Page 24 - Gi flipbook April 2018
P. 24
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
a manager
and a leader
By David Cartwright, founder of leadership and business
education provider OBD Academy
n a profession like engineering developed to pursue a successful role
– built on definitive right and in leadership.
wrong answers – it can be Unsurprisingly, in the engineering
difficult to be told that you need world, the currency that’s valued most
I to challenge the status quo, is technical ability and those who
particularly when it comes to personal reach the top are often the most
skills development. The technical technically gifted. But at the same
skills and know-how that enable entry time, only those who are willing and
and progression in the engineering able to expand their skillset, and open
profession are very different to those their minds to the possibility of
that need to be exercised and personal development, will progress.
24
LeadershipInEngineering.indd 1 15/03/2018 13:42
