The Engineering & Leadership Podcast
About the Engineering & Leadership Podcast
The Engineering and Leadership Podcast is all about leadership, management, business and productivity in an engineering context. It’s like an audio business school for engineers. The goal is to help you learn about the softer side of engineering and to build your business accumen, but more importantly, to help you go out and apply what you learn. My mission with the show is to help you become a stronger engineer, a stronger leader, go from good to great, and get things done. If you’re an engineer who wants to step things up in your career, make a move into leadership role, or want to improve your business and management skills, this is absolutely the place for you.
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Engineering & Leadership Podcast Shownotes
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EL019 – How to future-proof your engineering career
In this week’s episode, I share three strategies for future-proofing your career so that you can move forward with confidence, even in a pandemic.
You’ll hear advice on gaining career clarity, beating impostor syndrome, and establishing yourself as a leader, along with my co-host Jeff Perry.
EL018 – One Engineer’s Mission to Make 1 Billion People Happier
In this week’s episode, I Interview Steve Foran, a progressional engineer whose career took a major turn nearly 15 years ago, when he launched a company to help make people happier through gratitude.
Steve’s mission is simple, yet incredibly daunting: Make 1 Billion Happier People.
I ask Steve about the importance of his mission, how gratitude helps leaders, and what engineering managers can do today to start practicing gratitude each and every day.
EL017 – The CIA’s Guide to Making Engineers Miserable
Description In this episode, I explore a WWII-era guide to "Simple Sabotage" published by the CIA's predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services. It explains how disgruntled citizens of foreign nations can do little things to be disruptive and cause trouble. As it so...
EL016 – How to give useful feedback without it being awkward for everybody
Description In this episode, I chat with Pam Scott, founder of MentorLoft.com about the value of feedback, common mistakes when giving feedback, and how to address them. Listen Show Notes iTunes Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Newsletter Productivity Pyramid...
EL015 – The Art of Prioritization
In this episode, I give a sneak peak into my engineering productivity course and give away five of my best tips to help engineers prioritize their work.
EL014 – Leadership, Writing, and Side Projects with Engineer and Author Matthew G. Dick
In this episode, I have a conversation with Matthew G. Dick, author of SEED: A Hard Science Fiction Novel about Survival, Colonization, and Leadership. Matthew is an experienced engineering manager who recently completed his first novel. He shares his experience writing the book, how he balanced work with a major side project, and how he has developed his own leadership skills through the experience.
EL013 – How To Find Your Dream Engineering Job (Even During A Pandemic)
In this episode, I interview Sol Rosenbaum of theengineeringmentor.com about strategies for finding your next engineering job, especially during a pandemic. We cover modern job search techniques, networking, using LinkedIn, interview skills, and much more.
EL012 – 8 Simple Strategies To Master Your Inbox
In this episode, I provide 8 of the specific strategies I use to process email, keep my inbox clean, and focus more time on what really matters – getting work done.
EL011 – Beating Impostor Syndrome with Jeff Perry
In this episode, I discuss impostor syndrome with Jeff Perry from morethan-engineering.com. We dig in to what it is, how it affects engineers, and how to manage it if you’re ever faced with it in your own career.
EL010 – Recognition: The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had
In this episode, I discuss the the importance of recognition, how it can influence your engineering team for the better, the risks of not recognizing your engineers, and simple – yet effective – ways to recognize people, even during a pandemic.
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