The AEC Leadership Podcast
Episodes
Listener Questions Answered – Ep 068
14 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to answer questions from our listeners asking for career advice and help with thei...
Mindfulness Meditation for Engineers: How to Meditate As An Engineer Without Moving To The Himalayas – Ep 067
07 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Christian Knutson will explain the benefits of mindfulness meditation and how you can apply t...
Maneuvering Your Engineering Career Through Planned and Unplanned Transitions – Ep 066
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my partner Chris Knutson interviews author James Lehman who gives some good strategies and ad...
Personal Finance for Engineers – Ep 065
23 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to discuss personal finance, specifically the key lessons I learned from the book ...
Engineering Leadership with Pat Sweet – Ep 064
16 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to take you inside the Engineering Career Summit which is the event that Chris and...
Communication Skills for Engineers – The Seven Deadly Sins and How to Overcome Them – Ep 063
09 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast focuses on communication skills for engineers. I interview Skip Weisman who is an internationally...
Creating a Focused, Productive and Stress-Free Engineering Career and Life – EYOS 6 of 7 – Ep 062
02 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Image by senivpetro on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I give you some strategies on productivity, focused and stress...
The Research Behind Engineering Leaders with Melinda Tourangeau – Ep 061
26 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Melinda Tourangeau whom I met at the Engineering Career Success Summit in D.C. wh...
Engineering Career Success Summit 2015 Breakdown of Lessons Learned – Ep 060
19 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my co-host Chris Knutson and I are break down the lessons we have learned from our recent eve...
How Morning and Evening Rituals can Impact Your Engineering Career and Life – Ep 059
12 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my co-host Chris Knutson and I are going to talk about the importance of morning and evening ...
Samurai or Firefighter – What Kind of Engineer Are You? – Ep 058
05 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my co-host Chris Knutson and I are going to discuss two different approaches to work as an en...
Five Tips for Drastically Improving Your Engineering Presentations with Melissa Marshall – Ep 057
28 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview a dynamic speaker who has lectured at Harvard Medical School, the New York Academ...
My Five Biggest Career Challenges – Ep 056
21 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Image by jcomp on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to share with you some of the career related challenges ...
Seven Strategies for Networking and Building Relationships as an Engineer – EYOS Part 5 of 7 – Ep 055
14 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I provide seven strategies that can help you become a better networker and building better re...
Stop Talking and Start Communicating as an Engineer – Ep 054
07 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Geoffrey Tumlin, CEO of Mouthpiece Consulting and Author of Stop Talking , Start ...
The Importance of Becoming a Visible Expert as an Engineer – Ep 053
31 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Sylvia Montgomery, partner at the professional service branding and marketing fir...
What You Need to Know About the Job Search Process as an Engineer – Ep 052
24 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview a top engineering recruiter Paul Heidhues about the job search process. “Inform...
Global Networking From LinkedIn and Beyond – Ep 051
17 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Sanjay Gupta, how powerful is global networking like Linkedin which has more than...
Lessons I’ve Learned in the First Fifty Episodes – Ep 050
10 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my good friend Christian Knutson, PE, PMP, ENV SP, is going to interview me about the lessons...
Nine Tips to Become an Effective Communicator – EYOS Part 4 of 7 – Ep 049
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I will discuss nine strategies to help you become an effective communicator. Clear and effect...
Five Strategies to an Innovative Engineering Career – Ep 048
23 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview a rocket scientist, Brett Hoffstadt who provides five strategies for building an ...
Five Keys to Success from a 29 Year Old Engineering Project Manager – Ep 047
17 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
My guest for this episode of TheThe Engineering Career Coach Podcast is Bailey Harrington, a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Texas with...
Five Steps to Managing Conflict in Your Engineering Career and Personal Life – Ep 046
10 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Image by yanalya on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Dr. Zach Schaefer on the topic of conflict, which mos...
How to Find or Become a Mentor in Your Engineering Career – EYOS Part 3 of 7 – Ep 045
03 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to give you strategies for finding the right mentor in your engineering career and...
The Dos and Don’ts of Content Consumption in Your Engineering Career – Ep 044
27 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Image by jcomp on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I will give you some strategies that will help you filter content c...
Three Reasons Why Credentials are Important and Three Strategies on How to Get Them – EYOS Part 2 of 7 – Ep 043
20 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Image by senivpetro on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I talk about why credentials are so important in your engineer...
The Key to Controlling Your Destiny in Your Life and Engineering Career – Ep 042
13 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I give you the one key that you must know in order to controlling your destiny in your life. ...
7 Steps to Engineering Powerful Personal and Professional Goals – EYOS Part 1 of 7 – Ep 041
06 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I provide seven steps that you can use to set powerful personal and professional goals or rev...
Strategies for Shifting Your Engineering Career from Domestic to International – Ep 040
23 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I help a young electrical engineer develop a plan for shifting his career from a domestic pos...
How Being an Entrepreneur can Help you in your Engineering Career with Sam Lytle, PE of CivilFX- Ep 039
16 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Sam Lytle who is an engineer turned entrepreneur. Lytle discusses the benefits of...
18 Characteristics that made John Roebling one of the Greatest Engineers of All Time – Part 2 of 2 – Ep 038
09 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I will finish my interview with historian Clifford Zink who wrote The Roebling Legacy and bri...
18 Characteristics that made John Roebling one of the Greatest Engineers of All Time – Part 1 of 2 – Ep 037
02 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I visit the Roebling Museum and interview a historian who has written a book about John A. Ro...
Three Pillars That Will Help You Live the Engineering Career and Life You Love – Ep 036
25 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Image by Lifestylememory on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Sandra Abdalian of YourCareerEngineer.com. S...
4 Steps for Taking Your Idea and Making It a Reality in Your Engineering Career – Ep 035
18 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Image by jannoon028 on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview a chemical engineering student who raised over $88...
How a 5.5 Year Prison Sentence Inspired Author Matt Tenney to Become a Servant Leader – Ep 034
11 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Matt Tenney and learn how he has used his five and a half years in a military pri...
How To Turn Your Biggest Challenge in Your Engineering Career into Your Biggest Opportunity – Ep 033
04 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to help a younger engineer in Florida take her biggest challenge as a military spo...
A Challenge to Work Four Hours a Day in Your Engineering Career – Ep 032
28 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to challenge you to work only four hours per day for one week. “Success is actua...
Seven Keys to Developing Work-Life Balance in Your Engineering Career – Ep 031
21 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I discuss work-life balance, a topic that I am very passionate about. My guest is Julie Cohen...
How to Build Willpower and Create Positive Habits that Move You Closer to Your Engineering Goals with Leo Gura – Ep 030
07 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to provide you with specific steps for building your willpower and creating positi...
IECD 2014 Fall Meetup – What Our Panelists Taught us on Communication and Networking – Ep 029
01 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to summarize the panel sessions on communication and networking from our rec...
Nine Steps to Writing Proper and Meaningful E-mails for Engineers – Ep 028
23 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, my guest, Pat Sweet, is going to give out some amazing strategies with nine specific points o...
Six Action Items for Differentiating Yourself as an Engineer by Doing Things that You Are Not Always Supposed to Do – Ep 027
08 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to give you six action items you can use to differentiate yourself in the industry...
A Five-Step Process for Overcoming Your Addiction to E-mail – Ep 026
26 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I provide the five-step process that I have utilized to overcome my addiction to e-mail in ho...
What to Do if You Are Not Getting the Engineering-Design Experience You Need – Ep 025
12 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I give a young engineer some guidance on concerns she has, including lack of engineering-desi...
10 More Answers for 10 More Questions from 10 More Engineers – Ep 024
29 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I answer 10 more questions related to career and personal development, submitted by The Engin...
10 Answers for 10 Questions from 10 Engineers – Ep 023
15 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I answer 10 questions related to career and personal development, submitted by The Engineerin...
How to Identify Burnout in Your Engineering Career Before It Happens and What to Do to Get Back on Track – Ep 022
01 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Stephanie Cook, an environmental engineer who now helps professionals avoid burno...
How to Be a Creative Communicator with Christina Canters – Ep 021
17 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Image by Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Christina Canters, an architect from Australia who now helps tec...
Seven Lessons Learned from Starting an Engineering Company as an EIT – Ep 020
03 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Image by pressfoto on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Matt Mangano, an EIT originally from New Jersey who...
How to Work Smarter as an Engineer by Utilizing Both Sides of Your Brain – Ep 019
20 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Image by kjpargeter on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Stu Walesh, PE, an independent consultant who prov...
How to Change Your Engineering Career Path from One Discipline to Another – Ep 018
06 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I help a young engineer create a plan to transition from one engineering discipline to anothe...
3 Major Benefits of Professional Associations and How to Realize Them – Ep 017
22 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I speak with Barry Cordero, national president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engine...
Nine Points to Help Prepare for and Get the Most out of Engineering Conferences – Ep 016
08 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I speak with Christian Knutson, PE, author of The Engineer Leader blog, who shares with us so...
How to Break into the Field of Sustainability with Professional Soccer Player Turned Professor Leidy Klotz – Ep 015
25 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Dr. Leidy Klotz, associate professor at the Glen Department of Civil Engineering ...
Three Key Pieces of Engineering Career Advice from Randy Over – ASCE National President – Ep 014
11 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Randal (Randy) Over, PE, FASCE—national president of the American Society of Ci...
How to Improve the Quality of Your Engineering Design Work and Boost Your Confidence – Ep 013
25 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to help a young structural engineer overcome a serious challenge he faces. He has ...
Five Steps for Becoming the Best Engineer in Your Field – Ep 012
12 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to provide five very specific steps for becoming the best engineer in your field. ...
Deciding on the Technical or Managerial Career Path as an Engineer – Ep 011
29 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to provide some tips to an engineer on how to decide whether to stay on the techni...
Acing the Engineering Job Interview – Ep 010
15 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to provide some tips to an engineer on how to ace the engineering job interview. T...
How to Not Mess Up Your Annual Review for Engineers – Ep 009
02 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to cover the oh so important annual review for engineers and provide some coaching...
Escaping the Cubicle Lifestyle as an Engineer – Ep 008
18 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to provide some coaching and guidance to an engineer who has a goal of escaping th...
The Path to Becoming a Partner in an Engineering Firm – Ep 007
04 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to provide an engineer who has a goal of becoming a partner, with some strategies ...
Dealing with a Difficult Supervisor and Learning to Delegate – Ep 006
20 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to give an engineer some strategies for dealing with a difficult supervisor and so...
Finding and Getting the Most Out of a Mentor in Your Engineering Career – Ep 005
07 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to outline the steps for finding a mentor in your engineering career who can guide...
Creating Opportunities in Your Engineering Career – Ep 004
30 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Image by DilokaStudio on Freepik In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to help an engineer who is discouraged and not ha...
Overcoming Stagnation in Your Engineering Career – Ep 003
23 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to help an engineer overcome stagnation and build flexibility into her career. Car...
Getting on the Path to Your Dream Engineering Job – Ep 002
16 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to discuss the process of seeking your dream engineering job, a topic I am very pa...
Building Relationships in Your Engineering Career – Ep 001
11 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
I will provide strategies to improve her networking skills, i help a young female engineer overcome her fear of networking and also help her building ...