From Technical Professional to Manager Masterclass

Over the last century, the global economy has gradually shifted from a capital and labor driven market to one fueled by information, and more recently one enhanced by human talent. With the education levels of the labor force rising steadily, corporations are becoming increasingly reliant on highly-skilled, technical employees. In today’s fast-paced world, companies depend on their top talent, not only to develop ideas, improve processes and drive innovation, but ultimately to create a competitive advantage. Despite the prevalence and importance of technical roles within today’s corporations, many struggle with how to effectively lead Technical Professionals. As such, some companies are failing to leverage the knowledge and skills of their most talented employees – and their greatest assets.

This masterclass aims to help delegates acquire management and leadership concepts on visioning and executing projects and motivating teams, giving useful and constructive feedback, coaching and mentoring techniques and building high trust, high performance teams. Delegates will focus on developing skill set that will enable them to lead and motivate their people to meet and exceed their objectives. They will learn how to anticipate and manage conflicts, and to delegate effectively in order to get poor performers back on track and stimulate their high performers.

The masterclass is intended for engineers, IT professionals, scientists, managers, current and prospective supervisors, current and prospective project leaders, and anyone who could benefit from being more influential.

Participants learn the differences between leadership and management and how to develop specific leadership skills that are important to ALL engineers and technical professionals. The most important leadership traits that apply to engineering and project leadership responsibilities are emphasized. Participants engage in exercises that assess their individual leadership abilities and provide guidance for further skill development.