How does an engineer become a business leader? If I take myself as an example, my career path gave me a fascinating and broad experience. I have spent the first 10 years of my career in different manufacturing roles. This gave me the opportunity to apply my engineering training on a deep level. After that, I was offered an HR management development role at headquarters. It gave me a close insight in the roles and responsibilities of many other disciplines, such as marketing and sales and R&D. This really opened my world. My perspective was further expanded when I moved from Europe to Brazil and assumed full responsibility of the company’s country operation. As a leader, I was suddenly involved in maintaining key contacts with governments, ...
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