Engineering and Leadership Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Key to Successful Digital Transformation Projects
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I discuss digital transformation projects with speaker, author, and former football player Tanvir Bhangoo, and why these projects are...
Learning and Development: The Antidote to the Great Resignation
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I chat with Anthony Fasano, president of the Engineering Management Institute, about the importance of leadership, management and car...
Three Critical Considerations for Managing International Engineering Teams
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Managing international teams is incredibly difficult. Today, Pamela Kellert shares her insights into how to better manage international teams.
Why Clarity is the Secret to Great Communications and Stronger Teams
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dolores Hirschmann believes that clarity of message is critical to effective leadership. A leader’s team can’t buy in to a vision without first un...
Making Soulless Companies a Thing of the Past
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ralf Specht is on a mission to rid the world of soulless companies. On today’s episode, he explains why it’s good for business for a company to ha...
Business Engineering: Why Engineers Should Have Business Skills
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Duncan Oyevaar believes in the power of business engineering. He has seen that organizations can dramatically improve themselves by equipping their en...
From One Day to Day One: The Future of Engineering and Leadership
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition, I tease the next episodes of the show and make a major announcement about the future of the Engineering & Leadership project.
EL042 – From CEO to Master Coach: The Story of one Engineer’s Mission to Empower Others
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Seiler has spent his career helping engineers do incredible work by empowering them and stepping back to let them do incredible work - first as...
EL041 – How to get your Engineering Teams to Take Ownership and Stay Curious (and why it’ll save your company)
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Drucker, the father of modern management thinking once said that "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." That wasn't a knock on how important str...
EL040 – How to instantly make your meetings shorter, more productive, and less painful
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meetings are a fact of organizational life. The fact that so few of us have ever been trained to run excellent meetings is a bit of a shock. We all kn...
EL039 – How to become a better leader by letting go
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
EL038 – How to find (or become) an engineering mentor
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mentorship in the world of engineering is an incredible tool. It helps those being mentored improve job performance, satisfaction, and achievement of ...
EL037 – Demystifying Sales and Selling for Engineers
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sales and business development are key skills for engineers who want to grow in their careers. For many senior engineers and engineering managers, hel...
EL036 – Culture of excellence: How to build brilliant engineering teams through incredible culture
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Culture is the glue that holds an organization together. It's the unwritten, ethereal rules of engagement - the collection of "how things work around ...
EL035 – Women In Engineering: Combating Bias and Redefining Success for a Better Future
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's interview, I speak with Stephanie Slocum, author of She Engineers and founder of Engineers rising about supporting women in engineering thr...
EL034 – Leading Engineers to Success in Hybrid Workplaces
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Engineering & Leadership podcast, I interview psychologist Dr. Robin Rosenberg about the risks posed by hybrid workplaces, how ...
EL033 – The Engineer’s Guide to Public Speaking (Without Getting Awkwardly Sweaty)
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Thompson of Teach The Geek shares his advice for engineers everywhere on why public speaking is so important for engineers and how to improve as ...
EL032 – Tired Tires and the Circular Economy: How Wastefront is Saving the World One Tire at a Time
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I speak with Wastefront's CTO, Henrik Selstam, about his company and their mission to address one of the world's most pressing environmental ch...
EL031 – Leadership is Language: David Marquet on The Power Behind What You Say (And What You Don’t)
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I speak with David Marquet on the importance of the language we use as leaders, what's wrong with the old way of engaging with our teams, and h...
EL030 – Leading Yourself: How to Take Control Of Your Career and Do What You Love
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Engineering & Leadership podcast, I speak with Dr. Ben Ritter about the importance of leading yourself and how to start if you'...
EL029 – Metric Madness: The 5 Most Common Problems With Engineering Metrics and How to Fix Them
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I'm going to share five common issues I see with engineering project metrics in professional practice, and how to address them on your projects...
EL028 – How to launch a successful tech start-up
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, I speak with Brett Fox, a seasoned high-tech executive and entrepreneur who has made a career of launching successful businesses a...
EL027 – How to change the world through a mission-driven team
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Vivian and I discuss the importance of mission in leading a team, why she decided to move on from her "dream job" at McKinsey, how...
EL026 – Learning, Teaching, and the Pursuit of Engineering Management Excellence
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lucas Marino is a principal life cycle engineer for the COLUMBIA submarine program, engineering manager, educator, small business owner, and fam...
EL025 – Performing a Hard Reset on Life: How One Engineer Went From Rock Bottom To True Happiness
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with engineer, author, and TedX speaker Michael Tranmer on how the sudden end of his marriage forced a reset in his life, and how he foun...
EL024 – What Teaching at MIT for 20 Years Taught This Engineer About Success
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with author, MIT instructor, and CTO Mark Herschberg on the essential skills you need to succeed as an engineering leader.
EL023 – Leadership Lessons from a CTO
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, I speak with Andrew Hinkelman, founder of Priority-1 Group, and former CTO of Parametric, about leadership and management in the t...
EL022 – Managing Brilliant Jerks
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, I interview Dr. Katrina Burrus about the challenges technical experts face when moving in to management, the importance of cultura...
EL021 – From the Shop Floor to the Corner Office
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, I interview Josh Mathias, the Managing Director at the Hythe Group, a multi-disciplinary engineering firm from the UK on lea...
EL020 – Five Things They Don’t Tell You When You Become an Engineering Manager
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, I share five things that nobody tells you when you transition into engineering management. It's a summary of the biggest les...
EL019 – How to future-proof your engineering career
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
EL018 – One Engineer’s Mission to Make 1 Billion People Happier
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 com...
EL017 – The CIA’s Guide to Making Engineers Miserable
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
EL016 – How to give useful feedback without it being awkward for everybody
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
EL015 – The Art of Prioritization
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 wor...
EL014 – Leadership, Writing, and Side Projects with Engineer and Author Matthew G. Dick
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I have a conversation with Matthew G. Dick, author of SEED: A Hard Science Fiction Novel about Survival, Colonization, and Leadership...
EL013 – How To Find Your Dream Engineering Job (Even During A Pandemic)
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interview Sol Rosenbaum of theengineeringmentor.com about strategies for finding your next engineering job, especially during a pan...
EL012 – 8 Simple Strategies To Master Your Inbox
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 - gett...
EL011 – Beating Impostor Syndrome with Jeff Perry
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
EL010 – Recognition: The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
EL009 – 4 Reasons Going Off-Grid Will Supercharge Your Mind
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I discuss the value of disconnecting and getting away. Disrupting your normal work habits to make time and space to think deeply can ...
EL008 – The Life-changing Magic of Saying No
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we talk about the life-changing magic of saying no - the most powerful word in your professional vocabulary.
EL007 – The Honest Truth About When Engineers Can Lead
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore the difference between management and leadership and explain how engineers can lead at any stage in their career. I also gi...
EL 006 – (Re)Introduction to the Engineering and Leadership Podcast
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we relaunch the podcast and tell you a bit about what to expect in the coming weeks.
EL 005 – The engineer’s productivity formula
25 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast/ blog post, you’ll hear all about the formula that I’ve developed over the last decade to really improve my productivity as an eng...
EL 004 – The importance of money for engineers
05 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the fourth episode of the Engineering and Leadership podcast! This episode digs into why understanding money is incredibly important for e...
EL 003 – Why you need to love your job
11 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the show today, I go through the five top reasons you need to love your job. The five reasons are: 1. At least a half of your waking hours sp...
EL 002 – Is it better to become CEO or a technical Guru?
21 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second episode of the Engineering and Leadership podcast! This episode covers whether it is better to become a manager or a technical s...
EL 001 – Introduction and Productivity Hacks
16 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Well, I've gone and done it and started a podcast. This is the very first episode of the Engineering and Leadership Podcast. In this episode, I introd...