LA YMF Attends ASCE Younger Members Leadership Symposium
The Younger Member Leadership Symposium (YMLS) is a 3-day leadership workshop hosted by the ASCE Committee on Younger Members (CYM). This conference focuses on early-career professional skills development to help associates succeed and lead in the workplace. Associates will practice self-reflection about their personal management style, debunk common leadership myths, isolate key leadership traits that contribute to successful project management, and discuss ways to implement what you learn immediately. In addition, associates will have the opportunity to interact and network with other Younger Members from across the nation.
LASCE LA YMF board members attended all the following seminars:
Introduction to Communication Styles
Developing Your Personal Vision
Managing, Leading, and Your Personal Leadership Practices
Supercharge Your Career
Mentorship Panel
Life as an Engineer – It’s A Balancing Act
Negotiating Skills
Difficult Conversations
Communication Styles
Managing People and Projects
Decision Making Tools
The conference offered ASCE LA YMF board members a professional training program taught by MBA professors and experienced professional engineers specifically catering towards young engineers. In attendance from LA YMF ,we had Ruwanka Purasinghe, Brian Phan, Linda Luu, and Kevin Woods.
