Leadership Development for the Engineer

Instructor

Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., P.E., FASCE
Mr. Calhoun has extensive leadership and management experience.

He holds a bachelor and masters degree in Civil Engineering from Mississippi State University and Oklahoma State University.

Mr. Calhoun has had comprehensive training in management/leadership philosophy, principles, and techniques.

He is a graduate of the prestigious Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Leadership Development Program and worked directly with CCL to produce a highly successful leadership development program in place at the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory.

Course Description

This training course will guide you through the steps required to become a successful leader in an engineering organization. You will recognize the need for honing not only your technical but also your leadership skills. You will understand the differences in and the need for the "art" of leadership and the "discipline" of management. You will be introduced to important leadership philosophies and powerful tools and will have the opportunity to apply many of them in the seminar setting.

This training course will cover the following topics:

• Leadership defined
  Participants will identify the characteristics of a good supervisor. Through discussion of the characteristics, the definitions of "leadership" and "management" will evolve. These characteristics will be compared to those of a good engineer.
• Situational leadership
  A model will be presented relating leadership style to the development level of the team members. An evaluation will reveal the participants preferred leadership style.
• Motivating during change
  Participants will understand the dynamics of motivation and change. They will develop their own plan for motivating during change. The participants will then be challenged with the question: "Can you really motivate another person?"
• Communications men and women
  Types of communications will be demonstrated and discussed. A highly thought provoking exercise of gender communications will be undertaken. Through additional exercises and discussions, an effective method for providing feedback will evolve.
• Decision making
  Structured processes will be presented to maximize both the quality and acceptances of decisions. These processes will be used to solve problems presented to the participants.

Seminar Benefits

• Learn how to successfully lead an organization
• Gain an understanding of yourself and your people
• Gain an understanding of generational differences
• Learn how to apply the art of leadership and/or the discipline of management
• Learn how to apply appropriate leadership styles to the situation
• Learn how to apply systematic decision making processes
• Learn how men and women communicate in the workplace
• Learn how to effectively communicate and provide feedback
• Evaluate your value system as well as the values of those being led
• Learn your role in establishing the organizations ethical climate

Who Should Attend

The seminar is structured for civil engineers or other technical professionals in a leadership position, or those aspiring to move into a leadership role.

Summary Outline

Day One

• Introduction
• Leadership defined
• Motivating during change

Day Two

• Communications: Men & women
• Decision making
• Team building
• Ethics, Values, and self-assessment
• Closing