Essential Skills Insights Series

Engineers Ireland Essential Skills Insights Series, is a suite of complimentary webinars for members.

The aim of the webinars is to support members in their development of key competencies which will assist them in their current roles and progression towards future roles.

This free series will include interactive webinars, delivered by our experienced trainers and subject-matter-experts in areas such as leadership and management, negotiating and influencing skills, time management and prioritisation, communication and presentation skills, problem solving and Microsoft Office applications.

Previous recordings

Below are the previous recordings from past Essential Skills webinars. Click on the session you are interested in to view the recording. These are a member-only benefit, so you must be logged into your account to view the video.

Remember, watching a recording counts towards your CPD. Once you have watched the recording, you can automatically add the time to your CPD records.

To note, there are no recordings available for Session 9, Session 14, Session 15, and Session 16.

Sessions 33 - 51

Session 51 - The Value of Soft Skills

This training focuses on practical strategies to enhance your professional interactions delving into the area of communication and delegation. You will learn how to make your communication more effective.

Session 50 - Fundamental Communication Skills for Engineers

This webinar introduces the core communication skills that help engineers succeed in real-world environments. Based on current research and industry experience, it offers practical strategies to address the communication challenges engineers often face - from writing persuasive emails to speaking up in meetings.

Session 48 - People Management Skills

This webinar is designed to help managers learn how to communicate effectively, motivate employees, stay organised and create a positive work environment while mastering conflict resolution strategies to address workplace tensions constructively.

Session 47 - Dyslexia in the Workplace

Dyslexia Ireland is delighted to be working with Engineers Ireland to deliver a webinar designed to help attendees better understand dyslexia and how it presents itself in a workplace setting.

Session 46 - Core Principles To Form Strong Partnerships

Discover the essential principles that create and sustain strong partnerships. This webinar will provide practical insights and tools to help you build trust, foster positive relationships, and manage energy effectively in any collaborative environment. Learn practical tools to simplify and clarify these sometimes intangible concepts, making them accessible and actionable for the logical mind.

Session 45 - Communicating Under Pressure

We communicate every day with our friends, family and work colleagues with ease and we enjoy it. Add an audience, conflict or a demanding situation and we struggle to communicate effectively? Why is that? When we look our career progression, one element above all that will have to consistently improve and evolve is our communication skills and being able to communicate under pressure.

This webinar will give you a guideline on where to start on your journey to improving your ability to communicate under pressure.

Session 44 - Task Centric People Management

The webinar is designed to arm delegates with the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively manage teams by focusing on these strategies. This involves understanding how to align team members' strengths with specific tasks, optimising productivity, and fostering a collaborative and motivated work environment.

Session 43 - Human Error Problem Solving

Human Error Problem Solving is about understanding that human error is never a true root cause for an issue. The basic assumption is that people do not want to make mistakes. Thinking systematically, this allows you to peel back more layers of the problem, uncover the true root cause and implement permanent fixes.

This webinar focuses on human error and how to mitigate its effects in the workplace.

Session 42 - Scope Management: The Foundation for your Project

Scope Management is a critical component of project success, ensuring that all necessary work is included. This one hour Webinar will provide an overview of Scope Management and its significance in project planning and execution. Emphasis will be placed on the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), a key tool in project planning.

This webinar will focus on the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and the solid platform it provides in developing additional planning processes for the project.

Session 41 - Managing Change

The goal of this one hour webinar is to help you take responsibility for how you react and respond to a change by giving you a set of tools and techniques of self-awareness and assessment to light up the curves and sometimes bumpy ride on your road to change.

Session 41 - Intellectual Property

This session will provide attendees with an introduction to what ‘Intellectual Property’ is and its management.

Session 40 - Applications of AI in the Built Environment

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a term that is constantly and casually thrown around in conversations and presentations inaccurately. In this event, you will first of all learn what AI is and what AI is not from an academic expert with the use of many real-life examples.

Speaker Dr Oisín Cawley will delve a deep into this fascinating subject by explaining its key concepts and its applications, together with its challenges and considerations. The event culminates with a review of some recent AI case studies, a look at future trends and innovations, and an outlook of how AI may impact jobs and society.

Session 39 - Ethical Practice

This short workshop will take a whistle stop tour through the world of ethical behaviour, models and leadership.

Session 38 - Lean A3 Problem Solving

The webinar is primarily designed for engineers, managers and leaders who are exploring a change in emphasis on problem solving to improve processes and workplaces.

Session 37 - Introduction to Persuasion and Influence Techniques

This webinar provides participants with an overview of essential concepts and strategies vital for mastering the art of persuasion and influence. It discusses the psychology behind persuasion, techniques on how to build rapport to effectively engage with others and how we are sometimes victim to these techniques.

Session 36 - The Truth About Work and Wellbeing

In this session, while taking a helicopter view of work and wellbeing, we will identify practical ways for individuals and organisations to be intentional about designing work experiences that promote high levels of wellbeing and performance.

Session 34 - Climate Risk Assessments

Why consider climate risk? What is climate risk? What key steps are needed to carry out climate risk & vulnerability assessments? How could climate risk affect my business? What does adaptation to climate risk look like?

These are some of the questions Cera Slevin, Director of Climate Matters, explores in this webinar.

Session 33 - Networking in Person

Returning to in person work involved many challenges, and sometimes required us to relearn old skills. In this webinar, Jean Evans will bring her considerable expertise to bear on the topic of networking in person, where she will explore the challenges, opportunities, tips and advice that can help anyone succeed when engaging face to face.

Sessions 20 - 32

Session 32 - Financial Wellbeing

Attendees can expect to come away with advice on how to effectively save money, reduce debt and reduce the amount of tax you pay.

Session 31 - The Ageing Demographic and the Impact on Business and Society

The number of people aged 65 and over is projected to increase from 2011 to 2041 by 160 per cent. As a proportion of the population, this represents an increase from 11.4 per cent in 2011 to 22.4 per cent in 2041 (The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)). Age Friendly Ireland’s vision is to make Ireland a great country in which to grow old.

Established in 2018 as a shared service function of the local government sector Age Friendly Ireland coordinates the national Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme.

This webinar will cover some of these projected changes and discuss the challenges we face. We will discuss what we can expect, and what we can do to prepare and transition to a society that accommodates people of any age.

Session 30 - The Secret to Inspirational Leadership, Teamwork, and Innovation

In the emerging new business world, we are waking up every day with problems that did not exist yesterday. In order, to solve these problems, we need to develop better leaders, build more effective teams, and create more innovative ideas. This interactive webinar will reveal the secret to inspirational leadership, enhanced teamwork, and innovation.

Session 29 - The Sustainability Challenge

In this webinar, we will discuss what sustainability actually means and identify what the larger challenges are when it comes to sustainability.

Session 28 - Mental Toughness

Mental Toughness helps us understand how we think when faced with stress and challenges. Our level of sensitivity or toughness to these situations can explain for example, why some people are open to taking on new challenges and others more careful, why some will strive to reach their goals and others find it difficult to stay the course. Understanding where we lie on this spectrum helps us identify where we have an opportunity for development and where we can create ways of coping when the going gets tough.

Session 27 - Effective Marketing for Engineering SMEs

This webinar will will provide food for thought and practical processes to help market yourself and promote engineering SMEs.

Session 26 - Introduction to Public Speaking and Presenting

Presenting our ideas, convincing, and informing an audience are all important skills for a professional engineer, and being able to do these effectively is a highly valued and sought-after skill. Many people suffer from fears of public speaking, fears which hold people back in developing these skills effectively. This webinar will discuss this topic, give advice and tips on how to gain confidence and improve presentation and public speaking skills.

Session 25 - Managing Conflicts in the Workplace

Conflict seems to always have a negative connotation, sometimes this is justified … but not always! It’s vital to understand the difference between Constructive & Destructive Conflict and use this insight to assist in proactively addressing it in a considered appropriate manner. This session will provide food for thought and practical processes to help empower individuals to address existing unacceptable situations which they have tolerated to date or avoided.

It will also explore reframing scenarios to avail of the positive intentions and opportunities at play.

Session 24 - The Inner Edge of Assertiveness

Learn how to lean into that temperament avoiding aggression or passivity to build relationships, navigate conflict, negotiate and be more influential at work.

Session 23 - Emotional intelligence: the New IQ add-on for Engineers and Technicians

This webinar will unfold the concept of emotional intelligence and its importance in the workplace. Whether it is time to get that promotion, switch organisations to step-up to the next level in your profession, gain self-confidence, develop your leadership skills or simply stand out from the crowd, developing emotional intelligence is imperative.

Session 22 - Successful Engineering in the Age of Collaboration Science

This webinar looks at why teams should improve their collaboration capabilities with all internal and external stakeholders, and why this is increasingly vital for company development and ecosystem participation, with some tips on how to manage.

Session 21 - Coaching Engineers for Solutions and Performance

It is now recognised that the effective use of regular coaching conversations between managers and those reporting to them enhances performance and produces results. Coaching an engineer to identify challenges, explore options and select optimal solutions enables the engineer to develop, the manager to share responsibilities and the organisation to deliver.

Session 20 - Minding your wellbeing as you return to the office

This webinar offers tools and techniques to manage your health, wellbeing and all elements of your life while working both from home and from the office.

Further resources

Reverse Mentoring

Minding your wellbeing as you return to the office handout

Successful Engineering in the Age of Collaboration Science.

Emotional Intelligence - the new add-on to IQ for Engineers and Technicians

The Inner Edge of Assertiveness

Mental Toughness

DCU Sustainability