by Tracy Thomason | Aug 15, 2019 | Leadership
Managing an engineering project is a lot like being a professional duck wrangler. People and projects are wandering around, mostly in small clusters, moving a variety of directions, and making a lot of noise. The bad news is many of your small herds got off course and...
by Tracy Thomason | Aug 6, 2019 | Leadership
“I don’t expect anyone else to be as excited as I am. Even with copious amounts of caffeine.” Airon Black, CSPO, PMC-IV, and Extrovert I still laugh about this quote from my conversation with Airon Black, a product marketing manager for BigCommerce...
by Tracy Thomason | May 7, 2019 | Engineering Students
What are engineering recruiters really looking for? In order to find out, I visited with Michael Tully, the Director of Talent Acquisition for Manhard Consulting in Chicago, IL. Manhard is a civil engineering and surveying firm with offices in Colorado, Illinois,...
by Tracy Thomason | Apr 30, 2019 | Leadership
Leaders in every industry need to be communicators. In the engineering world, it’s especially important since failures to communicate can derail expensive projects and potentially even cause physical harm to people. Learning to speak up will make you a better leader...
by Tracy Thomason | Apr 23, 2019 | Leadership
Leaders in every industry need to be communicators. In the engineering world, it’s especially important since failures to communicate can derail expensive projects and potentially even cause physical harm to people. Learning to speak up will make you a better leader...
