The AEC Leadership Podcast

In this episode, Dorie Clark (@dorieclark), marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review shares some strategies on how you can reinvent yourself by rebranding, and her thoughts on having mentors for mid to senior engineers and mastermind groups as part of your reinvention journey. Reinventing Yourself So You Can […] The post Reinventing Yourself So You Can Stand Out in Your Engineering Career – Ep 087 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview two engineering executives from Big Red Dog engineering – Will Schnier, PE and Russell Yeager, PE – and we talk about building your engineering career, the concept of a flywheel, and how these guys have used this concept to build a leading engineering company. […] The post Building Your Engineering Career Flywheel with the Two Engineering Executives – Ep 086 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews John Tarnoff, a coach that works with the baby boomers generation professionals in career transitions and career resiliency.  Both skills that effective engineers wield and both skills that each of us must build to create a fulfilling engineering career. “A chasm cannot be […] The post How to Work With Baby Boomers and Leverage the Power of Long-Range Engineering Career Planning – Ep 085 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews Paul Rulkens and talk about the razor’s edge, some strategies on continuous improvement, and the power of knowledge that comes from reading books. Paul explains why any of us would want to be pre-eminent (hint: it accelerates your engineering career or business).  And […] The post Leading An Engineering Career on the Razor’s Edge – Ep 084 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Rashid Kapadia who is an author of book entitled Necessary Bridges, and he talks about how engineers can improve their public speaking skills and get into the flow or put themselves in an atmosphere to succeed. “May what I do flow from me like a […] The post Improving Your Public Speaking and Getting into the Flow as an Engineer with Author Rashid Kapadia – Ep 083 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews retired major general Paul McGillicuddy on leadership and how to design your leadership style. They dig deep into leadership traits, where to find leadership training, how to deal with a difficult boss, and many more straight from Paul who has an amazing role […] The post Designing Your Leadership Style for An Effective Engineering Career – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Ep 082 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

Image by pch.vector on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Jonathan Voelkel who details questions you must ask yourself if you want to become a partner in engineering firm. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley Jonathan Voelkel joined Rusk O’Brien Gido (ROG) […] The post Questions You Must Ask if You Want to Become a Partner in Engineering Firm – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Ep 081 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson interviews Susan RoAne who is a world-class teacher, speaker and author on the topic of relationship development and networking. Her books How to Work A Room and Face to Face: How to Reclaim the Personal Touch in a Digital World are great in providing […] The post How To Work a Room And In Your Engineering Project Team – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Ep 080 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson and I are going to answer more questions from our listeners asking for career advice. “If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities. It’s very important that you find something that […] The post TECC Community Questions Answered – Part 3 – The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Ep 079 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Chris Knutson, PE interviews Marc Hurwitz on the topic of followership, what it is, the 5 key skills of followership, and why it’s so important to be as a strong a follower as a leader to build and sustain a successful engineering career. “It’s not your […] The post Leadership is Half the Story: How Followership is Critical to A Successful Engineering Career – Ep 078 appeared first on Engineering Management Institute.