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The Lead Dog has the Best View

Explore the significance of leadership qualities and project success in civil engineering, understanding the phrase "the lead dog has the best view" and 12 key leadership characteristics. Reflect on personal growth, decision-making, and achieving goals. Analyze how these principles apply in real-life scenarios. Gain insights into what it takes to lead effectively in engineering.

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The Lead Dog has the Best View

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  1. The Lead Dog has the Best View Pete England Civil Engineering TAMU

  2. What does "the lead dog has the best view" meanto 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? 2

  3. 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? 3

  4. 12 Characteristics of a Leader (pp. 27-28) • 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 4

  5. Leadership Ideal • Do you want to be a leader? • What’s the American ideal? • TV? • Movies? • Politics 5

  6. Student Examples • Zombie Team • Photoshop team • Kite team 6

  7. What People See (p. 7) Where do people see these things? Behavior Emotions Emotions Character Behavior Values Behavior Emotions 7

  8. What do you show the world? • What would someone who doesn’t know you think of you based on your Facebook profile? • Studious? • Leader? • Manager? 8

  9. Homework • Find an engineering-related news story that shows one of the 12 characteristics in action. • Bring a rough draft • Class decision 9

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