The Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers has been sponsoring this event for 15 years, and Dave Garber, PE, PLS deserves accolades for many years of commitment to this project. Having been asked, as your president, to present the session on Elements of Management and Leadership, I have been giving some thought to these topics. At the same time, I wanted to devote this month's column to an update on our legislative efforts. I think the legislative success we are having currently is, in fact, an almost textbook example of what effective leadership can accomplish.
Most good leaders have certain characteristics in common.
They have a clear vision of what they want to accomplish, and they have the will, determination, and motivation to make it happen. Leadership is also frequently described as a foul-weather job. That means recognizing a problem that others might not recognize and then taking steps to resolve the problem even in the face of criticism and adversity. When good leaders band together in a team, astounding things can happen. A comprehensive revision of KRS 322 failed to pass in the 1994 and the 1996 sessions of the General Assembly.