Leader’s foundation

When I faced the challenge of changing from an engineering path to a management/leadership path, LI accompanied me from the very beginning (and continues to do so). My first training, and in retrospect probably the most important, was the Leadership Foundation. Subsequent trainings on communication or facilitation were a polishing of my emerging leadership workshop and an increase in self-awareness about what I was doing correctly and what I wasn’t quite doing; what I was doing unconsciously (as I feel it should be), or consciously, because I had learned it at LI trainings or workshops.

I started my career as a Mechanical Engineer, but over time, the desire to have an impact on the work environment, or the environment in which I moved as an engineer, germinated in me. This idea was recognized by my supervisor and resulted in a Team Leaders position. Support from Leaders Island came along, and the idea grew into a full-fledged Managerial role (and mentally into a Leadership role). Since then, I have led teams at companies such as Delphi, Aptiv, and Motorola, where I currently work as a Software Engineering Manager. This journey continues to this day and doesn’t look like it will end, as I continue to encounter new challenges or tasks.