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Latest Engineering Leadership and Management Articles
9 Ways to Rock Overtime
Sometimes, you need to work over-time. Be it a proposal that needs to be in before the deadline, or a scramble to get a presentation together for your boss, it's inevitable that you'll be putting some time in after 5PM (and possibly before 8AM, too). It's a fact of...
5 Reasons Engineering is Beautiful
'm writing this post mid-flight on a trip from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Fredericton, New Brunswick. It just occurred to me that the ability to do this is phenomenal. Isn't it? I mean, when I was a kid, I...
Innovative Leadership in Engineering: Leadership Challenges
Note from Pat: Today's post is part of a collaboration I'm doing with the kind folks at Rogers (www.RogersCorp.com) to celebrate National Engineers Week. Rogers is a world leader in high-tech innovative materials. You'll note below that the post they've written has a...
What is the Goal of an Engineer? (Part 1)
s you may already know, I started studying for my MBA this semester. It's a lot of work and a lot of fun. I'm having a blast and learning a lot. One of the classes I'm taking now is in...
Engineering Salary – What Should You be Getting Paid?
If you're like most engineers, you've probably wondered if you're being paid what you should be. It's an interesting question, but also a tough one to answer because of the number of variables that are at play - your industry, the kind of organization you work for,...
Is that what you really want? Solving the right problems
We don’t generally ask for what we want. We ask for what we think will get us what we want. How should that affect our goal-setting process, or the way we (as engineers or entrepreneurs) define the problems we are about to solve?
Get Comfortable with being Uncomfortable
One of the questions I get most often over on Twitter is about how you move into the career or field you want if you have no experience in it. It's an excellent question. The answer would definitely take more than a single post to answer, though I think there's...
Continuing Education for Engineers: Your Ticket to Being Awesome
One of my mains goals for this blog is to help you develop your professional and technical self. I want you to be awesome at what you do. And if you're already awesome, I want to help be even more awesome - as tough a task as that may be. One of the best ways I've...
The 5 Marks of a Leader
Leadership is one of those things that can be tough describe. It's one of those "you know it when you see it" kinds of things. Anyone who's worked on teams lead by a good leader knows what a difference it can make in the success of the project, and the satisfaction...
An Engineer’s Resolution Revolution
Ah yes, it's a new year. And with each new year comes the promise of new excitement, new projects, and new adventures. 2013 comes with the opportunity for you to achieve greatness. I'll tell you one thing, though. 2013 isn't going to be great because of awesome New...