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“Empowering the world, One Engineer at a time”
Welcome
Leadership Skills and the Circle of Performance
Presenter: Desmond St. Rose
Region One Advisory Board Chairperson
Desmond St. Rose
Mr. St. Rose is a Systems/Reliability engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation, a division of United Technologies Corporation. He
received his undergraduate degree in mechanical and aerospace
engineering and a master’s degree in reliability and systems
engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. Mr. St.
Rose has nine years of experience in the aerospace industry and
fifteen years of experience in the automotive industry. Presently,
Mr. St. Rose supports the reliability/system engineering aspect on
all helicopter models. Mr. St. Rose has been involved with Region
One REB as the chairperson of the advisory board for the last
three years.
“Empowering the world, One Engineer at a time”
Leadership and Performance
OUTLINE
Leadership
Skills
Communication
Effectiveness
Strategize
Performance
Conclusion
“Empowering the world, One Engineer at a time”
Leadership and Performance
Definition: The key of truly effective leadership lies in
mastering a wide range of skills and how to
make the most of opportunities to learn, lead,
and achieve your goals.
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Leadership - Skills
The Leader– who am I and have I?
 Competencies/Skills
 Quality- You
 Motivating Others
 Delegating Tasks
 Team Enhancement
 Exercising Authority
 A Development Plan
 Show Effectiveness
 Effective Time Management
 Effective Communication
 Conduct Effective Meetings
 Given Support to others
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Leadership - Skills
The Leader– who am I and have I?
1. Self-awareness – effects every choice and decision you make
2. Values – Things that are important to you, meaning to your life
3. Interest – What attracts you, what you enjoy doing
4. Personal Traits and/or Style – how you do what you do
5. Profession – What are your goals and career fit (10-17 years)
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Leadership - Skills
Skills
Standards
Achievements
Leadership
Recognize and appreciate individuals and teams for
the success of their effort.
Strategy
Communicate strategic aims clearly to everybody
and review and update on a regular basis.
People
Practice two-way communication, top-down and
bottom-up.
Resources
Ensure money is managed efficiently and everyone
understands what is happening financially.
Processes
Develop performance measures and feedback to
maintain all improvement
Quality
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Leadership - Communication
Communication
1. Achieve Clarity
 Be clear in your own mind
 Deliver the message succinctly
 Ensure the message has been
clearly and correctly understand
2. Learn to listen
 Strategize
 Respond
 Act
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Leadership - Effectiveness
Leadership effectiveness shows you how to achieve excellence
 Develop Strength – Self-Confidence and Self-determination
 Know your strengths and weaknesses
 Eliminate weakness – face up to your own mistakes
 Prepare to lead – Understand your team members
 List internal and external business process and trends
 Be a Strategists - Create and summarize SWOT table
 Set high goals
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Leadership - Strategize
 Examining the process
 Planning effectively – Questions/time management/prepare
 Effective meetings
 Goals Implementation – Think short and long term
 Networking, Mentoring, and Sponsorship
 SWOT
 Strengths – What is your E-board competencies/Your Career
Goals
 Weakness – Shortfalls/competitive disadvantages
 Opportunities – How to boost the E-board to achieve set goals
 Threats – Are you a dictator/what areas are deteriorating
/Supervisors/Co workers
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Performance - Cognitive Process
 Information perception and processing
 Retrieval of knowledge and memory
 Process of diagnosis and decision making through
problem solving strategies and goals selection
 Information decision on appropriate actions
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Performance - Cognitive Process
Ease of Use
Information storage
Information
Input
Sensing
(Information
receiving)
Information
Processing
and
Decision
External World
Action Functions
(physical control
on
communication)
Output
Effectiveness
Objectivity
Range
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Performance - Development
1.Team Performance at school or work
a) Relationship and Communication
b) Flexibility to tasks
c) Optimal Productivity
2.Create a development Plan
a) Self-Assessment information
b) Discuss career trends and Leadership skills
c) Expand Options
d) Get Feedback-Perspective
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Performance - Development
3. Optimize your learning
a) Retrain - Communication
b) Share and reflect what you learn - Networking
c) Conflicts and Criticism – Learn how to handle
4. Public Speaking
a) Engagement
b) Increasing Confidence
5. Being Competitive
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Leadership and Performance - Conclusion
Performance Plan/Objectives
Leadership Skills Enhancement
 Clearly defined accountabilities, responsibilities,
and authority
 A summary of your goals and
responsibilities associated with your
position/career
 Set a pre-planned timeline and mutually
established expectations for your performance
period
 Written with regard to individuals on your
team or work
 Defines your team and your performance
expectation and evaluate all criteria
Established a vision
Inspire excellence
Motive others
 List your goals in order and set
milestones, empower yourself
 Outline goals and description with
regards to teams development
 Communicate your goals for
effective results
Install a teamwork
environment
Practice cognitive thinking