The AEC Leadership Podcast

In this episode, I talk with Andrew Hoover of UW Continuum College about how to evaluate which professional certificates can boost your career. Andrew has a lot of experience in education, especially learning and gives some very insightful advice which can help you identify the credentials that can boost your engineering career. Engineering Quotes: Here […] The post How to Evaluate Which Professional Certificates Can Boost Your Career – Ep 176 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with Josh Elledge from UpMyInfluence about how to advance in your engineering career by growing your authority online. Josh gives some great tips on how you can build authority and use it to catapult your career forward. Engineering Quotes: Here are some of the key points discussed on growing your authority: […] The post How to Advance in Your Engineering Career by Growing Your Authority Online – Ep 175 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with Chris Goede from the John Maxwell Company about leadership. Chris explains the 5 Levels of Leadership model and gives some great strategies for becoming a very powerful engineering leader. Engineering Quotes: Here are some of the key points discussed on becoming a powerful engineering leader. John Maxwell states that […] The post Five Levels of Leadership to Help You Become a Powerful Engineering Leader – Ep 173 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with Josh Haynam, co-founder of Interact, which is a quiz marketing tool used by more than 40,000 companies around the world. We talk about the benefits of building accountability into your engineering career. Josh gives an excellent analogy that he uses in terms of how a coach can help you […] The post The Benefits of Building Accountability into your Engineering Career- Ep 172 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by katemangostar on Freepik In this episode, I answer some questions from our listeners and subscribers about building communication skills, improving public speaking, and strategies for overcoming being overqualified for a position you want. Engineering Quotes: Here is the summary of the questions and answers discussed on how to improve communication skills and deal […] The post How to Improve Communication Skills and Deal with Being Labeled as Overqualified – Ep 171 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk about the difference between big picture thinking versus a detailed orientated mindset and how to benefit from both in your engineering career. I will detail the benefits of each of these thinking patterns and provide strategies for utilizing both effectively as a technical professional. Engineering Quotes: Here are some of […] The post Big Picture Thinking Versus the Details in your Engineering Career – Ep 170 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with David Kowal, founder, and president of Kowal Communications about improving one’s technical writing skills. David gives five very specific strategies that you can start using immediately to make you a more effective writer and overall communicator as a technical professional. Engineering Quotes: Here are the key points discussed on […] The post Strategies Engineers can Take to Immediately Improve their Technical Writing Skills – Ep 169 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with John G. Miller about Personal Accountability and his bestselling book entitled QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life.  Miller has spent many years speaking to thousands of professionals on how they can become more accountable in their careers and lives. Tweetables: Here are […] The post Personal Accountability Starts with the Question Behind the Question – Ep 168 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, I talk with author Traci Nathans-Kelly who gives very specific strategies on how you can dramatically improve your technical presentations.  The information discussed is from her book called Slide Rules: Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields. Slide Rules is a first-rate guide for practicing engineers, scientists, and technical […] The post Slide Rules: Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields – Ep 167 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by senivpetro on Freepik In this episode, I talk with seasoned leadership expert, an author on General Leadership and an extremely accomplished leader and leadership coach, Croft Edwards about his new book called: LeadershipFlow | Perfectly Square; A Story About Learning to Lead and Transforming a Company. Our conversation focuses on how you can learn to lead […] The post Learning to Lead through Leadership Flow – Ep 166 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.