The Engineering Career Coach Podcast

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going talk about leadership and how you can improve your leadership skills as an engineer regardless of your current position or experience level. This episode is the seventh part in the seven part series where I covered the 7 key elements to creating an […] The post Developing the Engineering Leader Inside of You – EYOS 7 of 7 – Ep 070 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my partner Chris interviews Mike Giorgione, the founder of Leading Leaders on impact leadership. They talk about how you can take positive action, how you can provide value and positive influences, and remain relevant in your engineering career, and how to connect as an engineer leader […] The post How to Deliver Impact Leadership in Your Engineering Career – Ep 069 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to answer questions from our listeners asking for career advice and help with their resume and job search. “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.”–Katherine Whitehorn In the Take Action Today segment of the […] The post Listener Questions Answered – Ep 068 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Christian Knutson will explain the benefits of mindfulness meditation and how you can apply them in your life. “When we speak of meditation, it is important for you to know that this is not some weird cryptic activity, as our popular culture might have it. It […] The post Mindfulness Meditation for Engineers: How to Meditate As An Engineer Without Moving To The Himalayas – Ep 067 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my partner Chris Knutson interviews author James Lehman who gives some good strategies and advice on maneuvering your engineering career through transitions. “Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to […] The post Maneuvering Your Engineering Career Through Planned and Unplanned Transitions – Ep 066 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to discuss personal finance, specifically the key lessons I learned from the book Rich Dad/Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. “Intelligence solves problems & produces money. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.” ― Robert T. Kiyosaki In the Take Action Today segment of the show, […] The post Personal Finance for Engineers – Ep 065 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to take you inside the Engineering Career Summit which is the event that Chris and I threw in Washington DC in early May and will be throwing again in May 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. I am going to play for you an […] The post Engineering Leadership with Pat Sweet – Ep 064 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

This episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast focuses on communication skills for engineers. I interview Skip Weisman who is an internationally recognized expert in workplace communication skills for engineers and discuss workplace communication, one of the skills that is critical to building your engineering career. “The way we communicate with others and with ourselves […] The post Communication Skills for Engineers – The Seven Deadly Sins and How to Overcome Them – Ep 063 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by senivpetro on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I give you some strategies on productivity, focused and stress-free work-life balance. This episode is the sixth part in the seven part series of my recently released updated and expanded edition of my book, Engineer Your Own Success. “Efficiency is doing […] The post Creating a Focused, Productive and Stress-Free Engineering Career and Life – EYOS 6 of 7 – Ep 062 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Melinda Tourangeau whom I met at the Engineering Career Success Summit in D.C. where she was an attendee and a very active one. Melinda will share some characteristics about technical leadership based on her PhD research. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” […] The post The Research Behind Engineering Leaders with Melinda Tourangeau – Ep 061 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my co-host Chris Knutson and I are break down the lessons we have learned from our recent event, the Engineering Career Success Summit (ECSS). We also interviewed Skye Coleman to give you an attendee’s perspective and his key take-aways from the event. “All the time and […] The post Engineering Career Success Summit 2015 Breakdown of Lessons Learned – Ep 060 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my co-host Chris Knutson and I are going to talk about the importance of morning and evening rituals and even give you some insights to our own rituals, some of which are life changing. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, […] The post How Morning and Evening Rituals can Impact Your Engineering Career and Life – Ep 059 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my co-host Chris Knutson and I are going to discuss two different approaches to work as an engineer, the firefighter approach and the samurai approach. The basic difference being a reactive or proactive approach in the way you work. “Productivity is never an accident. It is always […] The post Samurai or Firefighter – What Kind of Engineer Are You? – Ep 058 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview a dynamic speaker who has lectured at Harvard Medical School, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She has performed an extremely TED talk, “Talk Nerdy to Me,” which has been watched by more than one […] The post Five Tips for Drastically Improving Your Engineering Presentations with Melissa Marshall – Ep 057 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by jcomp on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to share with you some of the career related challenges that I will be facing in the next few months which I hope may inspire you as you face your own challenges. “He focuses not just on the goal […] The post My Five Biggest Career Challenges – Ep 056 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I provide seven strategies that can help you become a better networker and building better relationships, if you apply them. This episode is the fifth part in the seven part series of the recently released updated and expanded edition of my Engineer Your Own Success book. […] The post Seven Strategies for Networking and Building Relationships as an Engineer – EYOS Part 5 of 7 – Ep 055 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Geoffrey Tumlin, CEO of Mouthpiece Consulting and Author of Stop Talking , Start Communicating who balances research, experience, and humor to draw attention to the increasingly troublesome disconnect between our higher-order communication needs and our lower-order communication practices, while pointing a straightforward and compelling […] The post Stop Talking and Start Communicating as an Engineer – Ep 054 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Sylvia Montgomery, partner at the professional service branding and marketing firm, Hinge Marketing. Sylvia shares the definition, power and the purpose of becoming a visible expert. “Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning […] The post The Importance of Becoming a Visible Expert as an Engineer – Ep 053 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview a top engineering recruiter Paul Heidhues about the job search process. “Information is not knowledge.” – Albert Einstein In the Take Action Today segment of the show, Paul will give you some tips that you can use to prepare an awesome resume and improve […] The post What You Need to Know About the Job Search Process as an Engineer – Ep 052 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Sanjay Gupta, how powerful is global networking like Linkedin which has more than 40,000 connections. He created and manages the LinkedIn Construction Group called Linking Construction with over 138,000 members but still remains extremely responsive to people. In this episode, he discusses his approach […] The post Global Networking From LinkedIn and Beyond – Ep 051 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.