8 Ways to Earn Engineer’s Loyalty

Happy Friday,

These have been proven true:

1.     Shield them from having to play or even know about office politics.

2.     Shield them from long-winded, non-project-related, emails, memos, and meetings. Looking at you HR. Tell support staff to communicate with engineers sparingly, and when they must, get straight to the point.

3.     Treat them fairly in pay, benefits, and advancement opportunities. Engineers expect not to have to argue for what they get.

4.     Make sure they have important work they can be proud of.

5.     Replace your Organization Chart with one that reflects the actual work and mission of your organization. It should show your clients and your front-line consulting engineers, then clearly show that everyone else is employed to help them be successful.

6.     Make sure all staff know what a Professional Engineer’s stamp is, and the personal responsibility and liability it implies.

7. Make sure all staff, including leaders, know and appreciate where their compensation really comes from.

8.     Recognize and celebrate engineering and project management excellence at least 5X more than leadership promotions.

Wishing you greater success,

Dave

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