The Engineering Career Coach Podcast

In this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, we celebrate National Engineers Week by telling you what National Engineers Week is, and why it is important. We also highlight some interesting news stories about the engineering license and share some of the responses we received from our listeners about a question we asked on […] The post Celebrating National Engineers Week and Thoughts on the Professional Engineering License – Ep 222 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

One of the most important aspects that is needed when starting to cultivate an inclusive management style is building trust. Not only do you need to include your team in conversations, but you also need to empower your entire team. The post Cultivating an Inclusive Leadership Style as a Technical Professional -Ep 221 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

To grow in your career, you need to understand that people and the relationships you build with them are of utmost importance.  The post How to Build Relationships With Your Engineering Team – Ep 220 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Before you can be productive, you’ve got to start thinking the right way.It is very hard to define productivity when you don’t have your goals lined out. When you have your goals set and you know which way you are supposed to go, everything will start falling in place. The post The Productivity Mindset for Engineers – Ep 219 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I will walk you through five questions and use these questions as a brainstorming process to help determine your 2020 goals. The post 2019 Reflection and Setting 2020 Goals: Your Engineering Guide – Ep 218 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Identify suitable opportunities for your engineering team to build new competences. Focus on what they want and any weaknesses or development needs. The post How to Support the Professional Development of Your Engineering Team – Ep 217 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, we’re kicking off a series where we will be diving into the four key drivers of great engineering managers. I talk to Seth D. Scheilz, Professional Engineer at Black & Veatch in Kansas City, about the first key driver: providing your team members with engineering career growth opportunities. The post Providing Engineering Career Growth Opportunities to Your Team – Ep 216 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Provide your younger professionals with a custom mentor. This mentor should already be an effective manager or leader in the same field that the younger engineer are aspiring to manage, so that they can learn from the mentor. The post The Life Cycle of a Great Engineering Manager – Ep 215 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

To project manage your own financial life requires some real thought and discernment. You need to have something to retire to and not just from. Think about what your retirement will look like, from a social aspect as well as a relational aspect. The post How to Engineer Engineering Retirement – Ep 214 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Most successful engineers agree that taking risks and doing things that were uncomfortable in their careers were the things that have helped them most in their careers. The post The Scariest Things You Should Do in Your Engineering Career – Pick One Today – Ep 213 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Not having the time to mentor somebody cannot be used as an excuse. If you want to succeed as an engineer or as a leader, you need to commit to helping others. The post Mentoring Matters – How to Find a Great Engineering Mentor Regardless of How Busy People Are – Ep 212 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Sometimes we don’t take risks because we can’t actually get ourselves to do it; remember that real success happens outside of your comfort zone. The post Transitioning from Engineering to Marketing – Ep 211 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I am taking you with me on a road trip to the offices of Burns Engineering in downtown Philadelphia where you will listen in on a conversation between myself and Laura Hughes. Laura practiced as an engineer earlier in her career but is now the Director of Business Development at Burns Engineering, […] The post TECC 210: Business Development Skills for Engineering Professionals – Ep 210 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Everybody's problems are different because their circumstances are different -  so treat people in a flexible nature that is reasonable. The post The Importance of Having Fun in the Engineering Workplace – Ep 209 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

The best way to rise in a company is to solve the problems that your boss doesn’t even know they have. Sometimes this can lead to a disagreement between you and your boss, but it also might just be what you need to advance in your career. The post Why Engineering Intern Tori Thomas Published Her Disagreement with Her Boss on LinkedIn – Ep 208 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

If the water gets hot in your career, do you have someone that will throw you a life vest and help you get up again? Disaster can strike at any time in your career and that is why you have to create stability around yourself in your career. The post How to Avoid Becoming a Frog in Boiling Water in Your Engineering Career – Ep 207 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

What makes us successful as an engineer is not solely what’s going to bring us success as a leader or a partner. We need to be really tuned in with who we are and grow in our profession. The post The Truth About Engineering Partnership: The Good, The Bad, and The Potentially Ugly – Ep 206 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Constant communication on the things that you can improve on is very important in your career journey, and especially within the first 90 days at your firm. The first 90 days when starting a new job is like an extension of your job interview. Your managers will want to make sure that you are a good fit for the company and that they make a good hiring decision. The post Starting a New Job: How to Succeed Faster in the First 90 Days of Employment – Ep 205 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

There are ways to show your company you're ready for engineering management, but it takes extra time, dedication, focus and the ability to stretch yourself. The post How to Show Your Company You Are Ready for Engineering Management – Ep 204 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Five Years, 260 Weeks, 1820 days, 2,620,800 Minutes. What will you do with it? What could you do with it? Where Will You Be Five Years from Now? The post Where Will You Be Five Years from Now in Your Engineering Career? – Ep 203 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.