CHAPTER 5

Leadership

Quality of Leadership

As a young engineer, I was working in the quality organization. My department was responsible for doing a functional audit of our products after they came out of manufacturing. After a few years, I grew to become the lead of the group. I knew the products, the tests, and the audit process. So, when the department manager moved on, I got promoted to manage the department. I felt I had grown into the role and thought things were going well. That was until the director I was reporting to left and they brought in a new director from one of the top companies in our industry. As he started getting more involved, we had a few discussions and he impressed me as someone that really understood people, I assumed ...

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