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Engineering Leadership Manifesto

Manifesto Statements

Aa a leader in engineering I am;

  • A Servant: Leading from behind, I'm here to uplift and support. I recognise that commanding others diminishes my leadership strength. I distribute my responsibilities and the responsibilities of my team, so that I am never a single point of failure and to improve resilience. I actively listen, asking more questions than I answer.
  • Mission driven, vision guided: I am a missionary not a mercenary. I evangelise our mission, vision and values. I look beyond the immediate, with my focus mainly in the medium and long term.
  • Kind: My interactions are guided by kindness, with absolutely no exceptions.
  • Trusted: I am open and honest, while acting with integrity and trust. I don't mask or warp the truth, but keep confidentiality as sacred. I have integrity, demonstrating the behaviours I expect of others, and that are expected of me.
  • Accountable: I take full responsibility for my actions and those of my team, embracing both our successes and learning moments.

I am never going to know less than I know right now, so learning is at the heart of everything. I am;

  • Bold: I have strong opinions, loosely held. My views may be distinctive and unpopular.
  • Brave: The best outcome is being proven wrong, and I actively seek to disprove my views and hypotheses. I am Curious and investigative, brave and willing to explore new ways.
  • A Mentor: I see the potential for learning in everyone. Encouraging curiosity, bravery, and professional development is part of my daily to-do list.
  • A Student: I am a student of technology and leadership. I'm on a relentless quest for knowledge. And by extension, and among many other things, I and a student of:

Duties

Each specific leadership role has specific duties (see the competency matrix), and AMPFlow carries further duties for certain roles within the problem lifecycle (see Problem Ownership).

These are generic duties that apply to everyone in any engineering leadership role:

  • Succession planning.
  • Seeking Feedback.
  • Giving clear and timely feedback to your colleagues around you.
  • Report and proactively mitigate problems as they occur.