by Clifford Colvin | Oct 29, 2019 | Career Advancement, Leadership
Have you ever worked with a group of people, and thought: I am leading, but no one is listening? I recently heard this from one of the youths I work with at our church. It hit home because I can count many times in my experiences where I have felt the same way. If I...
by Tracy Thomason | Oct 23, 2019 | Career Advancement, Leadership
A friend asked me to recommend a reading list for first time engineering managers. While lamenting my inability to narrow my reading list down to a reasonable handful, I realized that I might provide a broader coverage if I tapped a few other engineering managers for...
by Tracy Thomason | Sep 17, 2019 | Leadership
It had been just over two months … two freakin’ months … since I’d talked to my boss. I knew this because I pulled out my phone, opened his contact page, and looked at the history. The only call longer than 20 seconds occurred 63 days prior. Yes, our email...
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 | 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...
