About the Course
The move from engineer to engineering leader is a career change disguised as a promotion. This practical three-day course builds the leadership capability that technical excellence alone does not provide, following a deliberate arc from leading self, to leading engineering teams, to leading engineering organizations. Participants develop the self-awareness and judgment the role demands, learn to lead culture, conflict, feedback, and performance inside technical teams, and connect engineering to the enterprise through stakeholder management, enterprise architecture, and the metrics that matter. The course serves new and experienced engineering leaders alike who want to lead people with the same rigor they bring to engineering.
What You Will Learn
- Transition effectively from individual contributor to engineering leader
- Apply leadership principles in complex technical and organizational contexts
- Lead and motivate engineering teams toward shared goals and outcomes
- Make informed decisions under ambiguity, risk, and technical uncertainty
- Balance technical excellence with delivery, people, and business priorities
- Communicate with and influence stakeholders across technical and non-technical domains
- Foster a healthy engineering culture grounded in trust, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Lead change and navigate growth, scale, and organizational complexity
Key Topics & Agenda
- The Engineering Leadership Role: From Individual Contributor to Leader
- Self-Awareness, Leadership Style, and Decision Making in an Engineering Context
- Leading Engineering Teams: Culture and Team Decision-Making
- Conflict Resolution, Feedback, and the Engineering Manager's Expectations
- Stakeholder Management: Communication, Views, and Viewpoints
- Enterprise Architecture: Connecting Business Strategy to IT Strategy
- Technical Leadership: Design Across the Life Cycle and Sequencing the Work
- Engineering Metrics, Performance Management, and Career Development
- Leading Change and Navigating Organizational Complexity
Related Roles
Executive / Senior Leader, People Manager / Team Lead, Developer / Engineer