Workshop Overview
The Leadership Skills workshop is intended to help participants develop and improve interpersonal, group, team and leadership skills. The workshop is targeted to those in management or leadership roles in engineering/technical organizations, business, industry, academia or volunteer organizations. However, anyone interested in further developing these skills in dealing with people and working within any type of organization will benefit from the workshop. The format for the workshop includes the presentation of the core material and interactive participation; using exercises, case studies and open discussion.
Workshop Content
Introduction
Definition of Leadership
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Leadership
Attributes of a Leader
Difference between management skills and leadership skills
Being a Leader
Holistic Communications
Interpersonal communications
Personal Interactive Skills
Jungian type personality indicators
Myers-Briggs Self Evaluation
Motivating
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Team Building
Coaching
Conflict Management
Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Styles
Self Evaluation
Situations to use conflict styles and consequences
Confronting Conflict
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Formal techniques, eg. KT, Alamo, Cause Mapping, etc
Brainstorming
Synergistic Decision Making
>> Part of the PACE activities (Professional Activities Committe for Engineers). So what is PACE?
The Professional Activities Committee for Engineers (PACE) of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section, promotes the professional interests of IEEE USA members in this Section. PACE activities may include:
* Workshops on career issues (e.g., networking, career planning, career transitions, interviewing skills)
* Skill training workshops (e.g., entrepreneurship, effective speaking, technical writing, soft skills, critical thinking, leadership skills, etc)
* Government policy as it affects Engineering and Technology.
Speaker(s): Sharan Kalwani,
Agenda:
09:00 AM – Registration/Sign In, verification of attendee, Coffee & Continental Snacks
09:05 AM – Welcome and Introductions, Chapter business update
09:10 AM – Overview of the Session,
11:00 AM – End of Part 1: Break
11:10 AM – Tutorial Talk: Start of Part 2
1:30 PM – End of session, Q&A, formal conclusion, feedback session and Wrap Up
A printed copy of the notes will be provided to each confirmed attendee. There is a small fee to cover costs of refreshments and the printed material. Registration is confirmed only after fee is pre-paid
Room: 113, Bldg: Hannah Hall, 244 Meadow Brook Road, Rochester, Michigan, United States, 48309-4451