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.

Upcoming webinars

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 - 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Intellectual Property

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

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.

Ethical Practice

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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