Her Engineering Career Podcast

This episode describes the importance of advocating for yourself. The message about your hard work and value must come across clearly so that you get what you deserve in your engineering career. And the way you ensure that message is clear is to advocate for yourself. You'll learn about self advocacy and take away some guidance for applying it.

Today’s episode features a few tricks for helping you improve your meeting proficiency. One way you can deal with the overabundance of meetings is by reinforcing your leadership role. Learn some ways you can be an effective leader whether you’re heading up the meeting or participating as an attendee.

This episode is a lesson on getting unstuck when you’ve been in the same job – or the same place in your career – for too long. You know that place where you’re pretty comfortable and confident, but you’re not making any career progress.  You’ll probably be there in that stuck place at least once in your engineering career. Learn the tell-tale signs of a stuck situation, why you need to get unstuc...

This episode introduces a new habit for you to try: revisiting your recent accomplishments. You'll learn how this is advantageous to your engineering career self-assessments, your networking story, and your annual reviews. The process of rediscovery helps you remember the progress you've made. And, turns out, it has a number of other benefits.

In this episode you'll learn insights about speaking and giving presentations. Important things to know in a highlight format. The insights remind you that, moreso than the topic of your presentation, how you present is important. Each presentation has an impact – on your audience of course, but also – on you and your engineering career.

Learn about the paradox of Less is More and how you can use it to your advantage in your engineering career with respect to getting work done. By reducing extra hours you'll benefit from higher quality work,  more balance and less stress. Listen to the story and take away a few suggestions for how you can put the Less is More paradox into action.

This episode is an introduction to some of the challenges of work and life integration. First you'll learn a few insights about managing a career and a family. Next you'll be introduced to 2 kinds of mom engineers: blenders and separators. Also included are some tips to help you strategize for a rewarding engineering career along with a fulfilling family life.

This episode takes a look at how far women have come in engineering in the last few decades. The issues of discrimination women face in science and engineering are still around. And it's still difficult to "picture an engineer" without stereotype. Join in the conversation about the subtle differences between then and now. Learn how these issues have evolved over the years and consid...

In this episode I introduce the concept of your energetic center and how it can ensure happiness in your engineering career. You'll discover the importance of doing work that resonates with you so that satisfaction and fulfillment will follow.  Learn the 4 elements of your energetic center and come away with some suggestions for how to use it to lead you to a meaningful career.

The challenge introduced in this episode is how to wake up from trances – like fear, scarcity and unworthiness – that hinder your engineering career. These trances are mostly unconscious and develop throughout your life.  And they are holding you back. Learn the 3 steps you can take to break out of these trances and open up more possibilities for you.

This episode covers how to handle feedback, both accepting it and leveraging it. This is a challenging but crucial part of your engineering career. First you'll  learn about ways of accepting feedback in various scenarios. But then you need to leverage that feedback. Learn 3 steps to taking action, putting that feedback to work for you and getting direct benefits for your engineering career. 

Getting good feedback is crucial for your engineering career. Without it, your progress and upward mobility will be limited. In this episode, learn what good feedback is, how to recognize it and how to ask for it. You'll get some excellent tips on how to ensure you get good feedback, have a greater impact and be better connected to the people who can help you excel. 

Moving up in your career presents many challenges. And women face stereotypes when pursuing higher levels and leadership positions. This episode presents an upward mobility model for women engineers that highlights a specific challenge related to feedback and affirmation.  Learn the 4 steps of the model that keep you moving upward, plus specific actions you can take to beat the upward mobility cha...

If you’re a late career engineer you may already be experiencing the plateau. But even if you’re not there yet, the late career plateau is something you’ll want to be prepared for. This episode takes a look at the signs of the late career plateau and reinforces what you have to offer as a late career engineer. Learn tips for preparing for the plateau and some ideas for what your late career role m...

After many years, decades even, the percentage of women in engineering has not grown significantly. The reasons women leave engineering are largely related to organizational climate. Despite the numbers, there are compelling reasons why you should stay in the profession. In this episode I share 10 reasons why we need women in engineering - why we need you!

Even though meetings are such an important part of anyone's career, there's a lot we don’t like about them. This episode is about mastering meetings from the attendee's point of view and will inspire you to reframe your attitude. Learn recommendations for how women engineers can change their perception and turn meetings into vital career tools.

Meetings are such a huge part of all that we do . Become a masterful meeting leader and see immediate positive effects in your engineering career.  This episode will teach you 4 steps to better meeting outcomes and why they are important. Not only will you run more effective meetings but you'll also step up your leadership game and shine as a credible and recognized professional.

This episode is focused on a special networking case: how to network at conferences. Because conferences offer the opportunity to interact with others in the same field as you, they are great for making some of the most important connections of your career. Learn my 7-step guide that walks you through how to set up your own conference networking approach. Create your own networking strategy, get t...

Your network is a valuable resource. It can help you become a better person, engineer, and leader. In this episode we discuss some of the basics for growing and nurturing your network - and developing your own networking style. Learn some key strategies for investing in your network and reaping the benefits of those connections that will enhance your engineering career.

If you manage your workload well, you’ll reach your career goals more efficiently and be a more confident and impactful engineer. In this episode, learn what it means to manage and be in charge of your engineering workload. Know how to tell when your workload is serving you - and get some great tips on how to take things off your plate when it's not. 

This episode explains how to shift from time management to time satisfaction, enabling you to optimize - not hours, but - energy and fulfillment. It will lower stress and raise your level of contentment. You'll also learn 4 easily-applicable ways to increase your time satisfaction every day.

Even though engineers are pretty well trained in decision making, good decision makers go beyond a simple decision making process. This episode teaches you lessons you can use to build your decision making skills. It further provides the characteristics of good decision makers to help you stretch into your leadership roles.

Asking for what you need and want is critical for advancing in your engineering career. Not only is it a useful skill, it is expected of you as a professional. This episode teaches you ways to remove false beliefs about asking for what you need and want.  You'll also learn 8 steps to walk you through the process.

Speaking up enables you to share your insights and perspectives. More importantly, it's good practice in professionalism, helping you gain visibility and credibility. In this episode you'll learn some simple daily practices for finding your voice, along with ways you can make your voice more audible.

Now that you have a career vision, learn how to communicate it! This episode explores reasons why women engineers are reluctant to communicate their career visions. It further explains ways that communicating your vision helps you achieve it, and some specific how-to guidance.