by Pat Sweet | Jan 23, 2022 | Business Skills, Podcast
Duncan Oyevaar believes in the power of business engineering. He has seen that organizations can dramatically improve themselves by equipping their engineers with excellent business skills, and he’s got the data to prove it. Today, we talk about why engineers need to understand a business’ financials, value stream mapping, continuous improvement, and the importance of listening to your staff.
by Pat Sweet | Aug 29, 2021 | Business Skills, Leadership, Podcast
Sales and business development are key skills for engineers who want to grow in their careers. For many senior engineers and engineering managers, helping to grow their company through new business is an absolute necessity. In this episode, you’ll learn what sales is really all about, why it’s important for your growth, and why you already have a lot of the skills needed to be great at helping to grow your engineering firm.
by Pat Sweet | Jun 29, 2021 | Business Skills, Leadership, People Management, Podcast, Project Management
Neil Thompson of Teach The Geek shares his advice for engineers everywhere on why public speaking is so important for engineers and how to improve as a public speaker.
by Pat Sweet | May 16, 2021 | Business Skills, Leadership, People Management, Podcast
In today’s episode, I speak with Brett Fox, a seasoned high-tech executive and entrepreneur who has made a career of launching successful businesses and turning around foundering ones. He answers all the most important questions about launching a successful startup, and shares particular insight into the importance of having a fantastic founding team, why clarity of thought is critical, and why the COVID-19 pandemic might just be the perfect time to launch a new venture.
by Pat Sweet | Mar 5, 2017 | Business Skills, Podcast
http://media.blubrry.com/engineeringandleadership/p/traffic.libsyn.com/patsweet/EL_004_-_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Welcome to the fourth episode of the Engineering and Leadership podcast! This episode digs into why understanding...
by Pat Sweet | Feb 15, 2017 | Article, Business Skills
Something that engineers often need to decide is whether to pursue a particular project or not. Let’s say an engineering company is trying to decide whether or not to pursue a long term maintenance contract, or to invest in a particular R&D project. In order...