Live Webinar -May 13th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

In today’s workplace, leaders and their teams have far too many shifting or competing priorities to manage effectively.

Challenges of all kinds can keep them from achieving desired results: inability to identify top priorities, constant distractions, pressure to multi-task, rambling meetings, email overload, 24/7 mobile technology, the inability to say “no,” and many others.

Traditional time management is no match for these challenges. Today, leaders and individual contributors must demonstrate two core capabilities:

• Managing Focus: They need the mindset, behaviors, and routines to sustain energy, attention, and clarity in today’s distraction-filled workplace.
• Managing Requests: They need the cognitive and verbal skills to meet demand and realize opportunities that surface every day.

It’s no wonder priority management is such a hot topic for today’s organizations. In this webinar, we’ll discuss ways to develop a framework to support high performance by:

• Applying clear criteria to identify top priorities
• Better leveraging physical and mental stamina
• Negotiating the terms of requests, so you can say “yes” more often
• Delivering the results that your organization and customers expect

Presenter:  Craig Perrin (LinkedIn profile) is Senior Product Manager at AchieveGlobal, an MHI Global Company. With over 30 years in leadership development, Craig has researched, designed, and developed scores of leadership training programs used by thousands of client organizations worldwide. An industry thought leader and frequent speaker, he has formulated AchieveGlobal’s position on vital leadership topics, co-authored two best-selling books, earned dozens of awards for training excellence, and was named Times Mirror Editor of the Year.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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’

Click to register for Escape From The Maelstrom: Managing Priorities In A Chaotic Workplace

Online Webinar – Recorded April 1st, 2015
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C  – Free PDU
Presented by Cisco Webex Online

Susan Fowler  (dubbed “Motivation Expert Extraordinaire” by PDU Of The Day)  will share the three skills for creating a highly productive and actively engaged workplace.

Susan will examine the building blocks of motivation and what leaders intentionally or accidentally do that increases or decreases intentions to perform and work effectively with others.

Drawing from the design of The Ken Blanchard Companies’ new Optimal Motivation training program, Susan will explore what leaders can do to enhance and develop every individual’s natural inclination to grow and excel.

You’ll learn about three skills that help facilitate people’s optimal motivation

• Identifying an individual’s current motivation by exploring the characteristics of six possible motivational outlooks.
  Shifting motivational outlooks through “why” questions, promoting mindfulness, aligning with values, and connecting with purpose.
• Reflecting and maintaining higher levels of motivation by examining well-being, considering key reasons for shifting or not shifting, and developing the skills to reframe any goal or task.
• Don’t miss this opportunity to learn what leaders can do to create a work environment where people are self-motivated to perform at high levels, go above and beyond job descriptions, and work collaboratively toward common goals.

Presenter : Susan Fowler (LinkedIn profile) Senior Consulting Partner The Ken Blanchard Companies is co author with Ken Blanchard of Self Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership. In this captivating business parable, Susan tells the story of a young advertising executive who is about to lose his job. During a series of talks with a gifted magician he comes to realize the power of taking responsibility for his situation and not playing the victim. Passing along the knowledge learned from the One Minute Manager, the magician teaches the three skills of self leadership. These three techniques not only empower him to keep his job but show him what he needs to know in order to keep growing, learning, and achieving.

Susan’s other bestselling books are:

• Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work … and What DoesThe New Science of Leading, Energizing, and Engaging
• Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
• Good Leaders, Good Shepherds
• The Team Leader’s Idea-A-Day Guide: 250 Ways to Make Your Team More Effective and Productive-Every Working Day of the Year (Dartnell Idea-a-day Guides)
• Leadership Genius

BE SURE TO :  Check out Susan Fowlers website  it has great resources including the ability to Download a free  chapter of Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work.  Reading chapter is worth up to 1 Category C PDU.

ALSO:  The Ken Blanchard Companies offers training associated with the content of the webinar and the book.

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 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 3 Skills For Activating Optimal Motivation at Work

Live Webinar May 13th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011) Course ID: MDWxx
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Meetings Are Nothing More Than A Tool To Get Results

• We’ve all been in meetings with the “wise old owl” who philosophizes at great length.
• We all know what it feels like when there is an “elephant in the room.”

A successfully facilitated meeting helps to achieve and exceed project goals, by improving issues resolution, decision making, and risk management. Facilitation is an art and science that consists of a set of skills that can be learned.

Successful facilitators can recognize and balance the needs of the meeting, the individuals, and the team.

This webinar discusses typical challenging behaviors of individuals and groups and associates them with various animal metaphors.

Star will review a few facilitation strategies for key challenging behaviors.

Learning objectives include:

• The fundamentals of facilitation
• A perspective shift that encourages the use of meetings as a tool
• Overview of the top individual challenging meeting behaviors
• Strategies for dealing with some challenging behaviors

The images may be simple to grasp, but this is not a basic meeting management webinar.

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.

Click to register for Facilitation Skills For Project Managers

Live Webinar May 13th, 2015 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, Scott will describe the value that ITIL provides both to you as a professional and to your organization.

Presenter: Scott Fabel (LinkedIn profile) is a senior corporate training consultant with Computer Aid, Inc. He has years of experience working with various Fortune 1000 companies on Help Desk Implementations, Microsoft Technologies, Business Analysis, and Project Management. He is HDI certified, PMP certified, CBAP certified, and a MCT. Scott has been teaching others business skills, professional skills, and technical skills for more than 12 years. His communication skills, combined with his martial art skills, provide him with a unique combination for keeping his sessions informative, lively, and interactive.

Click to register for The ITIL Value Proposition

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Live Webinar May 13th, 2015 – 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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How Well Do You Monitor A Contract’s Performance

Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs) are tasked with monitoring contract performance on behalf of the agency’s Contracting Officer (CO).

This webcast will address the COR’s role and a number of tools that can be used during performance of the contract to ensure a successful post-award phase of the acquisition process.

The contract has been awarded and the Post Award Orientation has been scheduled.

The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) is the principle representative of the Contracting Officer (CO) for post-award management of the contract.

There are a number of tools available to the COR to monitor contractor performance.

These are six of the most effective tools to monitor contractor performance:

1. Contractor Progress Reports
2. Contractor Quality Assurance Plan (QAP)
3. Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)
4. Earned Value Management (EVM)
5. Performance Assessment
6. Product or Service Inspection & Acceptance

The use of these six tools will vary based on the type and complexity of the contract, direction from the Contracting Officer (CO), and the experience and performance of the contractor.

But effective contract management depends on how the COR performs his/her role and how effectively the COR uses the tools available to monitor contractor performance.

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

Presenter: Ronald C. Flom (LinkedIn profile) is an experienced senior executive advisor to  the private and public sector on Federal Government contracting, education & training, and executive leadership. Ron is a member of the Partnership for Public Service Senior Advisor to Government Executives (SAGE) Program, and is both a Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO) SAGE and a Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) SAGE. He was elected to a five-year term as a Director, Procurement Round Table in January 2013. Ron was the Associate Director for Management Services and Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) for the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from December 2003 through January 2010.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 12.1 Plan Procurement Management
• 12.2 Conduct Procurements
• 12.3 Control Procurements
• 12.4 Manage Procurements

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 Top 6 Tools To Monitor Contract Performance

Live Webinar – May 11th, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

Feedback Is A Powerful Intervention For Improving Performance

Everyone gives and receives feedback every day in the workplace. Given appropriately, feedback can enhance a person’s motivation, competency, and self-image.

Given inappropriately, feedback can leave a person feeling resentful, patronized, confused, stupid, and ashamed.

In this interactive webinar, Thiagi and Matt will use LOLAs (Live Online Learning Activities) to help you become more proficient in both sides of using effective feedback: giving and receiving.

Topics:

• Different types of feedback that serve different purposes
• Reasons why people fumble giving feedback and resist receiving feedback
• Guidelines for giving useful feedback
• Guidelines for using the feedback you receive

Presenters:

Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) is Resident Mad Scientist at the Thiagi Group, a Bloomington, Indiana-based organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably. Thiagarajan has published forty books, including Thiagi’s 100 Favorite Games (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals) and Teamwork and Teamplay: Games and Activities for Building and Training Teams, as well as numerous games, simulations, and articles.

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 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 Flourish With Feedback