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TCEP 186: The Secret to Building a Not So Average Civil Engineering Firm

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In this episode of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk to Ryan Getz, P.E, Managing Partner at WGA Consulting Engineers, about how he grew his civil engineering firm from seven to 50 people, and the role that your staff plays in building a business. Ryan also gets into the importance of reinventing yourself and how it affects the success of your firm.

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Here Are Some of the Questions I Ask Ryan:

  • What motivated you and your partner to start WGA?
  • How are you building WGA that sets it apart from other companies in the industry?
  • How do you develop the soft skills needed to run an effective business?
  • What are some of the biggest changes you have seen in the industry throughout your career?
  • What does it take to scale a company as opposed to just keeping it small?

Here Are Some Key Points Discussed in This Episode About Building a Not So Average Civil Engineering Firm:

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TECC 87: Reinventing Yourself So You Can Stand Out in Your Engineering Career

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In this episode, Dorie Clark (@dorieclark), marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review shares some strategies on how you can reinvent yourself by rebranding, and her thoughts on having mentors for mid to senior engineers and mastermind groups as part of your reinvention journey.

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TECC 85: How to Work With Baby Boomers and Leverage the Power of Long-Range Engineering Career Planning

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In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews John Tarnoff, a coach that works with baby boomer generation professionals in career transitions and career resiliency.  Both skills that effective engineers wield and both skills that each of us must build to create a fulfilling engineering career.

“A chasm cannot be crossed in two leaps.” – John Tarnoff

John Tarnoff is a baby boomer career reinvention coach, speaker and author with multiple career reinventions of his own. Fired 39% of the time in his colorful career as an L.A.-based film producer, studio executive and tech entrepreneur, he currently co-runs a graduate management program for a top university. In 2012, he developed the Boomer Reinvention coaching curriculum to help his generation stay active, engaged, relevant – and solvent. He is the author of the forthcoming book: Boomer Reinvention: How to Create your Dream Career After 50.

In the Take Action Today segment of the show, Chris and John share their advice on how you can reinvent yourself and what you can do right now to prepare for the future.

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