Engineering Leadership Skills

Leadership is Different than Management

The development of leadership skills is critical in the engineering profession. Leadership and management skills are different, but can intersect. The differences and the intersection of leadership and management skills can be represented by the figure below.

Leadership and Management Skills (Jamieson & Donald, 2020)

References:

[1] Jamieson, M.V., and Donald, J.R., Building the Engineering Mindset: Developing Leadership and Management Competencies in the Engineering Curriculum, Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG 2020) Conf., Paper 30, Montreal, QC; June 18-21, 2020. https://doi.org/10.24908/pceea.vi0.14129