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ESD.02 Essentials of Engineering Lecture Notes

Leadership and Ethics

Leadership is Giving Back

  • Great Potential = ...
  • Canons and Ethics from the Code of Ethics of Engineers of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
  • A sucessful man is ... (Einstein)

    Leadership

  • What is a Leader?
  • The Difference Between a Leader and a Manager
    from a BYU commencement address given by Prof. Hugh Nibley
  • ... into battle ...

           |        
           |       /
           |Leader/       /
           |     /       /
     /|\   |    /       /
      |    |   /Manager/
    Time   |  /       /
     in    | /       /
    Career |/       /  Technician
      |    |       /
           |      /
           +------------------------>
                    FOCUS --->
    (thanks to Prof. Lloyd Baird, Boston University School of Business
    

    How to Lead

  • As taught in the "Tao of Pooh," there are two ways of dealing with the world: through rules or by principles.
  • Leaders should make rules or teach principles according to the abilities of their followers.
  • If principles are taught ...
  • Great Leaders ... (Lao Tsu)
  • Delegate (Stockdale)
  • Give away Leadership (Ogilvey)

    Just Do It

  • Choices
  • Finding Fault? (Henry Ford)
  • Can You Do It? (T. Roosevelt)
  • The Preferred Goal (Einstein)