Practical Leadership Skills for Safety Professionals and Project Engineers

This book discusses the science of organizational behavior, and the author cites current social and psychological work on leadership and professional development in an effort to "jump start" the careers of project engineers and future safety professionals. The goal in writing this book is to quickly acclimate undergraduates and early-career professionals on a career path toward engineering and safety management because they are missing opportunities to work, read, travel, and prepare for the profession. This book includes leadership and professional development techniques so that graduates can go into the market with the leadership and communication skills needed.

Gary L. Winn

Introduction. Why Leadership and Why Now? Self-Discovery Comes First. Further Becoming a Professional: It Takes Effort Outside the Classroom. Further Becoming a Professional. Core Values Underlie Leadership. Culture, Safety, and Engineering. How We Can Change Organizational Values and Why It's Important. A Values-Based Leadership Model for use in Depleted Environments. Case studies in ethical considerations. Crisis and Noncrisis Leadership Models. What is "toxic leadership?" Experiential Training: It's Mot What We've Been Teaching in Class. How Authentic Leaders Handle the Death Event. Stress and Morale Challenges for Leaders in Safety and Engineering. Gender in Safety and Engineering. How Authentic Leaders Handle the Issue of Discipline for Difficult Employees. Organizational Protocol for Safety and Engineering Professionals: A Brief Introduction. Summary of this Book's Key Concepts. Index.