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Latest Engineering Leadership and Management Articles
5 Ways Engineers can Handle Extreme Uncertainty
Do you work in an environment with high levels of uncertainty? Uncertainty is characterized by high complexity (that is, many players or factors are at work) and high instability (things can change in a moment). If you have both complexity and instability, you have...
Leadership means moving beyond the technology to the business issues
[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,...
What a Near Death Experience Taught Me about Engineering
My wife and I were in one of our favourite downtown coffee shops recently on a date. We were having a wonderful time together. It had been a little while since we had had a chance to just put our busy lives on hold to go out for some time just for us. It was...
How I Read at 1.5X the Speed of Sound (and how you can learn to do it in under 5 minutes)
oday, I want to teach you about one of the most important productivity hacks I've ever learned. This one simple tip has single-handedly improved my technical skills, communication skills, business...
Mechanical Engineering Salary Study: My Worldwide Investigation
One of the most frequently asked questions that I get is about engineering salaries. For example: What's a good salary for an engineer? How does a mechanical engineering salary compare to an electrical engineering salary? Should I ask my employer for more...
Twitter, Klout, and LinkedIn: Showing Credibility in a Digital Age
[A note from Pat: Today's post is a combo guest post from by Rebecca H. Goldberg and Carl Friesen. I met Carl over at Engineering.com where he and I both blog frequently. Carl and Rebecca work at Global Reach Communications, where they help professionals make a name...
Engineering Your Own Career Strategy Pt. 2
This is the second instalment in a two-part series on using business strategy theory to get ahead in your engineering career. In the first part in the series, I wrote about the basics of business strategy and how they apply to engineers. Today, I'll teach you more...
Engineering Courses Online – Become an Engineering Ninja
When I left undergrad, I discovered something terrible: my education left me woefully unprepared for real engineering work. I remember arriving at work my first week and being asked to "spec' a cable". I literally had no idea what that meant. "You know, like, chose...
Engineering Your Own Career Strategy Pt. 1
[Note from Pat: This is the first instalment of a two-part series. For your reference, the second part is here. PS 03/11/2014] Strategy is absolutely critical for a company. A business that doesn't have a strategy for how it's going to compete in the marketplace is a...
How to spend 80% Less Time on Email
Where I work, if you were to ask a random sample of people what they were up to in a given moment, no less than half of them say "Email". You've probably seen it yourself where you work. Heck, you might even spent the majority of YOUR time dealing with email....