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Engineering and Leadership Podcast

The Engineering and Leadership Podcast is here to help engineers at any level thrive. Host Pat Sweet discusses management, leadership, productivity, and professional development, specifically as they apply to engineers and engineering teams.
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Sep 27, 2021
Mentorship in the world of engineering is an incredible tool. It helps those being mentored improve job performance, satisfaction, and achievement of long-term goals. For the mentor, it helps connect with earlier stage professionals, organize their thoughts and frameworks around their work, and gives them a chance to give back. Finding or becoming and engineering mentor is a brilliant move at any point in your engineering career.
 
In today's episode, I interview Anand Safi, engineering mentor extraordinaire about coaching and mentorship for engineers. 
 
See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode38
 
Download our free guide to leadership for engineers - Engineering Leadership 101: Practical Insights for Becoming an Engineering Leader at Any Stage https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/leadership101
Aug 30, 2021
Sales and business development are key skills for engineers who want to grow in their careers. For many senior engineers and engineering managers, helping to grow their company through new business is an absolute necessity. In this episode, you'll learn what sales is really all about, why it's important for your growth, and why you already have a lot of the skills needed to be great at helping to grow your engineering firm.
 
See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode37
 
Download our free guide to leadership for engineers - Engineering Leadership 101: Practical Insights for Becoming an Engineering Leader at Any Stage https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/leadership101
Feb 6, 2021

In this week’s episode, I interview Josh Mathias, the Managing Director at the Hythe Group, a multi-disciplinary engineering firm from the UK on leadership, management, and his ascent from the shop floor to the corner office. 

See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode21

Jan 16, 2021

In this week’s episode, I share five things that nobody tells you when you transition into engineering management. It's a summary of the biggest lessons learned in my own career, and how to put them to work for you.

See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode20

Nov 17, 2020

In this episode, I explore a WWII-era guide to "Simple Sabotage" published by the CIA's predecessor, the Office of Strategic Services. It explains how disgruntled citizens of foreign nations can do little things to be disruptive and cause trouble.

As it so happens, the section on disrupting the way organizations work reads like a modern organization's playbook. Without realizing it, the modern workplace looks almost designed to disrupt the normal operations of a business.

I focus on five of the most common sabotaging behaviours that I see in the workplace today and offer ideas on how to avoid them.

See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode17.

Aug 30, 2020

In this episode, I provide 8 of the specific strategies I use to process email, keep my inbox clean, and focus more time on what really matters - getting work done.

Show notes, transcript, and links: https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode12

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