Leadership
by
Don C. Bramlett, PE, SMIEEE
IEEE Region 4 Director 2009-2010
Southeastern Michigan Section
DTE Energy – Project Engineer
Workshop Content
Introduction
• Definition of Leadership
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
Leadership
• Attributes of a Leader
• Differences between management skills and leadership skills
• Being a Leader
• Holistic Communications
Workshop Content
Interpersonal Communications
• Personal Interactive Skills
• Jungian type personality indicators
• Self Evaluation
• Motivating
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
• Team building
• Coaching
Workshop Content
Conflict Management
• Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Styles
• Self Evaluation
• Situations to use conflict styles and consequences • Confronting Conflict
Workshop Content
Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Formal Techniques, eg. KT, Alamo,
Cause Mapping, etc
• Brainstorming
• Synergistic Decision Making
Definition of Leadership
Leadership, according to Peter DeLisle, is the ability to influence others, with or without authority.
All successful endeavors are the result of human effort; thus, the ability to influence others is a derivation of
• Interpersonal Communications
• Conflict Management
• Problem solving
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Interpersonal effectiveness is the capability of an individual to do this, influence others, competently.
Leadership is a direct function of three elements of interpersonal effectiveness
• Awareness
• Ability
• Commitment
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Awareness
Awareness is a state of consciousness.
It is the ability to recognize yourself, others, events and situations in real time. It is the ability to assess the impact of actions on situations and others, and be critically self-reflective.
It is a development process that is a function of experience, communication, self discovery and feedback.
Ability
Ability to learn and understand technical issues is the basis of our careers.
Ability to lead is a function of influence:
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