From a Design Engineer to a Leader: Not an Easy Road

Anthony Fasano is a civil engineer who recently became an executive coach, author, and professional speaker and started his own company, Powerful Purpose Associates. After 12 years as a design engineer, Anthony now spends his time inspiring engineers across the globe by coaching, speaking, and writing on the topics of career advancement and leadership development. His new book Engineer Your Own Success: 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career is a guide to help engineers achieve career success through developing their nontechnical skills. He is also the author of A Daily Boost From Your Professional Partner, a free service through which he e-mails daily career advancement tips to engineers to help them stay focused and inspired in their career and leadership endeavors. He can be contacted at [email protected].

One of the objectives of this column is to provide a forum for anyone interested to submit their comments and have them discussed in this column. We invite your comments and suggestions on how to improve the process of educating engineers. Comments can be sent to Merlin Kirschenman at [email protected] or Brian Brenner at [email protected].