The AEC Leadership Podcast

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.

Look at the things that are important to you and determine what the 80/20 drivers are in your career and life. Do you have deadlines around them? If it is important to you, you should have a clear and defined deadline. The post How to Use Deadlines as Productivity Tools in Your Engineering Career and Life – Ep 202 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

An introvert is not simply a shy person or somebody that is not outgoing. It is someone who needs time to recharge their batteries alone after they spent a lot of time with people. The post Overcoming Limiting Beliefs and Tackling the Job Search for Rising Introverts – Ep 201 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Ram Iyer, an engineer with a business degree, tallks about business thinking skills and the techie mindset and how you can develop these skills. The post How to Develop Business Thinking Skills for Engineers and Techies – Ep 200 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with Lisa Earle McLeod, a global expert on purpose-driven work. She is the author of five books, including the bestseller: Selling with Noble Purpose and we will be talking about how you can lead with a noble purpose, and how by doing this, you can improve your engineering career and […] The post How Engineering Professionals Can Lead with Noble Purpose – Ep 199 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I am speaking with Chris Marshall, P.E., Regional Geotechnical Engineer at Professional Services Inc. (PSI) in Houston, Texas.  We talk about the strategies he uses when dealing with everyday distractions in his engineering career and we discuss the difference between a maker’s and manager’s schedule, and how you might utilize these different […] The post Maker’s Versus Manager’s Schedule for Engineers – Ep 198 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with consultant and keynote speaker Molly McPherson, M.S., APR.  We outline strategies to communicate more confidently and clearly, and we also discuss how you can become more effective on social media, specifically LinkedIn. These two topics can have a massively positive impact on your professional development efforts. Engineering Quotes: Here […] The post How to Confidently Communicate In-Person and Online for Engineers with Molly McPherson – Ep 197 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.