by Pat Sweet | Jan 31, 2017 | Article, Business Skills
The main goal I have for this website is to help engineers and engineering organizations grow and prosper through mastery of the non-technical side of engineering: business, management, and leadership. I believe that in order for you to be sucessful you need to have...
by Pat Sweet | Mar 17, 2016 | Article, Business Skills
Two months ago, one of my co-workers got news that many of us dread that we’ll one day get ourselves. “Ted,” his manager told him, “we have to let you go.” Ted (not his real name) had suspected that this might be coming. Between the tough...
by Pat Sweet | Apr 20, 2014 | Article, Business Skills, Leadership, Professional Development
[Note from Pat: This is a guest post from Carl Friesen, principal of Global Reach Communications Inc.] Many engineers believe strongly that technical excellence is their path to career success. So they focus on technical aspects such as accuracy in measurement,...