EL030 – Leading Yourself: How to Take Control Of Your Career and Do What You Love

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EL030 – Leading Yourself: How to Take Control Of Your Career and Do What You Love

FromEngineering and Leadership Podcast

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40 minutes

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Jun 6, 2021

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In this episode of the Engineering & Leadership podcast, I speak with Dr. Ben Ritter about the importance of leading yourself and how to start if you've never tried.

Released:

Jun 6, 2021

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (48)

Helping engineers thrive. Engineering || Management || Leadership || Productivity

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EL007 – The Honest Truth About When Engineers Can Lead: Engineering leadership for all by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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EL010 – Recognition: The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had: Simple, effective, and low-cost ways to empower your people. by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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EL013 – How To Find Your Dream Engineering Job (Even During A Pandemic): In this episode, I interview Sol Rosenbaum of theengineeringmentor.com about strategies for finding your next engineering job, especially during a pandemic. We cover modern job search techniques, networking, using LinkedIn, interview skills, by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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EL018 – One Engineer’s Mission to Make 1 Billion People Happier: In this week’s episode, I Interview Steve Foran, a progressional engineer whose career took a major turn nearly 15 years ago, when he launched a company to help make people happier through gratitude. Steve’s mission is simple, by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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EL026 – Learning, Teaching, and the Pursuit of Engineering Management Excellence: An interview with entrepreneur, educator, and engineering manager Dr. Lucas Marino by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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EL027 – How to change the world through a mission-driven team: An interview with Vivian Shen, CEO and Co-Founder of Juni Learning by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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EL020 – Five Things They Don’t Tell You When You Become an Engineering Manager: Lessons learned from my own experience. by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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EL024 – What Teaching at MIT for 20 Years Taught This Engineer About Success: An interview with author, MIT instructor, and CTO Mark Herschberg by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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EL029 – Metric Madness: The 5 Most Common Problems With Engineering Metrics and How to Fix Them: How to drive performance with better metrics by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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EL030 – Leading Yourself: How to Take Control Of Your Career and Do What You Love: An Interview with Dr. Ben Ritter by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
40 min listen
EL036 – Culture of excellence: How to build brilliant engineering teams through incredible culture: An interview with Mark Kinsella of Opendoor by Engineering and Leadership Podcast
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