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 | Aug 22, 2012 | Article, Getting Started, Leadership
Leadership is an art – not a science. I think this is precisely why so many engineers struggle with developing their leadership skills. Engineers are technical gurus – we’re very good at solving discrete, quantitative issues. By and large,...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 12, 2012 | Article, Leadership, Productivity
So, you don’t have the corner office yet. That’s OK. There are a ton of things you can start doing today to be a leader within your team and organization – even if you spend 9-5 in a cube farm like me. Here are 4 ideas you can implement immediately...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 11, 2012 | Article, Leadership
In this post, I’m going to try and give you a concrete answer to the question: what is leadership? Leadership is the personal habit of taking selfless action to support the goals and needs of the people around you. Whoa. Heavy stuff, I know. Let’s break...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 2, 2012 | Article, Leadership
One problem that many engineers likely have with the idea of leadership is that it can seem ambiguous. What is leadership anyway? How can you tell someone is a leader? Engineers like me tend to do best with the quantifiable. We like facts, figures, and equations....
