Overview
Popular speaker and best-selling PM author Neal Whitten takes leadership and project management to a personal level by revealing leading-edge best practices that make all the difference between leading consistently successful projects and playing the victim with troubled projects. If you came to Neal and said, “I only have one or two days of my life for our paths to cross. What can you tell me in that period from all you have learned from a 35+ year career that will make my projects and career be more successful and rewarding?” This workshop is the one or two days (one- or two-day seminar) that Neal would share with you. Successful projects—and careers—don’t just happen, they are made to happen. Focusing mostly on leadership and soft skills, this thought-provoking seminar reveals choices to make and behaviors to adopt that are invaluable in helping attendees become successful project managers and leaders. Learn to think for yourself, re-energize your initiative and drive, and take control of your destiny.
This workshop is based on and includes Neal’s best-selling book: Neal Whitten’s No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects. Neal has collected practices from among his favorite and most effective—many learned too slowly and painfully. Adopting one can benefit your project; adopting many can benefit your career. It’s not about the ability of those around you to lead; it’s about your ability to lead, despite that which is happening around you. Come prepared to rethink what constitutes effective leadership and project management.
Note: This seminar (2-day version) has been offered by PMI® SeminarsWorld®.
Length of Seminar
Half-day, one-day and two-day versions.
Who Should Attend
This seminar is for project managers/leaders, program managers, project sponsors, resource managers, functional managers, senior managers and executives, and anyone and everyone who aspires to be a more effective leader. Moreover, this seminar will benefit all members of a project or organization in helping them become more productive, accountable and valuable contributors to their companies.
Prerequisite
Only an open mind and a desire to become a more productive and effective leader/employee.
Your Seminar Experience Will Cover
- Identifying best practices that will cause your behavior, decisions, and actions to become more deliberate, effortless, and natural as you lead
- Identifying personal attributes—leadership and soft skills—that contribute to your success and the success of your project
- Recognizing how to boost your confidence in taking charge and making things happen
- Creating a culture that fosters the success of your project
- Identifying ideas that promote the advancement of project management/organizational concepts
Seminar Size
Although a group size of 20-30 attendees is optimal for more in-depth discussions, there is no upper limit to the number of attendees. The seminar is designed to accommodate large audiences.
Notes
Depending on the length of the seminar (half-day, one-day, two-day), topics presented vary. For example, topics for a one-day seminar include:
- Leadership styles
- Integrity
- Managing priorities
- Are you too soft?
- How to make long-term project commitments
- Duties of the effective project manager
- Accountability
- Turning criticism into an asset
- The need to fail
- Fostering interpersonal communications
- Boldness
- Dealing with difficult people
- What good is a mentor
- Is your professional behavior respected?
- Recognizing and dealing with professional immaturity
- Escalate is not a dirty word
- How to run an effective meeting
- Three critical actions that are overlooked on most projects
- …and many more specific leadership tips for promoting project success.
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