The Impactful Engineer Project - Mentorship, Career Growth, and Personal & Professional Excellence for Aspiring Engineers
Spreading awareness, success, and accessibility to the world of engineering to aspiring and early career engineers.
Episodes
66 episodes
Episode 66 - One Small Change Leads to Giant Leaps In Your Competitive Edge
Let's talk about pairing people's strengths and weaknesses in order to win. This can happen at all levels of the business and your engineering career. It's one of those tactics that can lead to decreased frustration and friction in getting the ...
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Episode 66
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13:42
Episode 65 - It's Going To Happen, You Decide If It's Working For You or Against You
Most things that happen in your engineering career are not unique to your situation. Also, they are constantly occurring and changing with or without your conscious awareness. Will you become aware of these things and influence them to ...
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Episode 65
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43:11
Episode 64 - Talent Acquisition Specialists Tell Us How To Succeed & Be Known in the Job Search
We met with talent acquisition specialists from Klein Tools to discuss their experience with hiring 0-5+ year level engineers.If you are in that category, or are involved in the process of hiring engineers in that experience range, this...
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Season 2024
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Episode 64
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1:30:46
Episode 63 - Think You're Undeniably Great? Then Why The Job Hopping?
Please allow Steve to clear this one up in this short but impactful episode with a strong message. *****************************************************************************************Let's dive in!<...
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Episode 62 - Wanna Win Big In Your Engineering Career? Figure This Out
Momentum = Impact * ConsistencyOur engineering careers are full of twists and turns and unknowns. It's just the way it is. It's also full of obstacles and roadblocks. What allows you to straighten the road, get into the unknowns...
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Episode 62
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39:29
Episode 61 - Compare To Win, Not To Lose
Decrease the amount of time you spend on comparing yourself to others in your career who are "further along" than you and collecting reasons why they have what you want. Instead, spend more time thinking about what actions they take con...
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Season 2024
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Episode 61
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20:09
Episode 60 - Huge Growth Happens Outside Your Career Job - Interview w/ Ripple Intent
You even wonder why people outside of your job are always talking about leadership? And the skills they don't teach you in school? And how understanding each other and having "empathy" will increase your success and happiness at home and at wor...
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Season 2024
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Episode 60
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Episode 59 - Want To Be Impactful? Do This
If you and your organization could stand out in others' minds as the engineers that are stress free, solutions-oriented, organized AF, helpful, clear and concise communicating, bringers of problem resolutions -------- would you do it? Is that v...
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Season 2024
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Episode 59
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27:00
Episode 58 - Engineering Careers Need This
People will choose to do business with those they know, trust, and respect. Even if their service they provide is not "top notch." We can argue all day long about who does what better (especially amongst ourselves and our competitiors), and it ...
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Episode 58
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20:09
Episode 57 - The Game w/ Steve Flanagan
I've known Steve for a few months. This guy amazes me with his generosity (and fiery attitude). He helps people help themselves, and advises them to play "The Game" so they can gain an audience, be seen, and win.
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Season 2024
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Episode 57
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Episode 56 - If You Can't Do This, You Won't Move Up
Your ability to take vague direction and turn it into a desired outcome of the business is so important in your engineering career, but it's something I had never thought of before (in that way).I have been doing this for a long time, s...
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Episode 55 - Success Through Delegation
Delegation for engineers. Ah yes, that endless debate on whether you should just do the work yourself. Are you in camp delegate, or camp do everything yourself? A healthy mixture of both? It's OK to be in either one, and there are seaso...
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Episode 55
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27:34
Episode 54 - Your Weaknesses & Your Strengths: The Actions Everyone Can Benefit From
There is a long term and short term strategy around weaknesses and strengths in your engineering career that can have a huge impact if done correctly.Do you think about those weaknesses that you don't know about? How about the strengths...
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Episode 54
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27:29
Episode 53 - The Ultimate Priority For Career Success
Co-elevation is the key to an impactful career within an organization. How to achieve this is a broad subject that you can only "learn" so much about before you just have to dive in and start practicing it. We give you what we've learne...
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Season 2024
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Episode 53
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31:49
Episode 52 - Can Your Influence Really Help That Stuck Person At Work?
We all know that someone that appears to be resistant to change, thinks they know everything, seems to be a brick wall to any influence, and definitely doesn't think they are the problem. I mean, I've definitely never been that person before :)...
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Season 2024
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Episode 52
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21:47
Episode 51 - What We Think of "Fake It Till You Make It"
It's not a sense of delusion or hubris, it's a strategic plan to get where you want to go.But how?Let's dive in!The Impactful Engineering Project's purpose is to bring awareness, access, success, and mentorship t...
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Season 2024
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Episode 51
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23:31
Episode 50 - How To Make The Most Out of Your First 3 Years
Steve would say that the most important thing to the beginning of your career is to "consider all options" as you search to land your first job and as you work your way through your first three years. Steve covers why he believes that c...
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Season 2024
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Episode 50
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35:07
Episode 49 - Your Life & Career Success Is A Formula - The Lion Attitude - Our Interview With Kirby Lee
The IMPACT formula. Know it, learn it, live it.Kirby has about 3 decades worth of engineering experience in the AEC workforce that goes into the Lion Attitude System and the IMPACT formula. You don't wanna miss insights from a v...
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Season 2024
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Episode 49
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1:03:21
Episode 48 - One of Those Life Moments That Changes Everything - Steve's Interview
Steve's story will inspire you to take action on that one thing you KNOW should be addressed now, instead of when your body chooses for you. And that one THING will help you unlock some serious success in your career. <...
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Season 2024
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Episode 48
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33:06
Episode 47 - WW Jake - Why Aren't We Focusing On "The How" More?
Most companies (I could only imagine based on my experience) miss this my a country mile! I hit on something I am very passionate about. I couldn't even wait until I got home to record, so I put in the ear bud, and let it rip while...
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Episode 47
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11:47
Episode 46 - Leadership or SME? Which One Are You Tracking?
A great discussion around the two most common general paths in an engineering career. We talk about what our experiences have been and it may be surprising to you where we weigh in on these!We expect this discussion to help engineers bu...
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Season 2024
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Episode 46
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26:48
Episode 45 - Consider Getting Rid of That One Thing - Jake's Interview
I'm happy to share one of the greatest level-ups in my life that I have ever experienced. I hope it resonates with someone and that it helps someone else do the same. Let's dive in!The Impactful Engineering Project'...
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Episode 45
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25:45
Episode 44 - Do More Work!!!
Everyone runs into that point in their career where they are expected to do more and more. Or so it seems. When the work is piling up, it's a good sign. You are counted on to do the important stuff and are known as the person that ...
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Episode 44
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Episode 43 - WW Steve - Resume Tips
Get a great tip for you resume to implement right away. Cut through the noise of everyone telling what to include on your resume and get it straight from a hiring manager. A resume is a living document that is important to keep up ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 43
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Episode 42 - If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It - Jake & Steve
In this episode, we discuss the old adage and how it applies to you career, what it can tell you about the company you work for, and how you can be proactive in making sure you don't fall into some of the traps it can create. Let...
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Season 2024
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Episode 42
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19:08