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TCEP 092: Business Development Skill Building for Civil Engineers

August 1, 2018 By Anthony Fasano

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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 became involved in expanding your company geographically?
What was your mindset like when you started growing the company?
Is smart decision making something you personally focus on?
What is your overall philosophy on building relationships?
How do you build trust?
Tell us about having difficult conversations.
What is your management style?

Engineering Quotes:

Here are some key points discussed on business development skill building:

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3 Reasons You Must Set Your Vision Before Setting Your Professional Goals

December 21, 2015 By Christian Knutson, PE, PgMP, PMP

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Anthony and I are both proponents of goal setting. We’ll each tell you that if you’re unsure of what action to take next, don’t do anything until you’ve re-focused your goals. Why? Goals serve as a target against which we can take aim and focus our energies. As an engineer, setting goals must become second nature.

Because you’re in the profession of bringing goals into reality.

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TECC 90: Vision Setting and Blueprinting for Long-Range Vector Setting for Engineers

December 8, 2015 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode, Chris Knutson and I dive into long-term goal setting or vector setting for engineers and give you some actionable steps on how to do it.

Key points:

The best way to shape the future of your engineering career is to design it. Here is a summary of this episode which can help you to design your ideal career.

A vision is a statement of what future success looks like and is not tied to a timeframe (the question of why).

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