Friday, June 24, 2011

Announcing the Next EL SIG Meeting, July 21 [Robert Lasater]

The next meeting of the Engineering Leadership SIG will be held on July 21 in SAP Building 2 (3412 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), starting at 7:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Topic of the main presentation, Why Would Anyone Follow You? The Language and Behaviors of the Most Admired (and Despised) Leaders, by EL SIG's own Kimberly Wiefling.

Attend. Find out. Practice. Change.

Leadership is not a position in an organization chart or a title on a business card. Leadership is a way of thinking, behaving, and communicating. Leaders have only 3 tools at their disposal: A.C.T.

• Actions

• Communication (both talking and listening)

• Thinking

Of course followers can only directly experience 2 of those tools. Followers judge the effectiveness of leaders by their actions and communication.

The pitfalls of poor leadership are well known, as are the practices of the most admired leaders in the world. But knowing how to do something has never been enough in itself to assure success. (If knowing how were enough we'd all be rich and thin!)

This event is NOT about telling you how to be a great leader. This highly engaging and interactive session will give you an opportunity to practice acting and communicating like a great leader.

Come curious and prepared to participate, and leave more the kind of leader you admire.

Kimberly Wiefling is the author of Scrappy Project Management, currently ranked #1 on Amazon Kindle US in Total Quality Management. She splits her work time between the US and Japan.

Cost: $20 at the door for non-SDForum members, No charge for SDForum members

BOOK SWAP - Every month! Bring books to share.

JOB SWAP - Check out our Yahoo! Group here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SDForum_EL_SIG_JobSwap/

PEER-to-PEER Roundtable - Every month! Join us to share insights and advice with peers each month prior to the 7 PM event.

BLOG Write or read EL SIG blog posts here: http://sdforumelsig.blogspot.com/

For more information, go here.


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