The Mentorship Loop: How Engineering Mentorship Builds Future Leaders
I still remember the exact moment I stopped being just an engineer and started becoming a leader. It wasn’t during a performance review or a management training seminar. It was standing in a workshop, watching a student’s third attempt at soldering a circuit board finally work, and realizing my heart was racing faster than hers. […]
Hidden Overtime: Why the Emotional Load for Engineers in Leadership Leads to Burnout
“I’m not tired from work, I’m tired from carrying everyone’s stress,” an engineering manager said to me in a coaching call a while back. He wasn’t dramatic, he was calm, almost resigned, but you could feel the weight behind the sentence. He was thinking about stepping down from leadership and going back to an individual […]
How Engineering Leaders Can Build an Emotional Intelligence System for Lasting Reliability
A Quick Note Before We Start I coach engineering managers every day. Before that, I was an engineer, and then I spent 10 years recruiting engineers. I’ve sat in hundreds of 1:1s, debriefs, and hiring loops, and I’ve had 1000s of tough conversations. What I’m sharing here isn’t theory. It’s a simple emotional intelligence system […]
Impostor Syndrome in Engineering Leadership and Workplace Culture – Ep 358
In this episode, I talk to Jason McDaid, BSc (Hons) PMSFPE MIEI MIFSM, Senior Fire Engineer at Ryan & Associates and Impostor Syndrome coach, about impostor syndrome and hidden cognitive strain and how it shapes performance, confidence, and culture in technical teams. We explore engineering leadership, impostor syndrome in technical fields, and how to overcome […]
Mastering Aquatics Structural Engineering: From Design Challenges to Client Trust – Ep 165
In this episode, we talk with Daniel McCaulley, P.E., founder and principal of Ultimus Engineering, LLC, about building a niche in aquatics structural engineering and why communication is just as critical as technical skill. We explore how pool design presents unique structural challenges, how soft skills turn clients into long-term partners, and why asking for […]
Why Courageous Communication for Leaders Is Essential in AEC Teams – Ep 352
In this episode I talk to Michelle Gladieux President of Gladieux Consulting about courageous communication for leaders and how leaders can overcome barriers like hiding rationalizing or settling to build trust give better feedback and lead with impact especially in technical professions like engineering and construction. Engineering Quotes: Here Are Some of the Key Points […]
Harnessing Innovation in Engineering Leadership – Ep 094
In episode 094 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, which is 4th episode in our 5-part series on infrastructure, Chris Knutson interviews Kate Harris, President, and CEO of Stanley Consultants about harnessing innovation in engineering leadership. Kate gets into future trends of the industry and how we can prepare for them. She also discusses public- and private […]
Four Service Roots to Engineering Leadership
My introduction to leading by serving began with my dad who was a chemical engineer and continued with my first two employers who both were professional civil engineers. Through their direct instruction, mentoring, and coaching I learned and mastered four service roots that I still use to this day. These include the golden rule(+), […]
Engineering Your Leadership to Generate Flow – Ep 111
In this episode, Chris Knutson, PE interviews Croft Edwards, author on GeneralLeadership.com and an extremely accomplished leader and leadership coach on how to generate flow through leadership. Engineering Success quote: Here are the key points from the episode:
Engineering Leadership with Pat Sweet – Ep 064
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to take you inside the Engineering Career Summit which is the event that Chris and I threw in Washington DC in early May and will be throwing again in May 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. I am going to play for you an […]