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The Iincubator For Engineering Leaders And CEO

It’s a question the heads of all engineering businesses have to ask themselves: How do you ensure the survival and sustainability of your business over the next five, 10 or 20 years.

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The Iincubator For Engineering Leaders And CEO

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  1. The “incubator” for engineering leaders and CEOs This Presentation By Engineering Education Australia Suite 202, 21 Bedford Street North Melbourne, Vic 3051 Web site: www.eeaust.com.au Call Us On: +61 3 9274 9600

  2. “It’s a question the heads of all engineering businesses have to ask themselves: How do you ensure the survival and sustainability of your business over the next five, 10 or 20 years? In effect, how do you grow your leaders?”

  3. Sally Davis says it’s a question you can’t ignore. “It’s the sort of investment you can’t afford not to make,” she says, “because your business is only as good as your people, led by your leadership team, and that sets the culture, motivation and morale of your workplace. “You need to invest in people to help them stand up and grow into their leadership roles so they can understand the impact they have on people and the workplace.” Davis is a consultant in management, business and change who will be a facilitator at the Engineering Leadership Residential, a six-day program in October specifically designed for engineering executives to broaden their capabilities to effectively lead their organisations.

  4. It features a line-up of engineering leaders, business and communications experts, and strategists who are there to pass on skills and help people shape their firms’ future. This year’s theme is ‘Leading Through Disruptive Cycles’, a timely topic given recent headlines about an engineering brain drain and reports of thousands of engineering job losses. “What’s fantastic about the residential program is that people get six days to focus on skills, learning and networking, and exposure to new ideas,” Davis says. More importantly, it’s what they do with their new insights and skills.

  5. “The accent is very much on what does that mean about your leadership back in the real world,” Davis says. “I think it’s almost like an incubator for some of those leadership skills to blossom because they’re not happening in an ad hoc way – which is what happens back in the workplace. “We also spend quite a bit of time on helping people articulate what they’re going to do differently when they go back to their workplace and how it’s going to make a difference in their workplace.” Ann Ellis believes a ‘business as usual’ approach for engineering firms is just not realistic.

  6. “A year ago, jobs were easy to be found,” says Ellis, the General Manager of Engineering Education Australia. “All of a sudden, people are looking for work and they’re all experiencing the same market conditions, so with the Engineering Leadership & Project management coursethat they can strategies and discuss their responses collectively and learn from each other. “One of the things I know is that if you stay within your business and you’re looking to survive in a time of disruption, you’re probably going to struggle to come up with the ideas and innovation that are required. “But if you mix with other like-minded people, then you’ve got a good basis to start the conversation, and it’s amazing how the ideas can feed off each other.” Ellis says, in many cases, firms need to re-invent themselves to prepare for the future.

  7. “With the times we’re going through now, we’ve really got to pull something out of the box,” Ellis says. “So that’s why I would want some of my people going to something like this, so they do have the time away.” Ellis says engineers who attend the residential program will need to be prepared to see things differently. “They can expect to be challenged, and they can expect to pick up some skills as well,” she says. “It’s not about thinking and navel-gazing, we’ve got some experts to give some really good strategies and skills in topics such as change management and negotiation – the things that leaders need to be adept at.

  8. “They’ll also be challenged because they’ll be put into situations where they have to think on their feet, solve problems and work as a team. “It’s also a very creative experience and we build it this way especially. “We’ve run the Engineering Leadership Residential three times – and the feedback is always superb.”

  9. THANK YOU READING Engineering Education Australia For Enquiry Visit: www.eeaust.com.au Call Us: +61 3 9274 9600

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