Leadership Development for Engineers Training Course
Leadership development involves evaluating personal strengths, assessing leadership styles, and enhancing key skills to become a confident and effective leader.
This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for engineering leaders and engineers who wish to analyze, manage, and develop their leadership capabilities.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to leverage their strengths, apply core values, manage stress, solve problems, and build a development plan to become an effective engineering leader.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lecture and discussion.
- Extensive 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.
Course Outline
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
Requirements
- Experience working in an engineering team
Audience
- Engineering Leaders
- Engineers
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Clearly explained theory combined with trainer enthusiastically recounting his past experience, making the concepts much more relatable / memorable. Friendly and passionate trainer.
Jacob Tan - Singapore Management University
Course - Leadership Development for Engineers
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