S7E15419 February 2023

S7E154: EQ, IQ, and MQ: Unlocking Essential Skills with ACostE President Christine McLean

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S7E154: EQ, IQ, and MQ: Unlocking Essential Skills with ACostE President Christine McLean

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In this week’s pod, we were joined by Christine McLean to discuss EQ, IQ, and MQ: Unlocking the Power of Softer Skills Christine is the newly elected president of the ACostE, the professional home for project controls. She has more than 20 years of experience working in the utilities, oil and gas and nuclear sectors. She gained her fellowship in 2018 and is a certified cost engineer. Two years ago she transitioned from working in Project Controls to teaching Project Controls and wrote the first Academic Certificate in Project Controls in the US, which can now be taken as part of university studies. She is also a route panel member for IFATE, RQF Assessor, End Point assessment assessor and governor of her daughter's school. The main topics we discussed on the podcast were as follows:

There are currently 1,700 members of ACostE. Short term goal is to promote diversity within the industry Schools generally teach students to pass exams rather than focusing on communication skills which are essential for success in the workplace Exam results are not the best way of assessing someone’s capability for a role MQ – Motivation Quotium Seek feedback – always ask trusted friends and family to provide honest feedback Whilst you can train yourself to improve your Emotional Intelligence, it should be done in an authentic way. If you are unsure how someone is feeling, just ask them It is more common to be motivated by development and wanting to change the world Many Gen Z employees are motivated by wanting to make a difference to the world but do not know how to go about this

Here are links to some of the topics we discussed:

ACostE - https://acoste.org.uk/node/1

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Christine McLean

President at ACostE

Christine is the newly elected president of the ACostE, the professional home for project controls. She has more than 20 years of experience working in utilities, oil and gas and nuclear sectors. She gained her fellowship in 2018 and is a certified cost engineer. Two years ago she transitioned from working in Project Controls to teaching Project Controls and wrote the first Academic Certificate in Project Controls in the US, which can now be taken as part of university studies. She is both passionate and protective of her profession. She also has 'side hustles' of being a route panel member for IFATE, RQF Assessor, End Point assessment assessor and governor of her daughters school.

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