What You Will Learn
- Benefit from training in 10 primary skill/knowledge areas within a single course.
- Describe the key lessons from each of the ten sessions through their handy summary takeaways for use back in the office.
Overview
- Explore trending topics
- Develop critical skills
- Boost professional growth
- Focused 60-90 minute sessions
Experience this exclusive training with multiple sessions made up of trending topics on projects and in the workplace. The training is designed to help you gain critical skills/knowledge and boost your professional growth. Each session is delivered in focused 60-90 minute modules, making it easy to absorb and apply new knowledge quickly. Available in-person or virtually.
The ten skill/knowledge areas are:
- Are You Too Soft?
- Successful Change Management
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Top Reasons Why Projects Fail and What You Can Do to Avoid Failure
- Effective Negotiation Skills
- Top Mistakes in Conducting Lessons Learned
- Drive Innovation with Disruptive Thinking
- Creating Client Satisfaction Surveys for Projects
- Building Your Self-Confidence
- Achieving the Elusive Work-Life Balance
Note: Ask about substituting one or more of these skill areas for other skill areas.
Credentials
I am a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® since 1992, specializing in Project Management, Power Skills, Project Troubleshooting, Team Building, and Professional Development. I have presented to/trained thousands of people from across hundreds of companies, institutions, and public organizations worldwide, many listed here. I have written 8 books, 150+ articles, and have many stories to share. This training has also benefited from my experience from mentoring hundreds of project managers, managers, and high-performance individuals, and working with thousands of professionals.
Testimonials
- Excellent, engaging instructor with useful information, important life messages, and relevant stories to keep my interest.
- Neal’s broad background and years of experience offered knowledge and wisdom far beyond most courses I have experienced.
- I really liked this class and was quite impressed with the instructor’s delivery. I wish he was my mentor that was only a call away when needed.
- This was my first class to experience so many unique topic areas. It was refreshing with never a dull moment.
- I don’t particularly like live classroom training because of their commonly slow pace. But this class held my attention for two full days and gave me much to think about. Well done!
*One-day version
You can choose your favorite five skills from the ten skills offered in the two-day version.
Who Should Attend
This course is for project leaders, project members, and anyone with an interest in becoming more productive, accountable, and valuable contributors to their organizations.
Why This Training Matters
It is highly unusual for a class to focus on so many unique skill areas. These ten topics are commonly requested and have great appeal in organizations. Attendees especially benefit from exposure/training in multiple skill areas.
Offered by PMI
The Project Management Institute has recognized the value of this training by including it in their 2024 and 2025 PMI Training offerings. See here.
FREE: You can view Neal delivering one of the ten skill areas. A popular one-hour video titled “Are You Too Soft” is available on PMI’s projectmanagement.com, free for PMI members. To date (May 2025), it has had over 11,000 views with a ranking of 4.78 out of 5. Here’s the link.
PMI Talent Triangle
Two days: 14 PDUs (Power Skills-9.5, Ways of Working-1.5, Business Acumen-3).
One day: 7 PDUs (Power Skills-4.75, Ways of Working-.75, Business Acumen-1.5).
Contact Neal
Join me for a fun, informative, and beneficial investment in your job and career. If you would like more information or to schedule a class, contact me via my Contact page here. Or you can email me (neal@nealwhittengroup.com) or call me (770-378-2980).
I am dedicated to your business success and believe we can achieve great things together.
Sincerely,
Neal Whitten, PMP