Recorded Webinar – Recorded March 14th, 2013
Presented by the Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU Free
Course ID: MDW1267

Leadership Is About Change And Moving Forward

Successful project managers are effective communicators that know when and how to be a leader. Each person, organization, and project requires a different style and approach to leadership.

This webinar will introduce the three fundamental building blocks of leadership; who, what, and how. You will examine who is the leader and who needs to lead, what leadership is needed for the project (taking into consideration organizational, cultural, and project needs) and how you can use leadership models, skills, and techniques to build your leadership platform.

Learning objectives include:

• Understand the three fundamental building blocks of leaders and leadership
• Determine who needs to lead and what does the perfect leader look like for a project
• Examine organizational cultural dimensions and the impact on leading your projects
• Explore several leadership models and where they work best

Presenter: Star Dargin (LinkedIn profile), PCC, CPCC, instructor and consultant for Corporate Education Group, is founder of Star Leadership, a management consulting firm that offers coaching, training, and consulting services for businesses.

Star held leadership positions at several high-tech companies, in roles such as Director of Engineering, Director of Project Managers, and International Program Manager; additionally, Star is an adjunct professor at Boston University where she teaches graduate level courses on Leadership and Communication for Project Managers.

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Recorded Webinar – Recorded February 13th, 2013
Presented by: Stanford University Education Program XAPM002
Duration: 39 Minutes .50 Category B PDU Free
Offered by Stanford Center for Professional Development (REP 1963) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although Stanford Center is an REP, this presentation may have to be recorded as a Cat B PDU Event

Are You Looking To Become More Agile And Innovative?

Given the complex, often unpredictable nature of today’s global business environment, organizations and their leaders are looking for ways to become more agile and innovative. At the same time, many organizations can ill-afford to forgo rigor and discipline.

In many organizations, employees now pursue an array of different kinds of projects simultaneously. Some are well defined; others need to adapt to rapidly changing scope, emerging technologies and evolving markets.

Within a single company or nonprofit, requirements, expectations and constraints may vary dramatically between product lines, functions or business units, resulting in the need for more or less agility versus discipline. The implications for how the work should be set up and executed can vary widely as a result.

Join the faculty of the Stanford Advanced Project Management program for this conversational and interactive webinar which will feature an open dialogue with Professor Ray Levitt, John Warren and Tim Wasserman. You will come away with valuable insights you can apply as they explore the challenge of how an organization can manage a mix of more versus less agile projects from traditional planning approaches to agile, and everything in-between.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49LwurBSZhg&feature=youtu.be

Presenters:

Ray Levitt (LinkedIn profile)

• Founder and Academic Director, Stanford Advanced Project Management
• Director of the Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects
• Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

John Warren (LinkedIn profile)

• Vice President of Strategic Business Solutions, IPS Learning

Tim Wasserman

• Program Director, Stanford Advanced Project Management
• Chief Learning Officer, IPS Learning

Session Presented By : The Stanford Center for Professional Development and IPS Learning, LLC, in association with the Stanford Advanced Project Management certificate program

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Recorded Webinar – Recorded March 27th, 2013
Duration:1 hour Webcast – 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Does your company wants to be more innovative,
But you don’t know the next steps…

In this webinar we use the Gartner Innovation Maturity Model to examine key decisions and activities in running successful innovation initiatives, from those just getting started to those that aspire to join the ranks of world-class innovators.

Jackie will address issues such as instilling a culture of innovation, funding and staffing, incentives and metrics, the innovation process, and running successful innovation challenges with employees or customers.

Discussion Topics:

• The key decisions in launching an innovation program
• How to overcome the typical failure points in innovation
• How to harness the power of employees and customers in driving innovation

Presenter: JackieFenn, (LinkedIn profile) VP & Gartner Fellow

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 10 – Communications

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 10.2 Manage Communications

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’

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Recorded Webinar – Recorded March 26th, 2013
Duration: 1 hour1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Presenter: Journyx Inc.

Project Management Offices have waxed and waned through the years, searching for a working business model. Many have failed and most that remain are in a constant state of having to justify their existence.

Your PMO can overcome distraction and really help your functional units perform better.

• What is the problem with traditional business models for PMOs?
• What can we do now to improve the mix?

Darrel will answer these questions and more!

Presenter: Darrel Raynor, (LinkedIn profile) Founder and Managing Director, Data Analysis & Results

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 7 – Cost

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.6 Control Scope
• 6.7 Control Schedule
• 7.4 Control Costs

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’

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