The Lead Dog has the Best
View
Pete England
Civil Engineering
TAMU
What does "the lead dog has the best
view" mean to you?
Who rides in back?
 Is this an expression we can take literally?
 What kind of team are we talking about?
 What happens to the lead dog?
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Project Success
Only 6% of projects succeed because of technical
expertise.
 What’s the leading factor in project success?
 What has your degree trained you to do?
 What would you do differently?
 What do you need to do now?
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12 Characteristics of a Leader (pp. 27-28)
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Is honest, establishes trust
Gets people involved
Encourages contrary opinions
Establishes a vision
Takes risks
Creates positive environment
Challenges existing beliefs
Chooses his/her reactions
Recognizes performers
Is decisive, competent
Aligns individual and project goals
Establishes and achieves doable goals
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Leadership Ideal
Do you want to be a leader?
 What’s the American ideal?
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TV?
 Movies?
 Politics
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Student Examples
Zombie Team
 Photoshop team
 Kite team
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What People See (p. 7)
Behavior
Where do people see
these things?
Emotions
Emotions
Character
Behavior
Values
Behavior
Emotions
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What do you show the world?
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What would someone who doesn’t know you think
of you based on your Facebook profile?
Studious?
 Leader?
 Manager?
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Homework
Find an engineering-related news story that
shows one of the 12 characteristics in action.
 Bring a rough draft
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Class decision
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