Live Webinar March 12th, 2014 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Human Capital Institute Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

Leadership Requires a Different Set Of Skills

Being good at what you do typically leads to a well-deserved promotion, but we all know that a leadership role requires so much more than just technical expertise.

Research shows that technical experts had significantly higher percentages of development needs in seven of nine critical leadership competencies.

So, how can you look past the technical skills to find and promote high-quality individuals who are ready for the role?

In this session, Bradford Thomas (LinkedIn profile) will share research, best practices, and sample case studies to ensure you are looking past the technical skills and using the appropriate tools to make the best selection and promotion decisions for your first-time or front-line leaders.

Webcast Highlights:

1. Learn how to prepare technical experts to become “ready-now” leaders
2. The tools to provide new leaders to set them up to be successful first-time managers
3. A proven approach that capitalizes on acquired technical skills and emerging leadership qualities to develop and retain younger leaders:
   

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 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’

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