The Engineering Career Coach Podcast

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my good friend Christian Knutson, PE, PMP, ENV SP, is going to interview me about the lessons that I’ve learned over the first fifty episodes of the podcast. Chris Knutson has over two decades as a civil engineer field grade officer in the United States Air […] The post Lessons I’ve Learned in the First Fifty Episodes – Ep 050 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I will discuss nine strategies to help you become an effective communicator. Clear and effective communication is critical in our engineering careers, especially when we work in teams, with clients and other people who are not technically savvy. This episode is the fourth part in the […] The post Nine Tips to Become an Effective Communicator – EYOS Part 4 of 7 – Ep 049 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview a rocket scientist, Brett Hoffstadt who provides five strategies for building an innovative engineering career, which is one where you continuously implement innovative ideas and actions in your career. “Think safe to fail not fail-safe.” – Brett Hoffstadt In the Take Action Today segment […] The post Five Strategies to an Innovative Engineering Career – Ep 048 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

My guest for this episode of TheThe Engineering Career Coach Podcast is Bailey Harrington, a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Texas with a record of success as a young engineer, project manager, and leader of engineering projects in the Austin area, as well as five years of military engineering experience both in central […] The post Five Keys to Success from a 29 Year Old Engineering Project Manager – Ep 047 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by yanalya on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Dr. Zach Schaefer on the topic of conflict, which most of us struggle with. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” – Mahatma Gandhi Dr. Zach Schaefer (Dr. Z), the Founder and President of […] The post Five Steps to Managing Conflict in Your Engineering Career and Personal Life – Ep 046 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to give you strategies for finding the right mentor in your engineering career and/or becoming one. This episode is the third of a seven-part Engineer Your Own Success series podcast where I am detailing the 7 key elements from my book Engineer Your […] The post How to Find or Become a Mentor in Your Engineering Career – EYOS Part 3 of 7 – Ep 045 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by jcomp on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I will give you some strategies that will help you filter content consumption in your engineering career. In our Take Action Today segment at the end of the show, I will give you a tip on how to be more aware […] The post The Dos and Don’ts of Content Consumption in Your Engineering Career – Ep 044 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by senivpetro on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I talk about why credentials are so important in your engineering career and give you some tips on how you can obtain the right ones. I will also share with you my public pledge on one of my 2015 goals at […] The post Three Reasons Why Credentials are Important and Three Strategies on How to Get Them – EYOS Part 2 of 7 – Ep 043 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I give you the one key that you must know in order to controlling your destiny in your life. “Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.” – Pablilius Syrus In our Take Action Today segment at the end of the show, I will […] The post The Key to Controlling Your Destiny in Your Life and Engineering Career – Ep 042 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I provide seven steps that you can use to set powerful personal and professional goals or revisit existing goals for the upcoming year. This episode is the first in a series of seven where I am going to walk through the seven key elements to creating […] The post 7 Steps to Engineering Powerful Personal and Professional Goals – EYOS Part 1 of 7 – Ep 041 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I help a young electrical engineer develop a plan for shifting his career from a domestic position to an international engineering career. Fadi is a 28 year-old electrical engineer from New York City. He is originally from Iraq and received a scholarship for a Master’s degree […] The post Strategies for Shifting Your Engineering Career from Domestic to International – Ep 040 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Sam Lytle who is an engineer turned entrepreneur. Lytle discusses the benefits of how being an entrepreneur can help you as an engineer, whether you’re a business owner or a recent graduate. The Take Action Today segment of this episode provides tools that you can […] The post How Being an Entrepreneur can Help you in your Engineering Career with Sam Lytle, PE of CivilFX- Ep 039 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I will finish my interview with historian Clifford Zink who wrote The Roebling Legacy and bring you 10 more characteristics that made John Roebling a great engineer. In this second half of the interview, Clifford discussed Roebling’s projects and proposals and how he exhibited these characteristics […] The post 18 Characteristics that made John Roebling one of the Greatest Engineers of All Time – Part 2 of 2 – Ep 038 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I visit the Roebling Museum and interview a historian who has written a book about John A. Roebling, one of the greatest engineers of all time to find out what made him great. This is the first half of the interview, which includes 8 of the […] The post 18 Characteristics that made John Roebling one of the Greatest Engineers of All Time – Part 1 of 2 – Ep 037 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by Lifestylememory on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Sandra Abdalian of YourCareerEngineer.com. Sandra discusses the three pillars that you can use to create the engineering career and life you’ve always wanted. “You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is […] The post Three Pillars That Will Help You Live the Engineering Career and Life You Love – Ep 036 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by jannoon028 on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview a chemical engineering student who raised over $88,000 to take her dream of empowering young women and make it a reality. “An idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements.” “Most ideas […] The post 4 Steps for Taking Your Idea and Making It a Reality in Your Engineering Career – Ep 035 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Matt Tenney and learn how he has used his five and a half years in a military prison to transform his life and career to where he is today. The Take Action Today segment of the show will give you a simple tip on […] The post How a 5.5 Year Prison Sentence Inspired Author Matt Tenney to Become a Servant Leader – Ep 034 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to help a younger engineer in Florida take her biggest challenge as a military spouse and leverage it into something positive. “Everything negative – pressure, challenges – are all opportunities for me to rise.” – Kobe Bryant The Take Action Today segment of […] The post How To Turn Your Biggest Challenge in Your Engineering Career into Your Biggest Opportunity – Ep 033 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to challenge you to work only four hours per day for one week. “Success is actually a short race, a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.” “It is not that we have too little […] The post A Challenge to Work Four Hours a Day in Your Engineering Career – Ep 032 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I discuss work-life balance, a topic that I am very passionate about. My guest is Julie Cohen, author of Your Work, Your Life …Your Way and an expert on this topic. “Thinking about work as a day job has made a big difference in the way […] The post Seven Keys to Developing Work-Life Balance in Your Engineering Career – Ep 031 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.