Last week I had the pleasure of attending and participating in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Eastern Regional Younger Member Council (ERYMC) in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference overall was awesome, but in this post I wanted to summarize the engineering career advice shared in the Saturday afternoon panel where three experienced engineers explained how they transitioned from engineer to manager.
The following is the advice that the three panelists shared:
- You know you are ready to make the leap from engineer to manager when you feel like you are looking for something more; you want to contribute on a larger scale.
- They all had a desire to move into engineering management position; they didn’t “have-to.”
- You have to look at the big picture when you become a manager; look at the forest not the tree.
- Try to get your employees to also look at the big picture. [Read more...]
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