Leadership

Compassion is the ability to see what is going on around you and then acting when something is not right according to Max Brown.

Max Brown shares how the biggest opportunity most of us will have will be to serve the people around us. He advises students to consider what others think of them and then make changes in their lives to be more focused on others.

Max Brown tells how Google discovered that 6 out of 8 key characteristics of leadership have to do with ability to work with others.

Mike Hoer shares a phrase the Chinese have saying “first we need to make friends, then we can do business together.” He shares how initially you will be hired because of your ability to do engineering but promotions will come because of your ability to work with others.

Mike Hoer defines perspective as the ability to see something in its true relative importance. He explains that it is always better to make a decision with more information than less information and how keeping perspective leads to success.

“What is most important here and what am I trying to accomplish?” should be the questions that we ask ourselves according to Mike Hoer.

Mike Hoer explains how he learned that all interpersonal conflicts are due to violated expectations. He describes that in order to avoid violating expectations we need to clarify them by asking appropriate questions.

David Weidman discusses why global experience is essential to success in today’s engineering environment. He also suggests learning how to best work with people with a different perspective than your own.

David Weidman shares how establishing a vision of what might be is critical for success. He also explains how responsibility does not equate to leadership, but you must have a vision to be a leader.

John Prows explains that leaders drive change and do not settle for the status quo. He warns that if you don't change, your business will fail. He shares a personal story of how he changed a factory from failure to success by changing people's perceptions.