Professional and Career Topics

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

there are so many career resources out there - I highly recommend you check out the Society of Women Engineers programs. We've branded everything as "Leadership" lately but the business accumen courses may fit your interests.  Every section has a Professional Development track, usually with mentors, and just being with other women engineers from many disciplines and companies, is an empowering education in itself. The SWE.org website indicates that there are Sections in most states, including a Greater Salt Lake section, and student chapters at 4 UT universities from Provo to Logan.  Info seems to be open to all (genders, too) and SWE has affiliates if membership doesn't fit your style.

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

I have conducted numerous continuing education courses on the subject of leadership.  The most widely acknowledged reference on the subject of leadership is The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner.  And there is also the often-quoted book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

I read and really enjoyed  Turn the Ship Around! by David Marquet. It combines the story of part of his military career with leadership lessons. It centers on creating a "leader-leader" model where employees have more ownership of their work and more accountability. I think it has some takeaways for those not in leadership positions yet, too.  The audio book is about 6.5 hours long.

David Marquet has another leadership book called Leadership is Language over how word choice with your team can impact decision-making and execution. It starts with a summary of the story in Turn the Ship Around! and sets up the rest of the book to get more into the details of the tips first discussed in the other book to more directly apply them to other situations at work. (In full transparency, I've only listened to the beginning of this one so far.)

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well by Amy Edmonson

As engineers all we do is figure out how things are likely to fail!

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?

I suggest looking at "Sparking Your Inner Leader: A Practical and Passionate Perspective from the Mascot Who Became an Executive Coach" which was just published last month. I had the pleasure of working with the author, Keith Lewis, and found him outstanding on both professional and personal levels. There is no secret sauce for exceptional leadership, but I think Keith embodies the skills, character, and human connection that I feel are so important.

Hey ASCE! I just finished The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and loved his thoughts on team building. I am looking for a new read or additional professional development training to consider. What would you recommend?