Four Skills Engineers Can Learn From Entrepreneurs
Whether you plan to launch a business or work within an existing organization, approaching the world from an entrepreneur’s perspective can be incredibly valuable for engineers. At their core, both engineers and entrepreneurs are problem-solvers. By approaching the world from the mindset of an entrepreneur, engineers of all disciplines can become stronger in their […]
Two Types of Goals That Matter When Leading People
Of all the lessons that I’ve learned over the course of my career, one stands out as possibly the most important and impactful: The successful manager manages performance, not the person. An engineering manager is responsible for the performance of the team. Projects still need to be completed on time and on budget. Work outputs […]
Healthy Conflict: How Disagreements Spur Innovation
For most engineers, conflict at work is something to be avoided. It’s about as desirable as spilling coffee on your pants before a big presentation or dealing with (yet another) paper jam. There’s an important difference, however, between conflict and most other office challenges: conflict is incredibly important. In fact, almost all innovative products and […]
The Fundamental Equation of Leadership for Engineers
This is a guest blog post by Pat Sweet, P. Eng. Leadership for Engineers. For most of us, seems to be one of those “you know it when you see it” kind of things. It’s hard to describe, but easy to notice. In effect we’ve all worked for great leaders, and we’ve all worked for […]
Engineering Leadership with Pat Sweet – Ep 064
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to take you inside the Engineering Career Summit which is the event that Chris and I threw in Washington DC in early May and will be throwing again in May 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. I am going to play for you an […]
Nine Steps to Writing Proper and Meaningful E-mails for Engineers – Ep 028
In this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my guest, Pat Sweet, is going to give out some amazing strategies with nine specific points on writing proper and meaningful e-mails. The Take Action Today segment of the show will show you how to get your message across in a way that’s easy for people […]
