Conference Session

Creating Impactful Learning Experiences for Engineering Leaders

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Michael Aucoin, Leading Edge Management, LLC; Dennis Arthur Conners

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

in managing and leading others [7], and companies signal to universities to producegraduates with leadership skills [8]. Responding to this demand, ABET [6] is requiring thatundergraduate engineering programs demonstrate attainment of student outcomes that includeleadership in a team setting. It remains to be seen how universities will demonstrate leadershipcompetencies in student outcomes [9] and how well these educational experiences will translateinto valued workplace behaviors. Despite a purported high level of interest, leadershipdevelopment in industry is often hit or miss, and on-the-job-training in leadership is the norm[10]. Indeed, none of the engineering graduates surveyed by Watson [11] mentioned anyworkplace training in the area