Manny Hernandez SHPE President 2009/2011

I am exceedingly encouraged by the news that the 2009 SHPE Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) passed a major hurdle this past Friday when 20 SHPE Members holding advanced management positions were selected to attend.

I was concerned that with the current economic environment, where professional development funds are being cut and similar programs offered by sister organizations are being canceled, that the program would not attract enough interest within the short deadline we established.

Having more than enough qualified applicants sign up in record time shows that SHPE has done a greatjob in designing a program that meets the needs of future executives. We have hit the mark again!

Even better news, we can still accommodate 10 more members. If you have the courage to aspire to some day occupy the corner office, and you meet the criteria for ELI, I encourage you to apply. And please also pass the word that this fine program is still accepting applications.

To find out more about ELI go to the SHPE website, at SHPE.org and click on the Events tab and then on ELI.

Manny Hernandez

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This weekend the SHPE National Board of Directors met in Lexington, Kentucky.  We discussed some very exciting topics and made some important decisions that affect our membership and constituents. The purpose of this blog post is to communicate with you some of what transpired at the recent meeting, and going forward I’d like to continue sharing about what the SHPE board is working on, and to give you the opportunity to ask me questions and start this two-way dialog.

Some of the more exciting things we discussed were upcoming events, such as NILA (National Institute of Leadership Advancement) in Fort Worth, TX from August 5-8. the SHPE conference in Washington, DC, Oct. 28-Nov.1, 2009, and ELI, Executive Leadership Institute, May 10 - 15 2009 in Palo Alto, CA, sponsored by Hewlett Packard.  We are making very important enhancements to the professional agenda for these programs, something near and dear to my heart.

One of the changes is with the ELI conference. We are including a new module called Emotional Intelligence, or EI. Essentially it is a way to manage one’s emotions and redirect them, in a positive way, to create cooperation and collaboration with others. This is a effective Personal Development tool that enhances people’s leadership skills. The experts claim that EQ (Emotional Intelligen Quotient) is more important to leadership than IQ.

The board of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers is very excited to be working on these new projects, and I can’t wait to share more news of this nature with you.

Manny

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