BLUF Your Way Through Engineering Email
Help someone else (or yourself) turn long, painful email into quick reads that get open and acted upon.
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The Social Engineer
This is Part 6 of a 6-article series on emotional intelligence in engineering. Part 1 is here: Engineering is More than IQ. A few years ago, a university career center invited Cliff and me to speak to their students about how to have a successful internship. Since...
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The Empathetic Engineer
This is Part 5 of a multi-article series on emotional intelligence in engineering. Part 1 is here: Engineering is More than IQ. Think back to the best teammates you’ve ever had. The ones you always wanted to work with or play with. Or, for that matter, just be around....
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The Motivated Engineer
This is Part 4 of a multi-article series on emotional intelligence in engineering. Part 1 is here: Engineering is More than IQ. As a child, when you took apart your parent’s VCR (or DVD player or maybe iPod) to see how it worked, you didn’t need a paycheck. You didn’t...
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The Emotionally Self-Regulating Engineer
This is Part 3 of a multi-article series on emotional intelligence in engineering. Part 1 is here: Engineering is More than IQ. All things considered, the meeting went a lot better than it could have. Nelson, the project manager who had been given near carte blanche...
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The Emotionally Self-Aware Engineer
Yes, you’re right. This is going to be one of those touchy-feely articles. It kind of has to be, right? We’re going to talk about getting in touch with your feelings. But we won’t use drum circles, incense, or other methods you might think of as flights of fancy....
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Engineering is More than IQ
The journey for most engineers often begins with a lot of good grades in math. That leads to the ability to comprehend and solve problems. And that leads to a lot of people looking at them and thinking, “Wow, they are smart.” Sometimes, though, a lot of people also...
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Take Time For Personal Development
Is your To Do pile growing faster than your To Done pile? Yeah, mine is, too. And if you're like me, you're scrambling to cut anything out of your calendar just to put out the latest fire. The first cut many people make is personal development time. It's easy to cut...
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4 Reasons To Intern First
1. Fit of the Job Role I have seen so many young engineers enter the job market, and take a job offer with a new company, and 3 to 5 years later leave the company disgruntled. It usually isn't the company's fault; although sometimes it is caused by working for a bad...
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Stuff Engineers Like
Hiring engineers is a lot easier if you first build a culture that engineers will embrace. Of course, if you don't have that culture but you still need to hire engineers, there's no time like the present to build a culture that your engineers will love and you can...
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Hiring Team Players
Recruiting the right people for your team is a constant challenge. The process goes far beyond the technical skills. You need someone who compliments your existing team as well as someone who knows how to be a team player. In this article, I point you to two other...
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Who Are You As a Leader?
That is a tough question. It's also an important question and you should know the answer. Or, at the very least, you should have an idea of who you want to be as a leader. The fact is, leadership is an ideal that we can never achieve. No matter how skilled you are as...
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6 Reasons for Students to be on LinkedIn Now
LinkedIn is an important component of your professional presence. Now, while you're still in school, is a great time to start building your profile so that it's there to help you when you need it. Build Your Presence Before You Need a Job LinkedIn excels at helping...
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