Leadership Development for Engineers

• Experience working in an engineering team

Audience

• Engineering Leaders
• Engineers

Leadership development is the practice of evaluating strengths, assessing leadership styles, and improving leadership skills to become a confident and effective leader.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at engineering leaders and engineers who wish to analyze, manage, and develop their leadership skills.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to leverage strengths, apply values, manage stress, solve problems, and build a development plan to be an effective engineering leader.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Introduction

Overview of Leadership Development for Engineers

• Leadership competency framework
• Engineering leadership

Using Strengths to be an Effective Leader

• Assessing your personality and talents
• Focusing on your strengths

Applying Values to Leadership

• Assessing your core values
• Aligning and applying values to leadership

Managing Stress to Improve Leadership Style

• Assessing your emotional intelligence
• Emotional stress
• Strategies to manage stress

Making Decisions as a Leader

• Assessing your decision-making style
• Moving from data to action

Solving Problems Creatively

• Analytical versus creative problem solving
• Obstacles to creative problem solving
• Assessing your creative style

Working as a Leader of a Team

• Collaboration
• Feedback and active listening
• Influence and motivation

Dealing With Challenging Situations

• Conflict management
• Courageous communication
• Managing emotional reactions

Building a Plan to Develop Leadership Skills

• Leadership development plan
• Performance improvement and goal setting
• Creating a motivating work environment

Summary and Conclusion