Can you talk about how you […]
4 Opportunities to Grow Your Leadership Skills
Leadership skills are crucial for engineers looking to take on more responsibility, and move into management. If you’ve ever read this blog, or anything I’ve written on leadership in the past, you’ll already know that. What you might not know is how to develop your leadership skills. This is a constant struggle for engineers looking […]
One Civil Engineer’s Passion for Culture and Community – Ep 082
In episode 082 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk with Alexis Clark, E.I.T about her passion for culture and community in civil engineering, and several other interesting topics related to Civil Engineering. Here are some of the questions I ask Alexis: Tell us how you ended up working for Hilti and what it’s like […]
Taking Ownership of your Professional Development through Community Involvement – Ep 156
In this episode, I talk to Fernando Ceballos, a Civil Engineer, as part of our what I have been calling our Game Changing Career Moves series and we will be talking about taking ownership of your professional development through community involvement. Engineering Quotes: Here are the key points discussed on Professional Development:
How to Make Career Changes in Your Engineering Career – Ep 137
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast I am going to answer questions from our listeners on how to make career changes or shifts in your engineering career. Engineering Quotes: Here are the summary of questions and answers about career changes that we’ve discussed in this session: Question: I would like to know […]
