How to Transition Into an Engineering Leadership Role

There is no hard and fast rule that says engineers cannot become good leaders — Engineers have many skills that make them ideal managers.

The most common management tasks involve:

• Resolving matters of conflict among team members (25%)
• Motivation of team members (22%)
• Exploring resource to bring improvements into the team (15%)
• Handling corrective actions and performance reviews (15%)
• Recruitment of new leaders and mentoring internal team members (12%)

No one is a perfect leader, and no one gets leadership right all the time — Learning is a cooperative process when you link up with link-minded Engineering leaders — peers. Check out Lohika Community: Home to Engineering leadership.