Self-management:
The ability to manage your behaviors, thoughts and emotions in a conscious and productive way

Commitment to growth:
Expanding beyond your comfort level to improve in a consistent and continual way

Personal organization:
The process of structuring, systematizing and improving your efforts to be more effective, efficient and productive

Adaptability:
Your ability to adjust to different conditions or circumstances

Professionalism:
The conduct or qualities that characterize a working professional or volunteer

Coaching:
To help a person change and head in the direction they desire to go in

Mentoring:
The act or process of helping and giving advice to a less experienced person

Sponsorship:
The function of a person who supports or helps another person

Change management:
A process for leading change to achieve a desired outcome

Vision:
A mental image of what an organization could be in the future

Decision-making:
A process which results in the selection of a course of action among several possibilities

Influencing others:
Your ability to affect the character, behavior or development of someone

Written and oral communication:
The exchange of information between people and/or groups

Conflict resolution:
The process by which two or more parties facilitate a peaceful solution to a disagreement

Active listening:
A communication skill involving listening with all senses to improve mutual understanding

Giving and receiving feedback:
A two-way process of sharing and receiving constructive suggestions on areas of strength and opportunities for growth

Management of others:
Your ability to lead and develop team member

Project management:
The use of specific knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to deliver something of value

Strategic planning:
The process of setting goals and creating a blueprint for an organization’s future

Financial acumen:
Your ability to see the financial effects and relationships of various aspects of the organization

Awareness of DEI&B concepts:
Your knowledge and understanding of key concepts related to DEI&B

Commitment to growth in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B):
Expanding beyond your comfort level to improve in a consistent and continual way

Advocacy:
Taking action to advance SWE’s vision of a world with gender parity and equality in engineering and technology

Allyship:
Active support for the rights of a minority or marginalized group without being a member of it

Inclusive leadership:
A set of behaviors used to help people align their collective direction, to execute strategic plans and to continually renew an organization in DEI&B

Organizational DEI&B transformation:
The process of changing an organization’s DEIB approach to reflect the organizational commitment to advancing DEI&B