The virtual multi-day series is for engineers of all levels, business owners, human resource managers, and anyone within the AEC industry who are interested in promoting engagement & equity in the structural engineering profession. Attendees will gain insight from engineers around the country, acquire practical strategies and learn best practices for improving retention and engagement within their organizations.

Recorded:

Wednesday, March 24  

Structural Engineering Engagement and Equity (SE3) 2020 Survey Results

In the Spring of 2020, the SE3 Committee conducted its third nationwide survey of structural engineers across the profession. The survey is an ongoing effort to identify trends, and to initiate industry-wide conversations. This presentation will review the latest survey findings and highlight the work being done by the SE3 committee as informed by the results of the 2020 survey. Attendees will gain an understanding of the current challenges facing the profession as well as actionable information to help improve both their firms and the profession as a whole.

Rose McClure, PE, SE, Senior Consulting Engineer, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger		Sabrina Duk, PE, Principal and Founder, Verahaus Structural, LLC

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Strategies to Enhance Your Employee Performance Review and Assessment Process

This presentation aims to highlight key strategies to transform the traditional performance review into a positive, productive, and beneficial process for employees, managers, and a firm’s office culture. With reference to SE3 survey data, recent studies by other organizations and institutions, this session will share best practices for the feedback process, for greatest impact on employee engagement, career development, and overall retention.

Marc Steyer, SE, LEED AP, Principal, Tipping Structural Engineers		Natalie Tse, SE, LEED AP, Project Manager, Tipping Structural Engineers

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

A Perspective on the Changing Workplace

In this session, Vicki will share her observations from throughout her prolific career and highlight strategies that make for positive change in workplace cultures. She will touch upon a variety of buzzword topics, including, but not limited to, racial and gender equity, generational differences, navigating parenthood, work-life balance, social/political climates, events in the national spotlight, and technological advancements. Together these variables impact our behaviors and perceptions of the structural engineering profession. With the right perspective, we can begin to better understand the problem we're trying to solve.

An open discussion with Vicki Arbitrio and the SE3 leadership will follow this session.

Victoria Arbitrio, PE, SECB, F.SEI, Associate Partner, Gilsanz Murray Steficek