The AEC Leadership Podcast

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.

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.