In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Randal (Randy) Over, PE, FASCE—national president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Randy shares some key pieces of career advice and also some recommendations for achieving work-life balance and achieving full engagement in your career.
The career-changing tip at the end of the show will challenge you to implement some measures to achieve work-life balance in your engineering career.
“Leadership is influence.” —John C. Maxwell
Listen to this session and learn:
- Three key pieces of advice for younger engineers based on Randy’s many years of experience as an engineer
- How to stay motivated in your career and plan ahead so that when one goal is achieved you have others in your vision
- Ways to use curiosity as an engineer to stay engaged and motivated
- How a certain project in your career can change you forever
- Ways to blend your career and personal life together to achieve a sense of balance
- Why you shouldn’t hide work frustrations at home
- How engineers can impact the world and why that fact can keep you engaged during your career
- Ways to become a young leader in an industry
- How leadership positions can transform your career and life
Resources and links mentioned in this session include:
Free Resources for Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
An Event for Engineers Who Are Seeking Partnership
Institute for Engineering Career Development
Click Here for Session #14 Transcription
What are your top pieces of career advice based on your experience?
Regardless of your experience level, I would love to hear advice that you have for other developing engineers based on your experience so far—whether a course that helped you, a decision that transformed your career or any other piece of career advice you can offer.
Please leave your comments in the section below.
2 Responses
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Anthony,
Great session this week. I really enjoyed your discussion on work and home life balance. It gave me a lot to think about.
Regards,
Andrew Specian
Thanks Andrew – if you get a chance please leave an honest review on iTunes – that will help other engineers find the show.
Yes – Randy’s point on work-life blend was interesting. Thanks for listening.