by Pat Sweet | Dec 2, 2012 | Article, Getting Started, Leadership, Professional Development
Today, I want to talk about something fundamental to this blog. I want to try and answer the question: why are technical leadership skills important anyway? I’m going to argue that technical leadership skills are the most important tool you have at your...
by Pat Sweet | Nov 27, 2012 | Article, Careers, Getting Started, Leadership, Professional Development
Many people are interested in leadership and have the potential to become incredible leaders. Unfortunately, the majority of those people don’t ever realize their potential because they don’t know where to start. Today, I want to offer a leadership...
by Pat Sweet | Nov 16, 2012 | Article, Careers, Professional Development
One of my goals for this blog is to share resources with you that could help you in developing yourself as an engineering leader. As of yet, I haven’t really put much out there in terms of educational resources, but today I’d like to change that....
by Pat Sweet | Nov 1, 2012 | Article, Productivity
Today’s instalment of my how to write an email series is going to focus on the stuff you do before you actually write the email. Specifically, I want to tackle the To, CC, and BCC fields. You might think that this isn’t all that important compared to the...
by Pat Sweet | Oct 31, 2012 | Article, Careers, Getting Started, Professional Development
Quite some time ago, I introduced the concept of the 20-Mile March. The idea comes from Jim Collins’ latest book, Great by Choice. Collins describes the 20-Mile March as the set of activities that great companies do day in, day out, regardless of the prevailing...
by Pat Sweet | Oct 30, 2012 | Article, Leadership
I was recently asked to review a new eBook called Critical Thinking – Getting it Right by Christian Knutson. Today, I wanted to share with you what the book is about and what my overall thoughts were. The short version is that I think you would really dig this...
