Her Engineering Career Podcast

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 challenge.

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 might be. 

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 the most out of each conference, and  build the connections you need to strengthen your engineering reputation and expertise.

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.