Episode 006: The #1 Riskiest Engineering Job You Will Ever Be Offered
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Release Date: 01/10/2019
E2L 012: The #1 Obstacle to Your Success in the Future Job Market
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Welcome to the Episode #12 of the Engineer-to-Leader podcast series. In Episode #11 I talked about what the future job market might look like with the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) your career path. In this podcast, Steven will discuss the #1 obstacle you might face that will definitely keep you from being ready for that new job market. No matter what the job market is, generally whether you are successful in the new environment is seldom a function of the environment. Instead it is a function of you. Unless the new you never materializes. So what is the obstacle to the...
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E2L 011: The Future Job Market Requires a... New You!
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Welcome to the Episode #11 of the Engineer-to-Leader podcast series. In Episode #2 Steven talked about your career path. That information was based on the perspective of your overall career… that is, if you can make it happen in a relatively straight line. But the possibility of a straight line career is probably limited. As Steven has stated many times, your career will probably not be a straight line. In this podcast, Steven will discuss the future job market and career opportunities for engineers, scientists, and technologists in the light of coming technological changes and...
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E2L 010: Micromanagement for Managers (and employees) Pt3
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Welcome to the Episode #10 of the Engineer-to-Leader podcast series. In Episode #9 Steven gave three examples of how employees could avoid having THEIR managers micromanage them. In this episode, Steven show managers exactly how to avoid being labeled a micromanager no matter how much oversight they require of a team or an employee on a task. Most managers don’t want to be labeled a micromanager but they aren’t always sure the employee will be successful so they want to monitor the employee and the task closely. But most managers treat management as an on-off switch. They either have...
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E2L 009: Micromanagement Real-World Cases Part 2
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
In Episode nine of Engineer-to-Leader, Steven Cerri talks about specific real-world examples / situations where micromanagement was avoided or reversed and eliminated. Subscribe to the show for lots more!
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Episode #8: Micromanagement Is Easy To Avoid... Really! Part 1
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Welcome to Episode #8 of the Engineer-to-Leader podcast series. This is a podcast series by Steven Cerri designed to help men and women engineers, scientists, and technologists, create the long-term career success they want regardless of where they currently are in their career. Your career success is dependent on more than just being good technically. In this episode, Steven explains the reasons why micromanagement is an overrated concern and how it really isn’t such a big deal. Steven will show you how to avoid being micromanaged if you are an employee, and how to avoid being a...
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Episode #7: Take Initiative or be an Easily Replaceable Commodity
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Taking Initiative is an absolute requirement for advancing and creating the career you want. And for not being easily replaced. Doing good technical work just isn’t enough to create and control your career path. Avoid taking initiative and your technical competency will be viewed as a commodity, easily replaced by someone else who can do the same or better technical work. But take initiative, and you will be seen as an organizational asset with opportunities opening up for you. My latest episode (#7) of EngineertoLeader reveals the secrets to what, how, and under what circumstances to...
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Episode 006: The #1 Riskiest Engineering Job You Will Ever Be Offered
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Welcome to the sixth episode of the Engineer-to-Leader podcast series. This is a podcast series by Steven Cerri designed to help men and women engineers, scientists, and technologists, create the long-term career success they want regardless of where they currently are in their career. Your career success is dependent on more than just being good technically. In this episode, Steven talks about the #1, riskiest, and single most challenging job you will ever be offered. Unfortunately it is a necessary step to advancement and we all have to go through it if we are going to have a successful...
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Episode 005-The Right Mindset for Engineering Career Success
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Welcome to the fifth episode of the Engineer-to-Leader podcast series. This is a podcast series by Steven Cerri designed to help men and women engineers, scientists, and technologists, create the long-term career success they want regardless of where they currently are in their career. Your career success is dependent on more than just being good technically. In this episode, Steven talks about the best mindset, the best attitude, and the best perspective to build a long-term successful career. This mindset is not taught in school so you either must acquire it on-the-job or there is an easier...
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Episode 004: The Real Reason to Give a Technical Presentation
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Why give a technical presentation? Because your manager asks you to? To give task, project, or program status? These are not the reasons you want for giving a technical presentation. Now I'm not saying you want to refuse to give your presentation, but you do want to have a bigger and more important reason than just presenting status, presenting data. In this fourth podcast episode Steven will share with you how to create a presentation that accomplishes more than just presenting status and data. Check it out and sign up for future podcasts and get more information...
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Episode 003: Competencies Needed for Your Engineering Career
Engineer-to-Leader: Creating Your Successful Engineering Career
Welcome to the third episode of the Engineer-to-Leader podcast series. This is a podcast series by Steven Cerri designed to help men and women engineers, scientists, and technologists, create the long-term career success they want. Your career success is dependent on more than just being good technically. In this episode, Steven talks about the specific competencies you need in order to build a long-term successful career. These competencies are not all taught in school so you either must acquire them by trial-and-error which is not optimal. Or you can acquire them before you...
info_outlineWelcome to the sixth episode of the Engineer-to-Leader podcast series. This is a podcast series by Steven Cerri designed to help men and women engineers, scientists, and technologists, create the long-term career success they want regardless of where they currently are in their career. Your career success is dependent on more than just being good technically.
In this episode, Steven talks about the #1, riskiest, and single most challenging job you will ever be offered. Unfortunately it is a necessary step to advancement and we all have to go through it if we are going to have a successful long-term career.
However, make a misstep in this position and your career can quickly stall. Most engineers, scientists, and technologists do not know how to navigate this position. The responsibilities can be confusing and contradictory.
In Episode #6 Steven will discuss this position and why it is so risky and challenging. He will give you some tips on how to better navigate the challenges of this position and how to use it to advance your career.
Enjoy, like, and subscribe to the show for lots more to come!