The AEC Leadership Podcast

In this episode, I will be speaking to Jakob Heuser, an engineering leader, writer, speaker and entrepreneur about the intersection between people’s careers and the company objective. For this episode we will have a guest co-host named Carolette Wright. Carolette is a mechanical engineer and she has been an avid listener of our show who […] The post Where Passion Meets Productivity: The Intersection Between People’s Careers and the Company Objective – Ep 196 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I am going to discuss the four books that I am currently reading and how these books, or really how my reading process may help you as an engineer. I decided to create this episode because engineers are constantly asking me what I am reading or what books they should be reading […] The post The Four Books That I Am Reading Now and How They Can Help You as an Engineer – Ep 195 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I outline two different approaches to professional development efforts. I explain the advantages and disadvantages of each of these approaches, and how you can use them to increase your overall success in your engineering career and life. Engineering Quotes: Here are the 2 different approaches to […] The post Do You Prefer Sprinting or Jogging with Your Professional Development Efforts? – Ep 194 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with Jim (a false name used to keep our guest anonymous), a young engineer who had to spend some time in prison soon after he graduated college. We talk about everything he went through while in prison as well as the things he learned and how his experiences have contributed […] The post What Prison Has Taught This Young Engineer and How it Can Help You- Ep 193 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with Rich Archbold, senior engineering director at Intercom. We talk about an article he wrote called: “Engineers quit managers, not companies. Don’t let that manager be you.” Engineering Quotes: Here are some of the key points discussed about why engineers quit managers and not companies: One of the most important […] The post Why Engineers Quit Managers Not Companies – Ep 192 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with award-winning journalist and host of the Peggy Smedley show, Peggy Smedley about cyber-security and hacking and how it affects us as engineers in our work as well as in our personal lives. Engineering Quotes: Here are some of the key points discussed about hacking and how it puts our […] The post Hacking and How It Puts Our Engineering Systems at Risk – Ep 191 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, you will be listening in on a conversation between myself and Christopher Geiger, PE who is an Engineering Director with Lockheed Martin on a pretty interesting topic that we haven’t talked about much on the podcast which is sustaining long term projects with short term technology. He will also tell us about […] The post Sustaining Long Term Projects with Short Term Technology with Christopher Geiger – Ep 190 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with Paul Axtell about something all engineers are involved in, which is meetings.  Not just the “M-word”, these are the individual and team interactions that make projects happen, and Paul provides us with some great take-aways you can use to take your meetings from ordinary to extraordinary. Engineering Quotes: Here are some […] The post Taking Your Meetings from Ordinary to Extraordinary – Ep 189 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I speak with Professor Jim Tinjum, who is the Associate Chair of the Department of Engineering Professional Development at University of Wisconsin-Madison. We talk about his roughly 1300-mile, 14-day bike trip across the Upper Midwest and what made him decide to take this bike ride for sustainability. Engineering Quotes: Here are the […] The post Taking Action – A Bike Ride for Sustainability – Ep 188 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with Adam Zach, PE, a project engineer at an environmental engineering firm in Grand Forks, North Dakota. We talk about the importance of goal setting for engineers and how setting goals has greatly contributed to his success in his career, but even better Adam shares his process in this episode, […] The post Goal Setting for Engineers Based on One Engineer’s Proven Process – Ep 187 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.