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Engineer Your Success

Dr. James Bryant

Expert interviews and leadership insights for engineering leaders and technical professionals who want to Win at Work AND Win at Home. Hosted by Dr. James Bryant, P.E., this podcast equips you with practical strategies to strengthen leadership, communication, and emotional intelligence so you can lead with clarity and confidence. Each week features conversations with engineering leaders and industry experts, plus solo episodes with practical insights, to help you build stronger teams, make better decisions, and design a career and life that work on your terms.

Topics include: leadership development for engineers and technical professionals | effective communication and influence | executive presence | how to avoid engineer burnout | moving beyond work-life balance | how to delegate when everything runs through you | decision-making and team building | leading under pressure | mentorship, coaching, and career growth

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259 episodes

  1. From Corporate Engineer to Blue Collar Business Owner 31:40
  2. Your Story Is Waiting to Be Told 31:57
  3. If AI Does Your Work, What’s Left for You to Decide? 39:51
  4. How Engineering Leaders Can Help People Accept Change on Their Own Terms 15:08
  5. Taking an Unlikely Journey to Success 14:41
  6. Engineering Leaders Have an Unfair Advantage in People Management 33:06
  7. Build the Runway So You Can Leave on Your Own Terms 38:10
  8. From the Inbox to the Mic: A Subscriber’s Perspective on Work-Life Balance 13:45
  9. It Doesn’t Matter When You Do It, You Just Need to Start 22:47
  10. Aggies Do! From Student to the First Woman to Lead NC A&T’s College of Engineering 26:49
  11. The Hidden Power of Ignorance: How Not Knowing Can Fuel Your Success 42:06
  12. The Neuroscience Secret Engineers Can Use to De-Escalate Conflict Fast 37:35
  13. How Having a Coach in Her Corner Changed Her Career and Life 31:33
  14. From Building Designs to Building a Tech Community: One Architect’s Unexpected Journey 26:20
  15. Unconscious Avoidance Is Not a Winning Strategy 16:13
  16. Beyond the Numbers | Leading with Love as a KPI with Utibe Bassey 28:50
  17. How To Leverage Friction For Safer Roads And A Fulfilling Life 41:12
  18. Building the Next Generation of AEC Professionals 31:07
  19. What’s Working, What’s Not and What’s Coming Next 2026 Q1 Review 15:25
  20. Can My Business Survive Without Me 24:04
  21. How to Access Flow State and Accelerate Your Success 36:50
  22. Applying Engineering Thinking to Grow Your Business and Life 35:33
  23. One Things That Separates Good Managers From Great Ones
  24. The Everyday Sales Leader 30:01
  25. How to Create Brave Spaces That Unlock Your Team’s Performance 32:59
  26. Building an Engineering Firm People Like to Work with 40:40
  27. Rethinking Money for Engineers: A Conversation with Dr. Adam Link 27:02
  28. Strategic Skills Not Soft Skills, The New Currency for Engineering Success | EP 231
  29. Your Work IS Your Reputation: Building a Successful Career with Leslie North | EP230 42:35
  30. Selling Without Feeling Salesy: Making the Leap to Seller-Doer 37:26
  31. Closing the Surveying Workforce Gap with Dustin Gardner 32:16
  32. Crucial Conversations That Drive Project Outcomes 39:33
  33. Navigating Leadership and Mental Health in the Construction Industry with Heath Troyer | EP 226 16:58
  34. The Evolution of an Entrepreneur Making it up as you go with Amrit Dhaliwal 34:25
  35. How to Navigate Career Transitions and Family 15:45
  36. Failure as Feedback: A Better Way to Learn and Lead 8:26
  37. Three Questions Every Leader Must Ask Before Setting Goals 8:18
  38. Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in Construction with Dr. Gretchen Gagel 13:47
  39. Communicating the Brilliance of Engineer’s Impact on Society 27:43
  40. The Most Important Investment Any Leader Can Make | Russ Spiegel on Developing People 32:23
  41. Three Simple but Powerful Questions That Changed My Life 39:13
  42. The Hardest Decisions Have the Greatest Rewards: Leadership Lessons on Ambition and Preparation 34:00
  43. Culture as a Catalyst: Thriving in Construction with Tim Ernst 25:00
  44. How Employee Ownership Can Transform Engineering Firms and Build Stronger Teams 12:34
  45. Finding the Fastest Path to Cash: Lessons on Building Profitable Companies and Saving Your Family 34:18
  46. The Four Pillars of a Legendary Marriage with Gabriela Embon 23:20
  47. Mentoring the Next Generation of Engineers: Lessons from Academia to Industry 26:25
  48. Innovation That Sticks: From Idea to Bottom Line Impact 40:58
  49. From Dial-Up to AI: Lessons for Leaders to Stay Current or Get Left Behind 26:31
  50. Stop Micromanaging: How to Empower Your Team and Grow Your Business 22:35