Forbes
Summary
What advice would I offer young engineers just starting their career? The main pointer would be to develop your emotional quotient (EQ), something which is also referred to as emotional intelligence. It’s the ability to relate to others, which is a critical skill that will help engineering newcomers succeed in both their careers and their personal lives. The good news is, it can be learned.
Effective EQ is about understanding, using and managing your own emotions positively, to communicate effectively, empathize with others, and manage situations. These are skills that I have cultivated throughout my career and which have been invaluable, both as a project manager and later as an executive.
As a young man I had a natural ability to get on with people, which I inherited from my father. My father was a mechanical engineer and, as a boy, I was keen to follow in his footsteps. From an early age I was fascinated by how things worked and was always dismantling toys to check their inner workings − although I wasn’t always able to put them back together. As I got older, my interest moved to taking bikes apart, which by that age I could reassemble.
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