Click here to download the Capabilities of Effective Engineering Leaders white paper, which discusses the foundation of the GEL curriculum.

Core Values, Character, and Accountability:

• Taking Initiative 
• Making Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty 
• Upholding Responsibility, Sense of Urgency, and Will to Deliver 
• Exercising Resourcefulness, Flexibility, and Resilience
• Committing to Ethical Action, Integrity, and Courage
• Exercising Self-Awareness, Self-Reflection, and Self-Improvement
• Developing Vision and Intention in Life and Career 
• Fostering Trust, Loyalty, and Team-Building
• Embracing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion  

​Relating:

• Inquiring and Dialoguing
• Developing and Deploying Structured Communications
• Negotiating, Compromising, and Managing Conflict
• Advocating and Influencing
• Building Diverse Connections and Communicating across Cultures
• Interacting Constructively; Providing and Receiving Feedback
• Building Relationships and Networks
• Managing your Relationship with your Boss
• Developing and Empowering Others 

Sensemaking:

• Understanding Group and Organizational Cultures 
• Maintaining Awareness of Societal and Natural Context
• Ascertaining the Needs of Customers or Beneficiaries
• Exercising Business Context Awareness and Financial Acumen
• Tracking and Assessing New Technology
• Exercising Systems Thinking

Visioning:

• Creating Motivating Environments
• Creating and Communicating a Shared Vision
• Identifying and Defining Issues, Problems, or Paradoxes
• Thinking Creatively and Depicting Possibilities
• Defining the Solution
• Architecting the Solution Concept

Delivering on the Vision:

• Forming and Implementing Working Groups and Teams
• Aligning Organizations Toward a Vision 
• Understanding and Leveraging Power in Organizations
• Planning and Managing a Project to Completion
• Exercising Project/Solution Judgment and Thinking Critically
• Inventing
• Innovating
• Deploying and Operating Solutions

Technical Knowledge and Reasoning