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Leader Education and Development

Transforming Engineering Managers into Effective Leaders
&
Creating a Dynamic Leadership Culture

An Intensive Eight-Month Leadership Course for Engineers





Engineering is a demanding field that requires a broad knowledge base and combinations of skills to successfully practice as a professional. ASCE's "Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century" recognizes leadership as one of the critical skills for civil engineers to develop - not only to increase the effectiveness of individuals and engineering organizations but also to position civil engineers as the lead on multi-disciplinary project teams, to regain leadership roles in public service agencies, and to contribute to sound public policy at the local, state, and national level.

Leadership provides many other benefits to engineers and their organizations as well. Developing leadership skills and a leadership culture creates the agility to respond more quickly to changes in the economy, competitors, and customer needs.

Leadership is different from management and requires different skills. Leading in the private and public arena requires a well-defined personal vision, integrity, and effective communications and motivational skills.

This course has been designed to produce behavioral change and provide significant growth in participants' leadership skills, along with all the benefits that will accrue to the workplace, clients, the public, and the profession.

"This eight-month program covered leadership skills that are vital to grow as a High-Impact Leader in any organization. It definitely helped me to gain more confidence in my ability to communicate, mentor, and handle conflicts more effectively. These skills will help me to motivate and empower employees, develop new business opportunities, strengthen client relationships and ultimately creating a leadership culture in my organization. I would definitely recommend this excellent program to my colleagues at CDM."

Ayman Shawwa, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, Project Manager, CDM, Walnut Creek, CA

LEAD will help you:
  • Increase your leadership effectiveness
  • Prepare for greater leadership responsibilities within your organization
  • Prepare for leadership roles on multi-disciplinary project teams and in public service agencies
  • Develop a leadership culture that can quickly respond to changes
Best Practices Approach to Training
  • Highly interactive discussion
  • Individual personal inventories and skills inventories
  • Stimulating small group breakout discussions
  • Monthly personal commitment and accountability
Who should participate
  • Engineering managers who want to improve their leadership skills
  • Managers identified by their organizations as rising leaders
  • Managers who want to improve client relationships and organizational response to clients' needs
  • Managers tasked with leading change within engineering organizations
  • Directors, senior associates, and others who manage groups of people in engineering organizations
Why an Eight-Month Course?
This program is designed to produce behavioral change - not just mindset change. Studies of educational programs among nearly 100 engineering firms have shown that effective programs for producing change in behavior are those that reinforce behavior change over time - typically from eight to 12 months. This LEAD program includes seven days of training and instruction in a class room environment, plus a personal consultation or coaching session. The full month between sessions allows for practice and reinforcement of skills learned to achieve maximum leadership development.

Learn more:
If you have questions about LEAD, contact:
Melissa Prelewicz, P.E.
Director, Professional Practice
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: (800)548-2723 ext. 6341
Fax: (703)295-6132
Email: mprelewicz@asce.org


 

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