Live Webinar August 21st, 2011 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI INPD CoP (REP #S011)

Based on the work of Barry Posner (LinkedIn profile) and James Kouzes (LinkedIn profile): Award-winning writers, and highly sought-after teachers in the field of leadership, they authored several books including The Leadership Challenge , Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It , The Truth about Leadership: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know, and Encouraging the Heart: A Leader’s Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others . This presentation is based on the 24 page white paper The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. They also developed the highly acclaimed The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) , a 360-degree assessment tool and The Leadership Challenge Workshop , both based on The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership model.

Projects and organizations demand more and more from team members and project managers today. Project managers who have good leadership and team building skills are more successful in developing high performance teams and meeting demanding project objectives.

James Kouzes and Barry Posner researched best examples of leadership, interviewing and surveying several thousand individuals for “keys” to each person’s “best” example of exemplary leadership. From that research they identified five key leadership practices that they have validated and re-validated over the years through additional research and assessments.

Leadership is “common sense, but not common practice”. In this presentation, we will examine what makes a great leader “great”, looking at a common sense approach as well as Kouzes and Posner’s five key leadership practices. We will also look at what you can do to improve your leadership capability.

Whether you’re a project manager or project contributor, you will benefit from and enjoy this interactive presentation.

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Presenter: Jesse Freese PMP (Linkedin profile) is well known for his interactive presentations on the topics of project management, leadership and change management at the Project Management Institute (PMI) national symposium, and other PMI events. Many of Jesse’s presentations deal not only with the “hard” side of project management, but also with the “soft” side. All of his presentations include “real-life” stories that are relevant and entertaining.

Click to register for The Five Key Leadership Practices

Live Webinar – August 23rd 2012, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

Prior to implementing Scrum, many of us are classically trained project managers. We are taught to master the tools and techniques of the profession. Unfortunately, many of us are not taught key leadership skills and we struggle to fulfill the purpose of the ScrumMaster role.

When we manage, rather than lead, our teams can feel controlled and their productivity can suffer.

We need to learn the core behaviors of a leader, so that we can help foster the kind of environment where hyper-productive Scrum teams can flourish.

In this session we will examine the fundamentals of Agile Leadership as they apply to the ScrumMaster role.

Click to register for How to be a Great ScrumMaster

Live Webinar August 22nd, 2012, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar August 22nd, 2012, 2012, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Many enterprises are considering significant SharePoint investments.

This strong interest has acted as a forcing function, causing enterprises to strategize on related issues such as how to enhance performance, optimize resource investments, and explore coexistence options with other enterprise content management (ECM) systems, as well as office productivity applications and overall governance.

Learn how to avoid the pitfalls and deliver clear benefits to the business.

Discussion Topics:

• What SharePoint is, and how it is affecting the portal, content and collaboration markets
• The strategic role SharePoint plays in enterprises as information infrastructure, and whether it can coexist with other applications
• How enterprises can best manage their SharePoint installations for efficiency, effectiveness and proper governance

Presenter: Mark R. Gilbert, Research VP

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 10 – Communications

• 10.2 Plan Communications
• 10.3 Distribute Information

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for Making Microsoft SharePoint Deliver

Live Webinar 2 Offerings
August 22nd, 2012 10:00 am – 10:30 am EDT
August 22nd, 2012 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Duration: 30 Minutes Credits: 0.50 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Competitive Solutions Inc.

Learn how leaders can develop their professional and personal skill set within the framework of tried and true organizational processes.

By leveraging world-class performance and continuous improvement models, leaders can strengthen their practical skills for day-to-day activities, develop and elevate competencies of their team members, and inspire high-performance behaviors.

This webinar introduces the concepts and discusses tools for practical application.

What You’ll Learn in this Webinar:

• Identify what employees expect and develop team standards for performance
• How to educate, inspire and motivate employees
• Which tools drive ideas, suggestions, and action
• How to modify your leadership style for dynamic decision making

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for the August 22nd, 2012 10:00 am session of Leadership Fundamentals for First-Timers and Front-Liners

Click to register for the August 22nd, 2012 1:00 pm session of Leadership Fundamentals for First-Timers and Front-Liners