December 17, 2024 |
GradEL Spring 2025 Courses Open for Pre-Registration
Are you ready to enhance your technical expertise with people skills that will help you today and in your career? The Graduate Engineering Leadership Program (GradEL) combines experiential learning, teamwork opportunities, and leadership skill development to prepare you for your future career. Whether you’re new to thinking about technical leadership or looking for ways to hone your skills, our courses will transform your career. Discover how to illuminate your path forward this Spring!
NEW for Spring 2025
6.S660 Engineering Leadership Practicum
Master the skills to solve problems together with this unique opportunity to act as members of and lead teams in a series of activities that simulate engineering leadership challenges:
React to the changing needs of galactic council stakeholders as you build a fleet of spaceships
Influence others to get the right puzzles allocated to your team’s unique set of skills
Optimize process flow and choose strategic capital investments for your new restaurant endeavor
Balance the goals of your company’s board of directors and the global UN as you strive to build infrastructure for sustainable energy
Due to the pilot nature of this course, we have limited enrollment. Learn more and share your interest to secure your spot early by pre-registering directly with the instruction team here! (Registration via WebSIS will still be required)
6.S640 Unpacking Impact: Transforming Research into Real-World Solutions
What is the value of your research beyond publishing the next paper? Who will your work impact and how is it measured? How do you assess new technologies and roadmap broad applications over time?
Map out how effective influence can support your research results to have long-lasting impact
Learn how to better define and articulate the problems your research addresses
Identify stakeholders to validate needs and solutions
Design a custom plan for how to optimize the impact of your research
Apply now for this course! (Registration via WebSIS will still be required)
Other Spring 2025 Courses
6.9250 Leadership – People, Products, Projects
Get a head start on developing product ideas and prototypes to meet real customer needs. Learn and practice essential product management, project management, and collaboration skills on cross-functional teams. Hear feedback from real industry guests to realize your and your product’s potential. (Pre-register directly on WebSIS.)
6.9260 Multi-Stakeholder Negotiation for Technical Experts
Technical experts don’t just negotiate one-on-one. Engineering team members and leaders are required to deal with their own team, other stakeholders within their organizations and many external parties. Learn how to create alignment and resolve disputes among diverse stakeholders and communication styles. Leverage simulations, role-plays, case studies, and video analysis to improve your techniques. (Pre-register directly on WebSIS.)
Bring your incomplete self to learn the fundamentals of engineering leadership capabilities. Great technologies are delivered in teams; learn how to build one and be your best as part of one by developing self-awareness, motivating others, practicing creative problem solving, influencing without authority, managing conflict, and communicating effectively. (Pre-register directly on WebSIS.)