Live Webinar October 17th, 2014 – 11:30 pm – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI Quality CoP® (REP #S019)

Book Review Webinar with the Author Adil Dalal!

PMI® Quality Community of Practice: Our mission is to increase members understanding of Project Management Quality by exploring the Quality Processes as defined in the PMBOK and encouraging members to network by sharing experiences, knowledge and tools.

Adil Dalal (LinkedIn profile) was recently awarded the 2014 Global Award for Outstanding Contribution to Quality & Leadership by the World Quality Congress. Adil’s book, The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence:™ A Lean Approach to Improving Project Results, winner of the 2014 Shingo Research & Professional Publication Award, has been  accepted by organizations as a scientific formula to achieve breakthrough culture transformations.

Asking tough questions about the current state of project management, The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence:™ provides groundbreaking techniques to achieve excellence in project leadership that can result in six sigma type results or failure-free projects.

It unveils novel solutions and breakthrough concepts—including project culture analysis, the five powers of project leadership, the power of visualization™, the science of simplicity™, dynamic risk leadership, and dynamic project failures analysis—to help you chart the most efficient path to the pinnacle of project leadership.

Come and meet Adil and learn about The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence:™ A Lean Approach to Improving Project Results.

Presenter: Adil Dalal is the CEO of Pinnacle Process Solutions International LLC. and an award-winning author, a distinguished global keynote speaker and a lean and project sensei, developing leaders at all levels of global organizations. Adil has also authored A Legacy Driven Life: Live a Legacy to Leave a Legacy , and co-authored The Lean Handbook. Adil holds two maste’s degrees and multiple certifications and is currently pursuing a PhD in Performance Psychology from Grand Canyon University.

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Live Webinar October 15th, 2014 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Presented by: Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute (Rep 2733)

In this webinar Dan Galorath (LinkedIn profile) will examine HealthCare.gov’s troubled launch and its implications for the IT industry.

This webinar will be up to date with the latest status of healthcare.gov and it will include a detailed discussion of what went wrong, when, and why, as well as what can be learned from the experience.

Attendees will take away a better working knowledge of how to plan, control, and manage projects for success.

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Live Webinar October 15th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C  – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
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Top Executive Coaches Share Their Secrets

This session is a compilation of many different works for some of the most prolific business authors.

An impressive reading list these authors works is included below
I encourage you to check out these great Business books!

– Martin Chernenkoff

You’re more challenged than ever with conflicting priorities, multiple teams and bosses. At the same time, the landscape has never been riper with opportunities for positive change in your role.

Don’t wait another moment – the time is NOW to get both world-class advice and practical tools you can use to keep your career on an upward path.

In this dynamic program, a top executive coach will lead a provocative discussion with the world’s most renowned coaches and two global CEO’s: Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson and GE’s Jeffrey Immelt.

Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to ask ANYTHING and glean their sage advice.

What You Will Learn:

• How to assess your opportunities and manage your blind spots
• Learn what world-class leaders do to stand out from the crowd
• Tips for career planning and developing critical leadership skills that increase your focus and priority setting despite chaos at work
• Make the right connections to foster cohesion and teamwork
• How to execute your strategy with the appropriate set of tools & techniques
• Enhance your competencies with greater emotional intelligence
• Use different communication styles to increase your flexibility and effectiveness with each of your stakeholders

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop 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”

Presenters: You’ll hear from Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson & GE’s Jeffrey Immelt (LinkedIn profile) — global CEO’s.

Mark Thompson is the New York Times bestselling coauthor of  Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters and  Now, Build a Great Business!: 7 Ways to Maximize Your Profits in Any Market . His latest book, with coauthor Bonita Buell-Thompson, is Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value.

Sir Richard Branson (LinkedIn profile) is the founder of Virgin Group, which consists of more than 400 companies around the world, including the airlines Virgin Atlantic and Virgin America, wireless company Virgin Mobile. Branson started his first business when he was 16 and in 1972 he opened a chain of record stores that kick-started his Virgin brand.

Sir Richard Branson is the author of numerous books including:

• Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
• Screw It, Let’s Do It: Lessons In Life
• Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won’t Teach You at Business School
• Screw Business As Usual
• Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur

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10 Secrets That Can Make Or Break Your Career

Recommended Reading List
From Authors Mentioned In The Webinar

All Books Below would Qualify For Category C PDU’s

The program also features input from these Great Executive Coaches:

• Marshall Goldsmith (LinkedIn profile) — CEO coach & author Marshall Goldsmith is the author of numerous bestselling books, including:
  • What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
  • Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It The Kindle Version is a great value at only $3.79 USD
  • Learn Like a Leader: Today’s Top Leaders Share Their Learning Journeys
  • Succession: Are You Ready? (Memo to the CEO)
  • Best Practices in Talent Management: How the World’s Leading Corporations Manage, Develop, and Retain Top Talent (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals)
  • …. and many more Click for A Complete Listing of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s Books
• Maya Hu-Chan Coauthored books with Marshall Goldsmith including:
  • Global Leadership: The Next Generation
  • Coaching for Leadership: Writings on Leadership from the World’s Greatest Coaches
• Rita McGrath — author of several retail strategy  books Including:
  • The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business
  • Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity
  • The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Strategies for Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty
  • Marketbusters: 40 Strategic Moves That Drive Exceptional Business Growth
• Subir Chowdhury — author of numerous quality management Including:
  • Power of Six Sigma
  • The Ice Cream Maker: An Inspiring Tale About Making Quality The Key Ingredient in Everything You Do
  • Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations Will Lead This Way
• David Ulrich author of numerous HR books, including:
  • Human Resource Champions
  • HR from the Outside In: Six Competencies for the Future of Human Resources
  • The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance
  • The Widening Stream: The Seven Stages Of Creativity
• Lynda Gratton — author of numerous HR books, including:
  • Living Strategy: Putting People at the Heart of Corporate Purpose
  • The Key: How Corporations Succeed by Solving the World’s Toughest Problems
  • The Shift: The Future of Work is Already Here
  • Hot Spots: Why Some Teams, Workplaces, and Organizations Buzz with Energy – And Others Don’t
• Jim Collins — leadership author of several books including:
  • Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t    
    • A Quickie Summary  of  Good To Great is available for just $0.99
  • Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck–Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
  • Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company
  • Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Harper Business Essentials)
  • How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In and
  • Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
• Jim Kouzes — leadership author of several books including:
  • The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations
  • The Leadership Challenge Workbook
• Gary Ranker — global leadership author of several books including:
  • Political Dilemmas at Work: How to Maintain Your Integrity and Further Your Career
  • Global Mindset Leadership: Navigating China and U.S. Business Cultures

Recorded Webinar
Offered by: Global Knowledge UK  (REP 1999)
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU

Note: Although Global Knowledge is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number and may need to be recorded as a Category C PDU. Contact Global Knowledge for further information.

This is a technical presentation for Technical Project Managers Considering Amazon Web Services

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.2 Define Activities

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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