by Pat Sweet | Oct 12, 2021 | Leadership, People Management, Podcast, Project Management
One of the struggles many engineering leaders have is knowing how and when to let go and allow their teams to move forward with their daily work. It can be incredibly difficult to know how to transition from working in the team to working on the team. This leads to micromanagement, impaired performance, and a dearth of leadership and direction.
Luckily, Peter Docker addresses this exact problem in his new book, Leading from the Jumpseat: How to create extraordinary opportunities by handing over control. In today’s episode, I speak with Peter about his new book, the importance of letting go, and what it takes to be a fantastic engineering leader.
by Pat Sweet | Sep 26, 2021 | People Management, Podcast
Mentorship in the world of engineering is an incredible tool. It helps those being mentored improve job performance, satisfaction, and achievement of long-term goals. For the mentor, it helps connect with earlier stage professionals, organize their thoughts and frameworks around their work, and gives them a chance to give back. Finding or becoming and engineering mentor is a brilliant move at any point in your engineering career.
by Pat Sweet | Aug 29, 2021 | Business Skills, Leadership, Podcast
Sales and business development are key skills for engineers who want to grow in their careers. For many senior engineers and engineering managers, helping to grow their company through new business is an absolute necessity. In this episode, you’ll learn what sales is really all about, why it’s important for your growth, and why you already have a lot of the skills needed to be great at helping to grow your engineering firm.
by Pat Sweet | Aug 3, 2021 | Leadership, People Management, Podcast
Culture is the glue that holds an organization together. It’s the unwritten, ethereal rules of engagement – the collection of “how things work around here”. Today, I speak with Mark Kinsella, VP of Engineering at Opendoor about organizational culture: what it is, why it’s important to engineering organizations, and how to drive excellence through excellent engineering culture.
by Pat Sweet | Jul 18, 2021 | Leadership, People Management, Podcast
In today’s interview, I speak with Stephanie Slocum, author of She Engineers and founder of Engineers rising about supporting women in engineering through addressing unconscious bias, redefining success and creating a better, more inclusive future.
