How to Navigate the Challenges of Managing Remote Work
Over the last 10 years, remote work has grown in popularity by 91%. Even though the current pandemic has given businesses no other option but to move to remote work, many have seen it as a silver lining. The benefits for employees are clear: flexible work structures, improvement to work-life balance, job satisfaction, and productivity. […]
Getting Ahead of the Next Curve as a Leader and Team
What We Need to Know About Human Disaster Response and Trauma There is no doubt that we as leaders and team have been going through a season of much higher fear, anxiety, and trauma with the COVID-19 crisis and the very visual revealing of racial injustice and inequities previously ignored. Our stressors are also multifaceted […]
Meet Jared M. Green, PE, D.GE – Award-Winning Geotechnical Engineer Who Is Making a Difference
The Engineering Management Institute is thrilled to have Jared M. Green, PE, D.GE, Senior Associate and Award-Winning Geotechnical Practice Leader serving as host of our new podcast – The Geotechnical Engineering Podcast. Jared enjoys mentoring young engineers and first-generation college students. He strives to make complex engineering topics relatable and understandable to people new to the […]
How AEC Industry Professionals Can Approach Their Roles as Integrators
Last month we discussed the collective value of our voices: Speak Up, Take a Chance, Your Voice Matters! Today, as we see unrest in our streets, it is more apparent than ever that we actively seek platforms where holistic, inclusive discussions can be leveraged to solve our challenges. Discussions that start with a sense of belonging […]
How to Evaluate New Project Management Technologies
Technology and business today are inseparable. Taking advantage of available software solutions is one of the best ways to stay competitive. If nothing else, tools like project management technologies can make it a little easier to do your job. More than 90% of organizations use standardized project management, but only 58% fully understand its value. […]
How to Create Your Most Productive Day in 30 Minutes
Would you believe me if I told you the only thing between you and the most productive day you’ve had is 30 minutes? Thirty minutes is all it takes to transition from feeling overwhelmed and stressed out to an engineer who has a plan to be productive and conquer their day. Keep reading to […]
Overcoming Resistance When Developing Your Personal Brand
In this article, I’d like to discuss how I stumbled onto the path of personal branding by identifying my area of expertise. By sharing this story, I hope you are able to take a few shortcuts to finding your own path to personal branding. First, why are personal branding and expertise important? Personal branding […]
Who Knows What You Know? – Your Voice Matters!
Last month we discussed Continuous Learning, growing together as teachers and students, deepening our commitment to sustained personal and professional growth. As our COVID-19 response continues to mature, the AEC industry is rapidly advancing new ways of communicating, learning, and delivering projects. As we Zoom from meeting to meeting (cheesy pun intended), it is easy […]
Would You Want to Work With You?
Picture this: It’s 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, you’re thinking about where to go for lunch, but you are still waiting for a response from your project team member. You had requested this information via email three weeks ago and every few days you get a, “You should have it soon.” You sent an email […]
COVID-19 and the AEC Industry
Navigating how to operate your business through the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge. While much is still unknown, and we’re a little over a month in the shelter-in-place order, we were curious to see how professional services firms in the architecture, engineering, and consulting industries are adapting. What we found is that the AEC […]