Winning With Impact: How to Stand Out in the Workplace, Marketplace, and Recruiting Space
Whether newer to the workforce or with 20 or more years’ experience, so many of us are: Feeling the weight of burnout and disengagement, Yearning for more meaning and purpose, and Wanting to make a difference in solving issues facing our world and those we care about. Organizationally, many of us are also struggling to […]
Meet Khamini H. Fennelly – Co-Host of This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE)
The Engineering Management Institute is thrilled to announce that Khamini H. Fennelly a practicing civil engineer will serve as one of the co-hosts of our new show – This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE). TWiCE will be a short weekly show published to provide civil engineering professionals with the most important industry updates. The first […]
Getting Involved in Your Community: Start with Diversity and Inclusion
Last month, we took a broad look at infrastructure from a policy and enabler perspective, acknowledging the inherent complexity associated with delivering sustainable infrastructure and encouraging us to take risks, expose challenges, empathetically listen, and celebrate incremental success as we find win-win scenarios. This month, we are pivoting from macro to micro, hoping to inform […]
People Disappointment Management 101
As I sit to write a blog about People Disappointment Management 101, I hear the song “God Is Great, Beer Is Good, and People Are Crazy” playing on the radio. At first, the song was nothing more than a typical country song about life with a country play on word humor. I heard this […]
Building Community and Your Engineering Career
I was going to start with the definition of community, but I have a feeling you already have a few examples in mind. For me, community is something that is created through multiple positive interactions with a group of individuals. Over time, bonds form and community develops, as all members are looking for the betterment […]
How Public Speaking Changed My Career Direction (and Can Change Yours Too)
How can one speech transform your life? If you’re the one giving it, on the right topic, and to the right audience, it can. That’s what it was for me. In 1999, I jumped out of the best job I’d ever had to fulfill my goal of having my own business before I turned 40. […]
Find Win-Win Scenarios
Last month we discussed How AEC Professionals Can Approach Their Roles as Integrators. This role is critical as communities across the globe cautiously move from healthcare pandemic responses to economic recovery. In the United States, our rapidly evolving monetary and fiscal response has a significant infrastructure investment component, including the Federal Reserves’ Municipal Liquidity Facility, […]
5 Ways to Convince Your Team to Implement New Technology
Adopting new technology into your workflow can have many benefits. With the right tech, you’ll find that you save money, increase efficiency, and improve performance. Despite these advantages, it can sometimes be challenging to get your team to accept new processes. If you’re going to move forward with new technology, you’ll need your team’s support. […]
Applicability of Green Engineering Solutions
Today, the world is facing environmental problems such as climate change, high energy costs, and pollution-related illnesses. These issues have prompted engineers and architects to develop green solutions. Designed to be more environmentally friendly, new residential and commercial buildings and renovations are now able to reduce emissions, energy consumption, and illnesses. While the use of […]
To Negotiate Better, Seek to Understand More
To negotiate is a fact of life. We cannot avoid it. Whether we are negotiating compensation for a new job, the price of something we are trying to buy, a large corporate agreement, or even what to eat for dinner, we are constantly negotiating. Always Look for Negotiation Opportunities