Live Webinar – January 29th 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EST
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: Although ASPE is an REP presentations may have to be recorded as a Cat C PDU Event – Contact Traci Lester Marketing Specialist at ASPE for more information

We are becoming a knowledge economy driven by knowledge workers.

• Knowledge workers do not have a set task list or specific functions they must do every day.
• They create work and build value by creating new products, services and solutions.

In order to become a knowledge worker, you must have a specific expertise that is relevant to what your organization does or needs and you must have the skills to function in a highly complex matrix of dependencies.

A “highly complex matrix of dependencies” sounds like business speak 101, yet this is reality.

As organizations flatten, getting things done can become even more political and ambiguous.

Being “T” shaped means you have the deep technical skills needed to provide value for the organization (bottom of the “T”) but you also have the skill needed to walk unscathed through the minefield that is organizational culture and process .

Some of those skills include conflict management, negotiation, communication and presentation to name a few.

In this web seminar you will learn:

• Why knowledge workers must be well-rounded, complete human beings
• How becoming “T” shaped drives productivity and decision making
• How the fate of companies and individuals hinges on driving “T” shaped development
• Why “T” shaped employees are the exception not the rule and how you can fix that

Presenter: David Mantica (LinkedIn profile) – David Mantica has more than 16 years of experience in business to business continuing education in executive, product management, marketing, and operations capacities. He has product managed the initiation, development and delivery of more than 300 instructor-led and live, online training courses, in software development life cycle, IT, telecommunications, finance, healthcare IT, and marketing industries.

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”

Click to register for Becoming Invaluable: The “T” Shaped Professional