If you want to be a great engineering manager or leader, you need to be a great listener. When you listen, it lets other people know that you value and appreciate them - as well as what they have to say - which is why listening is the fastest and most effective way to build rapport, trust, credibility, mutual respect, and loyalty.

However, many engineering leaders aren’t aware of this - and most people never actually learned how to effectively listen! Meanwhile, in today’s digital work environment, listening is harder than ever - with waves of information competing for our attention every minute.

In this episode, you’re going to learn the 3 main reasons why people struggle with listening - along with 3 techniques that will immediately improve your listening skills!

Are you struggling to figure out your engineering career path? Or maybe you’re considering pivoting your engineering career into a new direction, but struggling to figure out exactly what you want?

You’re not alone - many engineers struggle with this.

In this episode, I share insights from my background as an engineering manager on how to stop going through the motions, so that you can start taking action towards figuring out the perfect career path for you - along with 4 specific actions you can take to begin figuring out where you want your career to go.

Knowing how to quickly build relationships with people is one of the most valuable skills you can develop - because it impacts every area of your life.

In your personal life, it’s your way to make new friends, broaden your perspective, and gain exposure to new experiences that you wouldn’t typically seek out on your own. Professionally, it’s the fastest and most effective way to build rapport and establish trust with your boss and peers.

Even in engineering, technical skills alone aren’t enough to nail your job interview, earn a raise, or win a promotion.

And in this episode, I’m going to explain

• Why building relationships is one of the most powerful skills you can build

• How to win over anybody and quickly earn their trust

• 5-step framework you can use to effortlessly build relationships with anyone

Many engineers are unhappy with their current situation - whether it’s earning less than you’re worth, getting pigeon-holed, stuck in a soul-crushing job, or feeling trapped because you lack the experience to pivot your career in a new direction.

If you’re in any of these situations, it boils down to one main cause - you never learned how to influence other people.

But here’s the truth…

If you want to advance in your engineering career, and transition into roles where you’re

Actively participating to the team’s decision-making process

Growing and your unique set skills are utilized

Gain more freedom, autonomy, and independent judgment

Contributing at far greater levels than just calcs and codes

Technical skills aren’t enough - you need to know how to influence people!

And by the end of this episode, you’ll learn a simple 5 step process for influencing anybody - and how to apply it to real-life scenarios by walking you through some examples.

When it comes to convincing people to do something - like negotiating a raise or promotion with your boss - do you feel like you’re constantly explaining things that should be common sense?

If so, it means you’re missing the number one skill that’s required for influencing and persuading people.

If you want to advance in your engineering career, and transition into roles where you’re,

• Actively participating to the team’s decision-making process

• Growing and your unique set skills are utilized

• Gain more freedom, autonomy, and independent judgment

• Contributing at far greater levels than just calcs and codes

Technical skills aren’t enough - you need to know how to influence people!

In this episode, I explain,

• The number 1 skill you need when it comes to influencing people

• Why this skill might not come natural to you

• And how to develop this skill

• And by the end, you’ll know the secret to influencing anyone to do anything!

At the beginning of your engineering career, the majority of your job is following rules, procedures, guidelines and instructions that are created and given to you by senior engineers and managers.

As engineers, we like to believe that our reputation is based on our performance tangible metrics like quality of our work, meeting deadlines, and minimizing errors.

But here’s the truth…

If you want to advance in your engineering career, and transition into roles where you’re

• Actively participating to the team’s decision-making process

• Growing and your unique set skills are utilized

• Gain more freedom, autonomy, and independent judgment

• Contributing at far greater levels than just calcs and codes

Technical skills aren’t enough - you need to know how to influence people!

And in this episode, I explain

• Why influence is more valuable than any technical skill (even for engineers)

• What influence is, and how it’s different than manipulation

• The ONLY way to convince someone to do something they don’t want to do

As an engineer, you’re probably not comfortable with going outside of your comfort zone - because you most likely prefer it when things are predictable and risk-averse.

But this is holding you back, because going outside of your comfort zone is the best way to grow, gain perspective, discover new opportunities, and enhance the quality of your life.

In this episode, I share a real life example of how going outside your comfort zone can quickly transform your life - along with 10 ways for you to get more comfortable with going outside of your comfort zone!

As an engineer, you’re probably not comfortable with going outside of your comfort zone - because you most likely prefer it when things are predictable and risk-averse.

But this is holding you back, because going outside of your comfort zone is the best way to grow, gain perspective, discover new opportunities, and enhance the quality of your life.

In this episode, I clear up common misconceptions about your comfort zone by explaining what it actually is, how it can ruin you, and why people are afraid to go outside of it - you’ll also learn the only 3 ways to escape your comfort zone!