Understanding Engineering And Leadership Skills

Bill Owens says “true leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well” (as cited in Kruse, 2012, #87). Leaders do amazing work and inspire so many people that we often forget that leaders are humans too. Just like us leaders have downfalls that they aren’t aware of or are trying to fix. Employees may feel that they are not part of a team and that their ideas and thoughts are not valued because of six different downfalls a leader can portray (Comaford, 2013).

Equally important, teamwork has taught me how to be a successful leader. Through team work I learned that some people are leaders, and others are followers, and that is okay! It taught me that I work well as a leader, and am good at giving people tasks. Working with other people can be difficult, but I learned how to overcome those obstacles and be a more exemplary person. Also I learned, through school, that by leading a team, I am working and motivating my group. To illustrate, a precocious girl is put with a group of her peers to finish a project. The girls group was extremely unmotivated and did not want to work on the project. The girl took it upon herself to give everyone an individual job, and inspired them to work. This is a prime example to show how teamwork and work to create a successful leader.

In addition, leadership itself can be described in various forms and through the highlight of different skill sets, but the one thing that all definitions have in common is that “leadership involves influencing the attitudes, beliefs, behaviours and feelings of other people” Spector’s work (as cited in Curtis, de Vries, & Sheerin, 2011, p.306). When the skill set of a leader is compared to that of a manager, true differences are noted. Some of these key differences are apparent even in the approach utilized to reach the desired goals. While a manager directs, a leader transforms, a manager sustains and a leader improves, a manager controls, a leader motivates, a manager’s focus is on short-term goals and a leader’s is long-term based, managers ask how and when, while

At Grinnell Regional Medical Center (GRMC), there are a variety of teams that make up the organization which includes the hospital and outpatient affiliated clinics. Due to the diversity of healthcare services that are provided at GRMC, a team leadership approach is essential to the success of the organization. According to Northouse (2016), leadership is “a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal” (p. 6). Through this process, leaders help to create vision and direction for the team while engaging others on the team through motivation and inspiration, to reach a common goal (Northouse, 2016). In this paper, we will discuss the steps necessary to create more successful teams at various levels

One evening, had to close the kitchen with two newcomers who were still adapting to their jobs. I corrected them if they were wrong, and made sure they would voice their opinions and ask questions without reluctance, until time began pressuring me. I lost myself for a few minutes and began to focus only on closing the kitchen. However, at the end, I taught them almost all of the tasks that needed to be done at night with a little overtime. This I acted in a way that will greatly have a positive effect in the future, because leadership is not only about leading the teammates in a single moment, but it is also about providing them a better future from what the leader can teach.

Dale Carnegie’s classic, “How to Win Friends & Influence People,” has been the reason for many young business men and women’s success. Filled with knowledge on how to become a more likable individual, the “how-to” improvement book is filled with lessons and experiences that support the many principles found in the book. As a Senior, fast approaching graduation and the real world, I wanted to get a sense of how to become a better person that is ready to interact and communicate with a wide range of people in the business world. One of the many problems young adults face is learning how to manage others, collaborate with peers, and work for their boss. Carnegie’s book provides many lessons on how to do so, and puts them in to many different scenarios leaving the reader feeling informed and changed for the better.

I believe that having the knowledge, and a clear understanding about the responsibilities of a leader will have a tremendous effect on the outcomes that such a leader is able to achieve. During one of my assignments as the team leader of a translation project, called “Scan Eagle”, our team was tasked with translation of drone manuals for the Afghan National Army (ANA). This was a time sensitive project and it required a strong personnel and time management in order to have the product ready for the customer in a timely manner and free of errors. At the end of the first week, I noticed that some of my team members were not as productive as the rest. As a leader, I decided to talk to them and give them a chance to explain their lack of productivity in compresences to their peers. I also wanted to know why they were not able to deliver the quality product, which was clearly stated at the beginning to be the ultimate desired outcome of the project. I approached the situation in a calm manner and allowed the soldiers to elaborate on their shortcomings and how we could improve them. At the end of our session, I was able to identify their problem as a lack of proficiency in the target language. I was able to reassign them to a different position and keep them committed to the project, and get to use their skills in a different section. As a result of that decision I kept the team intact and we were able to deliver the product on time to the

“We need a team building event,” some exclaim. Others want to do a ropes course or a motivational seminar. We attend these events and believe that magically everything will be fixed. The problem is, after a week everything goes right back to how it was previously. People do not change at an event. To change behavior, you must have a process. As a coaching expert I know there are certain constraints to leadership training. If you look at leadership training as only an event, it will not make a difference. If there is no process on the back-end of an event you’re guaranteed you won’t see changes in behavior. Lasting change requires a plan and a process. The power is in your process, not the event.

I worked with five other dedicated students. As the CEO, I was responsible for formulating the overall strategy, assigning tasks to the team and ensuring that the tasks are completed on time and with quality. This meant finding a common ground between being an authoritative and a laissez-faire leader. In the initial phase of the project, my team was under intense pressure to meet our deadlines. I quickly realized that I was not being an effective leader and sought to change that. I started assigning tasks to each team member and making sure tasks were understood and completed prior to our next meeting, and I made sure that we discussed as a group each person’s material. I would then spend time combining and refining the work, and I made sure we had a rehearsal before each week’s presentation. I had found that common ground and over the course of four weeks, we successfully developed a prototype along with financials, marketing data and product development materials to support the business. We also gave a final presentation that was well received by other students, faculty and parents. This was definitely a great learning experience for me, and it helped me grow as an individual and as an

During my participation in the osteopathic development group leadership programme. I had the opportunity to demonstrate team skills in a group project, our initial meetings confirmed our idea, plan of action and allocated jobs; we established a timeline of tasks, which was essential to completion with the allotted time frame. My role was to research, write and deliver a specific part of our presentation; we planned regular progress updates either in person or via Skype; this ensured that if one team member was having problems completing their task on time, then others could provide additional support, or step in. Our team efforts resulted in unexpected discoveries, learning new skills, increased confidence with public speaking.

I believe leadership is taking a front line in delivering the best out of people around you. Not only doing the task but putting yourself in front in accomplish the task. Early this year we had a project of changing the core system for our entire organization. The progress was fine but the project came to roadblock when some of the financial reports were missing. The reports were crucial tool for monitoring the financial performance of the organization. Personnel assigned to deliver the reports were did not complete the task and were not in the position to accomplish them. I was given the task to deliver the reports within three weeks so that when the new system goes online the reports will be ready. After going through the requirements i realized some reports represented similar data, just minor differences existed, so i decided to group

Before this class, I had a very primitive and vague definition of leadership. Not only did I define it as per my views and ideologies, but I also said that each individual has their own definition of leadership. My initial belief was that leadership does not have a clear cut definition, but there were well defined leadership traits which made an individual. I also initially believed that personal traits did not translate into leadership traits with no strong correlation. After going through the various modules this class offered, it is safe to say that I have significantly redefined leadership and underwent a strong personal assessment. This paper talks what I took back from each of the class activities, assignments and how my self-assessment compares to the perception of others.

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to lead a team of seven members. During this experiment, I had the opportunity to practice what I have learned about leadership. The first week was very interesting as I was able to create a proactive group dynamics and I got the wheels turning. My team’s assignment was simple; to come up with a solution to an on going problem. I delegated as appropriate and I made each member aware of his or her task. The directions were clear. By the end of the first week I got to review the results and they were dissatisfying to all.

A team leader is the individual one which provides direction, commands and regulation within a team, he is also a part of team but plays various role for the purpose of achieving a certain goal. An effective leader will know their team members very well as strengths, weaknesses and inspirations. Actually team leader act various roles in an organization or company .Team leader always developing a strategy for the team to reach its destiny and coordinating and balancing the disagreeing interests of all members. A leader able to perform the task and to support the whole team during difficult conditions and always setup the positive attitude within the team, so without team leader any team can’t achieve success.( Burns, 1978)

was teamwork. We were organized into teams and the team was the unit by which