# S7E10 Daniel Gledhill | How to Win at People-Centered Leadership in Engineering Teams

- Show: [Being an Engineer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer)
- Published: 2026-03-06
- Length: 55m
- Episode: 10
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-03-06-s7e10-daniel-gledhill-how-to-win-at-people-centered-leadership-in-engineering-te

## Summary

Daniel Gledhill, a senior engineering leader at Edwards Lifesciences, discusses his transition from heavy industry at Rio Tinto to medical device manufacturing, focusing on transcatheter heart valve delivery systems. He explains how his teams navigate the high-stakes regulatory environment by fostering creativity within validation boundaries and eliminating tribal knowledge through robust documentation. Gledhill emphasizes people-centered leadership, detailing how he coaches engineers to shift from solving problems themselves to facilitating solutions through questioning and removing administrative obstacles.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-03-06-s7e10-daniel-gledhill-how-to-win-at-people-centered-leadership-in-engineering-te#t=0) Introduction: Daniel Gledhill and Edwards Lifesciences
- [1:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-03-06-s7e10-daniel-gledhill-how-to-win-at-people-centered-leadership-in-engineering-te#t=86) Gledhill's Career Path: From Pre-Med to Chemical Engineering
- [3:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-03-06-s7e10-daniel-gledhill-how-to-win-at-people-centered-leadership-in-engineering-te#t=213) Transcatheter Heart Valves: Procedure and Regulatory Leadership
- [13:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-03-06-s7e10-daniel-gledhill-how-to-win-at-people-centered-leadership-in-engineering-te#t=839) Scaling Production: Eliminating Tribal Knowledge and Documentation
- [20:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-03-06-s7e10-daniel-gledhill-how-to-win-at-people-centered-leadership-in-engineering-te#t=1245) Leadership Transition: Facilitating vs. Solving Problems
- [32:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-03-06-s7e10-daniel-gledhill-how-to-win-at-people-centered-leadership-in-engineering-te#t=1920) Data Integration: Moving from Attribute to Variable Data in Manufacturing
- [40:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-03-06-s7e10-daniel-gledhill-how-to-win-at-people-centered-leadership-in-engineering-te#t=2443) People-Centered Leadership Stories and Measuring Success
- [51:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2026-03-06-s7e10-daniel-gledhill-how-to-win-at-people-centered-leadership-in-engineering-te#t=3111) Accelerating Engineering Speed by Removing Obstacles

## Topics

- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Factory operations & automation](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/factory-operations)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Edwards Lifesciences (company)
- Rio Tinto (company)
- transcatheter heart valve (product)
- Pipeline Design & Engineering (company)

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