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“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France
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Recent press as seen in the Engineering Management Society Newsletter
Engineers promoted into leadership positions face new sets of challenges. Making a successful transition to leadership requires new knowledge and skills.
The Engineering Leadership Institute (ELI) develops the skills required to succeed in a leadership role. The ELI program includes an initial intensive training week as well as three follow up programs over a two year period to hone leaders’ skills as they advance in their careers.
UT’s Center for Lifelong Engineering Education will provide a 5-day immersion course, the Engineering Leadership Institute, August 14-18, 2006. This program also includes 3 follow-up 2 day conferences on Leadership *hot topics* -- February 2007, August 2007, February 2008.
Executives can nominate potential participants for acceptance into this program: - 1) Nominations may be submitted by participant’s immediate supervisor or appropriate executive
- 2) Participants should be engineering managers or individual contributors who are on track to become leaders within their organizations
Key Benefits - Learn to manage collaborative relationships across the organization
- Gain support for your ideas and projects
- Improve your communication skills
- Gain a broad understanding of the skills needed for engineering leadership
- Learn how to build high performance teams
- Improve your outcomes through the use of practical negotiation skills
- Manage conflict
- Learn tools to help you manage risk
- Acquire tools for strategic planning and building a roadmap for your department
- Understand the dynamics of managing innovative projects
2006-2008 Program Curriculum
Session 1 Agenda: August 14-18, 2006
Session 2 Agenda: February 8-9 2007
Session 3 Agenda: August 9-10 2007
Session 4 Agenda: February 21-22, 2008
Contact Information
Nancy Traccarella
Senior Program Manager
nancy.traccarella@austin.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4875
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Course Location
J. J. Pickle Research Campus Commons Building Room 1.164 10100 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78758 Telephone: (512) 471-5898 Fax: (512) 471-3679
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Attendance Policy
A 90% attendance rate is required in order to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and certificates of completion.
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Cancellation Policy
A full refund, less a $100.00 processing fee, will be given for all cancellations or transfers if notification is received on or before two weeks prior to the beginning of the course. Refunds will not be given for cancellations received after this date. Substitutions may be made anytime prior to the first day of class. The CLEE programs are subject to cancellation if too few people enroll, in which case a full refund will be given.
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Hotel Information
For a list of local hotels: www.utexas.edu/commons/hotels.html.
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Payment Policy
The Center for Lifelong Engineering Education policy states that as of January 2010, the payment due date for all courses is two weeks prior to the class start date. Full payment must be received prior to attending the class. The exceptions to this rule are individuals attending on a company-generated purchase order (PO) or state employees. These individuals need to identify themselves as such and provide appropriate supporting documentation. The final opportunity to gain entry to the course will be to make full payment on-site during check-in on the first day of class.
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