Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Klassen, University of Toronto; Serhiy Kovalchuk, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

interactions [9].Research from Handley, Lang and Erdman (2016) investigated the perspectives of on-campusrecruiters who were looking for leadership among engineering students in their final year ofstudies [10]. They found that recruiters were seeking students who had been involved inactivities outside the classroom and had the ability to articulate the learning gained from theseexperiences. The three engineering leadership themes they identified were communication (self-awareness), connection (big picture thinking) and confidence [10]. 2These studies are valuable because they shed light on employer perspectives of desiredleadership qualities and