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<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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</p>
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From Corporate Engineer to Blue Collar Business Owner
<p><strong>Episode: 258 | Guest: Zac Smith | Host: Dr. James Bryant</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Is a trade business as easy to buy and run as people say? Zac Smith left the corporate engineering track, bought a painting franchise, and sold it
Your Story Is Waiting to Be Told
<p>What can engineering leaders learn from a content strategist? Benjamin Kaiser spent nine years building a tech YouTube channel before pivoting to help businesses find their voice — and he makes the case that facts alone don't build trust
If AI Does Your Work, What’s Left for You to Decide?
<p><strong style="color: rgb(15, 15, 15);">Episode 256 | Guest Tony Dina | Host: Dr. James Bryant</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(15, 15, 15);">If AI can do more of your work every day, what's left for you to decide? Tony
How Engineering Leaders Can Help People Accept Change on Their Own Terms
<p>Guest: Jeff Wetherhold | Host: Dr. James Bryant, PE | EP 255 What do you do when the people you lead don’t agree with the change? Jeff Wetherhold spent years in change management and organizational improvement before realizing that most
Taking an Unlikely Journey to Success
Engineering leaders listen in as Cullen Glass joins the show for a conversation on nonlinear career paths, overcoming doubt, why a great product is only half the job of building a lasting business, and the power of networking with purpose.
Engineering Leaders Have an Unfair Advantage in People Management
Episode 253 | Guest: Amie Fox | Host: Dr. James Bryant, PE Amie Fox, Managing Director of A Fox Consulting and a leadership development trainer based in Ireland, joins Dr. James Bryant to challenge how engineering leaders think about people
Build the Runway So You Can Leave on Your Own Terms
<p>Episode 252 | Guest: Sam Stidwell IV | Host: Dr. James Bryant Sam Stidwell IV spent five years building 3D printing technology for the Army Corps of Engineers by day, and a construction materials supply company by night, for a year and a
From the Inbox to the Mic: A Subscriber’s Perspective on Work-Life Balance
Episode Description This is the first episode in a new recurring series, From the Inbox to the Mic — where a subscriber’s own words take center stage. Dr. James Bryant reads the email he sent to longtime subscriber Ben, then shares Ben’s fu
It Doesn’t Matter When You Do It, You Just Need to Start
Episode 250 | Guest: Matthew Evington | Host: Dr. James Bryant Most people picture a straight line into engineering. Matt Evington’s path ran through retail, landscaping, and a materials testing lab before he ever set foot in a college clas
Aggies Do! From Student to the First Woman to Lead NC A&T’s College of Engineering
Episode 249 | Guest: Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass | Host: Dr. James Bryant What does it take to become the first person in your own story to walk through a door you once only saw in photographs? Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass, Dean
The Hidden Power of Ignorance: How Not Knowing Can Fuel Your Success
Episode 248 | Guest: Matt Granados | Host Dr. James Bryant Episode Description Ignorance gets a bad rap. But this week’s guest, Matt Granados, calls it his greatest strategic asset — and once he explains why, you’ll see it too. James and Ma
The Neuroscience Secret Engineers Can Use to De-Escalate Conflict Fast
Guest: Douglas E. Noll, JD, MA | Host: Dr. James Bryant, P.E. A 22-year trial lawyer who walked away from a seven-figure career to become a peacemaker — and then took his methods into California’s most violent prison yards. Douglas E. Noll,
How Having a Coach in Her Corner Changed Her Career and Life
Guest: Hitisha “Tish” Sharma, P.E. | Host: Dr. James Bryant, P.E. | Episode 246 What does it look like when a podcast becomes a coaching relationship before you ever meet the host? Hitisha “Tish” Sharma, P.E. — Associate Principal and Head
From Building Designs to Building a Tech Community: One Architect’s Unexpected Journey
Guest: Nick Serfass | Host: Dr. James Bryant Episode Description What happens when the skills you built in one profession turn out to be exactly what another field needs — even though you never planned for it? Nick Serfass trained as an arc
Unconscious Avoidance Is Not a Winning Strategy
When there’s a gap between what you intend to do and what you actually do, it’s rarely about talent. In this story from the Engineer Your Success podcast, Dr. James Bryant walks through how one regional engineer stopped unconsciously avoidi
Beyond the Numbers | Leading with Love as a KPI with Utibe Bassey
In this episode of the Engineer Your Success Podcast, Dr. James Bryant interviews Utibe “T-bay” Bassey, Vice President of Customer Experience at Dominion Energy and author of Love as a KPI. They discuss the significance of love as an essent
How To Leverage Friction For Safer Roads And A Fulfilling Life
Ryland Potter serves as U.S. Director at WDM, working on pavement condition measurement and friction management to help transportation agencies make informed, proactive road safety decisions. In this conversation, she traces her path from m
Building the Next Generation of AEC Professionals
Most people can name a building. Very few can name the people who made it possible. Crystal Miller is on a mission to change that — and she is starting long before students ever set foot on a job site. As the program director for architectu
What’s Working, What’s Not and What’s Coming Next 2026 Q1 Review
Most leaders finish a quarter with a feeling — good or bad — but can't fully explain why. The problem is usually the same: they never defined what winning looked like. In this Quarterly Review episode, Dr. James Bryant pulls back the curtai
Can My Business Survive Without Me
In Episode 239, Dr. James Bryant sits down with business advisor Laurie Barkman to explore one of the most common — and costly — problems in growing firms: owner dependency. Laurie explains why dependency is usually a process problem, not a
How to Access Flow State and Accelerate Your Success
Most leaders end the day exhausted — but the problem is rarely how much they worked. It is the state they were in while doing it. In this episode, Dr. James Bryant sits down with Deri Llewellyn-Davies, a former chemical engineer who has spe
Applying Engineering Thinking to Grow Your Business and Life
Most businesses aren't failing at marketing. They're failing at measurement. Andy Janaitis left a career in industrial engineering to build PPC Pitbulls — a data-driven ad agency built on one core insight: if you can't trust your data, you
One Things That Separates Good Managers From Great Ones
Most engineers are promoted because they're exceptional at their craft. But nobody tells you that the skills that got you promoted are almost entirely different from the skills you need to lead. Ben Perreau knows this firsthand. At 24, he w
The Everyday Sales Leader
Sales skills and leadership skills aren't two different things — they're the same skill set. Drew Norton has spent over a decade training professionals to communicate clearly, handle resistance, and influence outcomes without pressure tacti
How to Create Brave Spaces That Unlock Your Team’s Performance
Most leaders think psychological safety means making people comfortable. Hacia Atherton disagrees. In this episode she joins Dr. James Bryant to make the case for brave spaces instead — environments where people speak up, challenge ideas, a
Building an Engineering Firm People Like to Work with
Most engineering firms assume you have to choose: technical excellence or great relationships. Daniel McCaulley, founder of Ultimus Engineering, built a firm that refuses to choose. In this conversation, Daniel shares how he went from "supe
Rethinking Money for Engineers: A Conversation with Dr. Adam Link
"I've maxed out my 401k. I've done everything I've been told to do. Now what?" If you've ever asked yourself this question, you're not alone. Many high-earning engineers reach their financial milestones only to realize they've been followin
Strategic Skills Not Soft Skills, The New Currency for Engineering Success | EP 231
Many engineers hit a career ceiling not because they stop performing—but because the expectations around leadership quietly change. In this episode, Dr. James Bryant and Dr. Bushra Khan unpack why technical excellence alone no longer drives
Your Work IS Your Reputation: Building a Successful Career with Leslie North | EP230
Leslie North built her lighting design firm entirely through word-of-mouth—architects she worked with 15 years ago still call her. Her secret? Doing excellent work on every job in front of her, not chasing the next opportunity. In this epis
Selling Without Feeling Salesy: Making the Leap to Seller-Doer
What happens when an engineer who's great at solving technical problems suddenly gets told they need to sell? For many technical professionals, the shift from "doer" to "seller-doer" is one of the hardest transitions in their career. In thi
