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INSTRUCTOR: Anthony Fasano, P.E., M.ASCE

Purpose and Background

The biggest hurdle that most civil engineers and technical professionals face in their quest to become successful managers is a lack of confidence. As an engineering manager, you’ll need to build your expertise, present in front of stakeholders, and lead by example. To do these things in a powerful way, you’ll need to be confident in your knowledge and abilities, and not just sometimes, all of the time. You’ll also need to engage with people effectively to grow into a powerful engineering leader.

In this session, you’ll be given specific actions that you can take on a daily basis to build your confidence, develop your public speaking skills, and learn high leverage leadership tactics. These strategies will help you build authority in your field, improve your confidence and effectiveness as an author and presenter, and maximize your relationships with the people you work with.

The purpose of this session is to provide a framework for building your confidence, growing your expertise and engaging people in order to be a true civil engineering leader.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Use communication as an avenue to show confidence
  
• Select a topic that you want to develop your expertise in
  
• Deliver presentations with confidence and power
  
• Utilize a framework for seeing opportunities in every situation
  
• Prioritize and delegate the right tasks effectively
  
• Engage the people you work with and maximize their potential

Program Benefits

• Take specific actions to build confidence
  
• Identify topics that you can build expertise on
  
• Find venues/outlets where you can share your expertise
  
• Apply strategies for becoming an effective public speaker
  
• Understand your role as a leader
  
• Know how to delegate effectively

Program Outline

• What is confidence?
  
• Why confidence is important to your success as a civil engineering professional
  
• Four skills that will help you become more confident
  
• Ten actions you can take to improve your confidence
  
• Ten books to help you build confidence and self-assurance
  
• Becoming an expert on a specific technical topic
  
• Two ways to share your expertise
  
• Why public speaking matters
  
• How to be an effective public speaker
  
• Ten actions to help prepare for your presentation
  
• Following up after your presentation
  
• You are a leader
  
• Definition of leader/leadership
  
• Why a positive outlook matters
  
• What great leaders do
  
• 2 Question framework
  
• What is the role of a leader?
  
• Setting goals with your staff
  
• Supporting staff credentialing
  
• Provide avenues for mentoring
  
• Delegation
  
• Earn trust and respect from your team
  
• There is no “I” in team

Your registration fee includes lunch, refreshment breaks, and guarantees your seat at the course.