Engineers wanting to advance their careers must be able to lead teams effectively.
This Specialization is designed for professional engineers who are interested in . You鈥檒l develop awareness of your own strengths and weaknesses as a leader, and you鈥檒l learn to leverage your strengths and control for your weaknesses when you鈥檙e placed in charge of a team or project. You鈥檒l also learn to with your team members and colleagues through proven coaching, mentoring, and conflict resolution techniques, and you鈥檒l master goal-setting and planning methods designed to set you and your team up for success. Finally, you鈥檒l learn how to set up a creative environment for your team, and how to motivate each team member to reach his or her potential.
Applied Learning Project
You will complete a series of self-assessments that culminate in a reflection paper where you examine the implications of your results and how they effect your leadership style, you will conduct an engineer interview where will you will gain a perspective on what it is like to be an engineering leader and you will create a leadership development plan: a set of goals that you can begin working on immediately to improve your leadership skills.
