EL041 – How to get your Engineering Teams to Take Ownership and Stay Curious (and why it’ll save your company)

In this episode, I discuss digital transformation projects with speaker, author, and former football player Tanvir Bhangoo, and why these projects are much less reliant on technology than you might expect. See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode49 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

In this episode, I chat with Anthony Fasano, president of the Engineering Management Institute, about the importance of leadership, management and career development for engineering staff. See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode48 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

With the world becoming increasingly interconnected and colocation becoming less and less critical to business operations, engineering organizations everywhere are transcending national boundaries. While organizations absolutely benefit from finding talent globally and integrating a diversity of thought and background into their ranks, managing international teams is incredibly difficult. Today’s guest, Pamela Kellert, has made a career out of managing large, global technical teams in a number of industries. In today’s interview, she shares her insights into how to better manage international teams. See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode47 Download our free guide to leadership for engineers - Engineering Leadership 101: Practical Insights for Becoming an Engineering Leader at Any Stage at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/leadership101

Dolores Hirschmann believes that clarity of message is critical to effective leadership. A leader’s team can’t buy in to a vision without first understanding it. In today’s episode, Dolores helps engineering leaders understand the importance of clarity of message, how to tell if your messaging is clear, and provides practical steps on how to improve your communications. See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode46 Subscribe to the free Engineering Leadership Weekly newsletter to learn valuable engineering leadership tools and techniques, get access to special events, discounts, and many other members-only offers. Join a community of thousands of engineering leaders from world-class organizations like NASA, Airbus, BAE Systems, Texas Instruments, John Deere, and the US Navy by subscribing today. https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/elweekly

Ralf Specht is on a mission to rid the world of soulless companies. On today’s episode, he explains why it’s good for business for a company to have soul, and gives great advice on how to reinvigorate your organization with the “Soul System”. See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode45 Subscribe to the free Engineering Leadership Weekly newsletter to learn valuable engineering leadership tools and techniques, get access to special events, discounts, and many other members-only offers. Join a community of thousands of engineering leaders from world-class organizations like NASA, Airbus, BAE Systems, Texas Instruments, John Deere, and the US Navy by subscribing today.

Duncan Oyevaar believes in the power of business engineering. He has seen that organizations can dramatically improve themselves by equipping their engineers with excellent business skills, and he’s got the data to prove it. Today, we talk about why engineers need to understand a business’ financials, value stream mapping, continuous improvement, and the importance of listening to your staff. See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode44 Subscribe to the free Engineering Leadership Weekly newsletter to learn valuable engineering leadership tools and techniques, get access to special events, discounts, and many other members-only offers. Join a community of thousands of engineering leaders from world-class organizations like NASA, Airbus, BAE Systems, Texas Instruments, John Deere, and the US Navy by subscribing today. Subscribe here: https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/elweekly

In this special edition, I tease the next episodes of the show and make a major announcement about the future of the Engineering & Leadership project. See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode43 Subscribe to the free Engineering Leadership Weekly newsletter to learn valuable engineering leadership tools and techniques, get access to special events, discounts, and many other members-only offers. Join a community of thousands of engineering leaders from world-class organizations like NASA, Airbus, BAE Systems, Texas Instruments, John Deere, and the US Navy by subscribing today. Engineering Leadership Weekly: https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/elweekly

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 See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode42 Joseph Seiler has spent his career helping engineers do incredible work by empowering them and stepping back to let them do incredible work - first as the president and CEO of his own company, and today as a Master Certified Coach. Joseph's experience provides incredible lessons learned for engineering managers of all stripes, most especially the value of coaching as an engineering manager. Listen in to hear Joseph's answers to these questions (and more): - Can you tell us a bit about your background in engineering and leadership? - What prompted you to make the move to coaching? - What is coaching? How does it differ from consulting or therapy? - Can you tell me a story about a time when you left space for your team  to make its own decisions rather than step in for them? - You’ve written that Values drive behaviour, behaviours drive results. Can you expand on that? - What concrete things can leaders do to elicit their own values? How do we avoid the trap of things we “should” or “shouldn’t” value? Learn more at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com

Peter Drucker, the father of modern management thinking once said that "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." That wasn't a knock on how important strategy is, rather, he's emphasizing the importance that culture plays within an organization. Today's guest would share that sentiment. Today, I speak with Dan Langevin, the CTO of Vericred about the role culture plays in a technical organization, and specifically about the importance of both accountability and curiosity for Vericred's engineering team. See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode41 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

Today, I share my best tips and tricks on how to make your meetings shorter, more productive, and less painful. See the full show notes at https://www.engineeringandleadership.com/episode40 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