The Engineering Career Coach Podcast

In this episode, Chris Knutson and I dive into long-term goal setting or vector setting for engineers and give you some actionable steps on how to do it. Key points: The best way to shape the future of your engineering career is to design it.  Here is a summary of this episode which can help you to […] The post Vision Setting and Blueprinting for Long-Range Vector Setting for Engineers – Ep 090 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

This podcast episode is the first of a special six episode Q&A Series which airs every first Friday of the month starting December 2015. My guest co-host, Pat Sweet and I answer questions from our listeners asking for engineering career advice. This Q&A Series is brought to you by WPI’s Foisie School of Business which […] The post Special Q&A Series from Engineering Management Institute and the WPI MBA Program 1 of 6 – Ep 089 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Calvin Guyer (@CalGuyer60) shares an equation for engineers, that help minimize distraction and achieve high performance and increase our potential. Key points: Performance = Potential – Interference (gives example of Steve Jobs) Once we as engineers learn to deal with or remove the interferences we can not only increase our performance, but we can then […] The post The Peak Performance Equation for Engineers – Ep 088 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode, Dorie Clark (@dorieclark), marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review shares some strategies on how you can reinvent yourself by rebranding, and her thoughts on having mentors for mid to senior engineers and mastermind groups as part of your reinvention journey. Reinventing Yourself So You Can […] The post Reinventing Yourself So You Can Stand Out in Your Engineering Career – Ep 087 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview two engineering executives from Big Red Dog engineering – Will Schnier, PE and Russell Yeager, PE – and we talk about building your engineering career, the concept of a flywheel, and how these guys have used this concept to build a leading engineering company. […] The post Building Your Engineering Career Flywheel with the Two Engineering Executives – Ep 086 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews John Tarnoff, a coach that works with the baby boomers generation professionals in career transitions and career resiliency.  Both skills that effective engineers wield and both skills that each of us must build to create a fulfilling engineering career. “A chasm cannot be […] The post How to Work With Baby Boomers and Leverage the Power of Long-Range Engineering Career Planning – Ep 085 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews Paul Rulkens and talk about the razor’s edge, some strategies on continuous improvement, and the power of knowledge that comes from reading books. Paul explains why any of us would want to be pre-eminent (hint: it accelerates your engineering career or business).  And […] The post Leading An Engineering Career on the Razor’s Edge – Ep 084 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Rashid Kapadia who is an author of book entitled Necessary Bridges, and he talks about how engineers can improve their public speaking skills and get into the flow or put themselves in an atmosphere to succeed. “May what I do flow from me like a […] The post Improving Your Public Speaking and Getting into the Flow as an Engineer with Author Rashid Kapadia – Ep 083 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews retired major general Paul McGillicuddy on leadership and how to design your leadership style. They dig deep into leadership traits, where to find leadership training, how to deal with a difficult boss, and many more straight from Paul who has an amazing role […] The post Designing Your Leadership Style for An Effective Engineering Career – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Ep 082 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by pch.vector on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Jonathan Voelkel who details questions you must ask yourself if you want to become a partner in engineering firm. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley Jonathan Voelkel joined Rusk O’Brien Gido (ROG) […] The post Questions You Must Ask if You Want to Become a Partner in Engineering Firm – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Ep 081 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews Susan RoAne who is a world-class teacher, speaker and author on the topic of relationship development and networking. Her books How to Work A Room and Face to Face: How to Reclaim the Personal Touch in a Digital World are great in providing […] The post How To Work a Room And In Your Engineering Project Team – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Ep 080 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson and I are going to answer more questions from our listeners asking for career advice. “If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities. It’s very important that you find something that […] The post TECC Community Questions Answered – Part 3 – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Ep 079 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson, PE interviews Marc Hurwitz on the topic of followership, what it is, the 5 key skills of followership, and why it’s so important to be as a strong a follower as a leader to build and sustain a successful engineering career. “It’s not your […] The post Leadership is Half the Story: How Followership is Critical to A Successful Engineering Career – Ep 078 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I will provide coaching to an engineer who is not happy with the rate that he is advancing in his company and we talk about how to press his company on advancement. “I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, but the wheel that […] The post A Conversation with an Engineer on How to Press His Company on Advancement – Ep 077 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson and I are going to answer questions from our listeners asking for career advice. “Ideally, since 80 percent of your life is spent working, you should start your business around something that is a passion of yours. If you’re into kite surfing and you […] The post TECC Community Questions Answered – Part 2 – Ep 076 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, we will focus on the job search process and will interview a member of the Engineering Career Community who is in the process of searching for an engineering job because he has hit a ceiling in his current position. “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” – […] The post A Discussion With An Engineer Trying To Make A Career Move – Ep 075 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by senivpetro on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews Bruce Harpham and discusses career planning, increasing your ability to generate more income, and lifelong learning and certifications. We’ll also give you Four Key Insights To Earning $100 000 Per Year in Your Engineering Career. “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”  – Viktor […] The post Four Key Insights To Earning $100 000 Per Year in Your Engineering Career – Ep 074 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to share with you my experiences on real estate investing along with my guest Vittorio Anepete, who is an engineer and a member of our Engineering Career Community. “Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real […] The post Real Estate Investing 101 for Engineers – Ep 073 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image from Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Hal Elrod who absolutely changed my life earlier this year with his book The Miracle Morning The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM). “Let today be the day you give up who you’ve been for who you can […] The post How to Drastically Improve Your Engineering Career and Life in One Hour Per Day with Hal Elrod – Ep 072 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to interview Thomas Miller from WTF Professor, who will give us some strategies on how to re-engineer the learning process for engineers. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Ghandi In the Take […] The post Re-Engineering the Learning Process – Ep 071 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.