EL 006 – (Re)Introduction to the Engineering and Leadership Podcast
In this episode, we relaunch the podcast and tell you a bit about what to expect in the coming weeks.
20 Ways To Better Lead Virtual Teams
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash If necessity is the mother of all invention, then we are living in a time where we’ll be forced to be very inventive. The global COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc throughout the world. The toll on human life has already been...
One Thing Parenting Taught Me About Management that my MBA Didn’t
It’s not uncommon for me to have events outside my work life contribute to how I approach my work. Today was one of those days. Today, I have my daughter and her unwavering desire to push boundaries to thank for getting me thinking about how I lead my...
The Lost Art of Delegation
Delegation is incredibly important. An organization cannot survive without managers who can effectively and efficiently delegate tasks to staff. Managers who fail to learn this critical skill will find they and their teams inefficient and ineffective. These are the...
Leadership 101: Participative Leadership
Leadership 101 is a series I’ll be doing on different leadership theories, models, and ideas as they pertain to the practice of engineering. Today’s topic is participative leadership. I am often asked about leadership, how its defined, how to develop...
What leaders should care about
Everyone knows that leadership is important for an organization to do well. That much is clear. What most people struggle with is how to actually practice leadership. What exactly do you do if you want to be a leader? Like so many other things in business and in life,...
