Reading module 2 Leadership for Engineers

Course subject(s) 2. Leadership mindsets

Buckingham, M. (2007). Go put your strengths to work: 6 powerful steps to achieve outstanding performance. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.

Ellis, L. A., & Petersen, A. K. (2011). A way forward: Assessing the demonstrated leadership of graduate civil engineering and construction management students. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 11, 88-96.

Lappalainen, P. (2015). Predictors of effective leadership in industry–should engineering education focus on traditional intelligence, personality, or emotional intelligence?. European Journal of Engineering Education, 40, 222-233.

Mohr, B. & Watkins, J (2002). The essentials of appreciative inquiry: A roadmap for creating positive future. Waltham, MA: Pegasus Communications.

Muller, R., Geraldi, J., & Turner, J. R. (2012). Relationships between leadership and success in different types of project complexities. Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on, 59, 77-90.

Obama, B. (2006). The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. New York, NY: Crown Publishers

Özgen, S., Sánchez-Galofré, O., Alabart, J. R., Medir, M., & Giralt, F. (2013). Assessment of engineering students’ leadership competencies. Leadership and Management in Engineering, 13, 65-75.

Rottmann, C., Sacks, R., & Reeve, D. (2014). Engineering Leadership: Grounding leadership theory in engineers’ professional identities. Leadership, 1 (online)

Stone Zander, R., & Zander, B. (2000).  The Art of Possibility. New York, NY: Penguin Group.

Vance, A. (2015). Elon Musk: How the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is shaping our future. UK: Virgin Books

Wood, A. M., Linley, P. A., Maltby, J., Kashdan, T. B., & Hurling, R. (2011). Using personal and psychological strengths leads to increases in well-being over time: A longitudinal study and the development of the strengths use questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 15-19.

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