Her Engineering Career Podcast

It's a given that your engineering job has built-in stress. And as a woman engineer you may have additional stress from your own expectations. At a certain level, this is all manageable. But too much stress leads to overwhelm. In this episode you'll learn about overwhelm, how to assess it and ways you can alleviate it.

Influential relationships give you an edge in your career. If you lack them you're at a disadvantage. But with a little strategizing you can fix that. This episode provides a framework to create your strategy for cultivating influential relationships in your engineering career.

A significant amount of your influence in your engineering career is determined simply by your thoughts and words. Thoughts and words have energy. They affect your beliefs and actions, and those of others. In this episode learn 3 ways to use them as career tools to build trust, credibility and foundation as an engineer.

If you don't have a lot of confidence it impedes your career progress. And even if you have higher levels of confidence, you’re continuously looking for ways to maintain it. This episode provides more insights on confidence and how to continue building it by exploring 3 areas: speaking up, your inner wisdom, and aspiration.

Professional respect comes not only from your expertise, but from how you communicate it. In this episode, you'll learn how influence and credibility - both personal and technical - come into play.  And you'll come away with some tips and ideas for how to show you're a credible engineer.

Episode 50 is a milestone for Her Engineering Career. So we're taking time to celebrate! It's a reminder to stop every once in a while, notice the progress you've made, and give yourself kudos. And, in gratitude for you the listener, it's a recap of important themes and topics we've covered in the last year.

Soon after you start a new job, disillusion can set in.  It happens when there's a disconnect between your understanding of what to expect and what you actually experience. In this episode, learn how disillusion can trap you. And come away with ideas for getting your possibilities back into focus.

Mentors are valuable. You won’t get as far in your engineering career without them. A mentor will help you build skills. But, more important, they show you the way. This episode provides 8 insights to help you take the greatest advantage of your mentorship experiences.

Your career is a journey. Your job is one short trip along the way. In this episode, learn 6 common mistakes engineers make that slow or divert career progress. It's a reminder not to lose sight of your career by focusing too hard on your job.

This episode will remind you how important it is to get together with colleagues and friends in the engineering field. You'll learn about the positive dynamics in play at professional conferences. And the benefits they bring for women engineers and their employers.

If you're conscious of keeping your career moving forward, you're thinking about your next move.  From this episode learn 5 powerful tips to prepare you for, and align you with, your next promotion. These will make a big difference in your career progression and the potential you reach.

When you’re given a new job or new project assignment but no guidance to go along with it, you may feel overwhelmed and frozen in place. But no need to stop your career progress due to a lapse in supervisory advice. This episode gives you tips on how to take the initiative. How to take meaningful action and get things rolling.

This episode provides suggestions for a career tune-up by way of a spring cleaning ritual. You'll come away with some ideas for how to clean out the old and make room for the new. Don't just to keep your engineering career going but make it run like a dream. 

This episode encourages you to change perspective on your engineering career from something that happens to you to something you make happen. You'll gain insight on taking charge, steering your career toward your vision and aligning your beliefs and mindsets. Plus you'll get tips on how to make it easy.

As a woman engineer you want to be sure you’re seen and known in the workplace. Increasing your visibility will set you up for more and better opportunities that keep you on the path toward your career vision. This episode explores why visibility is important and provides strategies for more of it. You'll also learn specific activities you can do to help you be seen. 

Broadening experiences can give a boost to your engineering career when you're between promotions, unsure where to go next, or otherwise not moving forward. They enable you to learn, build risk tolerance, and expand your network. In this episode you'll learn why you need broadening experiences and why they're beneficial. And you'll get some good ideas to consider for broadening...

Taking a new job is probably one of the hardest parts of your engineering career. It's an angsty time when you face new responsibilities and meet new people. You just want to settle in and start having a positive impact as soon as possible. This episode is designed to help you through that transition. It includes simple ways to ease you into your new environment so you can get started on your...

In many ways you, as a woman engineer, are excluded in the workplace. This has a negative effect on your impact and your level of career fulfillment. This episode explains some ways that you may be contributing to your own exclusion. And it further provides some insights for being included - for becoming an insider - so that you'll feel empowered to make that transformation.  

Your engineering work is important and is having an impact. And it's important that you get the word out about it. This episode provides insights on how to craft that message and communicate it. In particular you'll learn how to address the challenges of speech patterns and confidence in delivery.

In today’s episode I encourage you to take a break. Resting your brain has more benefits than pushing it when it’s tired. Taking time out to destress and recharge will enable you to be more effective than if you just push through. Learn some useful destressing remedies. And take away some guidance on recharging during your engineering work day.

This episode covers what it means to have risk tolerance and how to increase it in your career.  It refers to the risks you take in getting ahead, reaching your goals and realizing your vision.  Learn to focus on risk taking activities and strategize higher professional risk tolerance that will benefit you as you move into leadership roles and take on more responsibilities.

This episode is in the spirit of taking charge of your career and doing what's best for you. One big step you can take now is to own 3 aspects that have a significant impact on your dream career. Learn how to own your vision, your workload, and your calendar for less stress, more freedom, and a clearer path to the engineer and leader you always wanted to be.

Giving strategic compliments is one simple thing that both men and women can do at work to have a significant positive impact. In this episode learn about the benefits of strategic compliments for women engineers and take away some helpful tips on how to give them.

This episode is about new year resolutions as a useful tool in your engineering career. To get where you want to go and make the impact you want to make you must first dream it. Setting resolutions enables you to imagine your world the way you want it to be and define the steps to get there.  Learn 8 insights for tailoring your resolutions for career success.

Your boss can have a significant impact on your engineering career. It only makes sense to help them serve you better. This episode offers 3 easy ways to help your boss help you. They don't require much on your part. And the payoff is worth it.