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

2. What does "the lead dog has the best view" mean to 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) Emotions Behavior Character Values 7 Where do people see these things?

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