Live Webinar June 24th, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – $20 USD PDU
Presented by: Solutions Cube Group (REP 2451)

This webinar is the first  part in a  series on Process Improvement by Solutions Cube.  Although this module is a part of the series – each module in the series can be taken individually.

Many times team start out on process improvement efforts without enough knowledge of the current state they are attempting to change.

What works well in the current environment that we don’t want to lose and where are the failure points that need attention?

Many teams find that the knowledge of current state processes unfortunately only exists in people’s heads and is not written down. This leads to misinformation and missing information surrounding work being performed.

In this 1 hour in depth presentation to learn how to engage team members in a collaborative meeting to create cross functional alignment on the current state before investing and possibly wasting time and energy on the wrong future state.

In this webinar participants learn about:

• How to distinguish between Logical and Physical process models
• How to build an end to end logical process models that accurately reflects the current state activities
• Techniques for keeping participants on “What” work is being performed versus how work is performed
• Drawing tools and techniques used to clearly represent the flow of information between internal and hand-offs to external processes
• How to gain alignment on the foundation for every process improvement activity

EARN 1 PDU after viewing this webinar

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Live Webinar – June 24th 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
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

Many companies are making the transition from waterfall to agile.

However, Scrum and most other agile practices do not define a role for Business Analysts. So where do you, a Business Analyst from a waterfall world, fit in an agile environment?

Just as organizations need to change their mindset and behaviors to transition to agile, so must business analysts. Attend this webinar with Dave Saboe (LinkedIn profile) to understand the role of an agile business analyst and the shift you need to make to be successful in an agile environment.

You will also discover how you can bring value to your team and organization through agile practices.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 13 – Stakeholders

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 13.1 Identify Stakeholders
• 13.2 Plan Stakeholder Management

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 Transitioning to Agile: The Journey Into Agile Business Analysis

Live Webinar – June 23rd, 2015 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Training Magazine
Duration: 1 Hour 1  Category C  PDU – Free PDU

There is a clear connection between engagement, performance and profit.

It is imperative to drive performance results at all levels of the organization to seize market position and steer growth.

Recruiting talented candidates is not enough; it’s crucial that people are assigned to the specific roles where their talents will have the greatest effect on achieving company goals, and where they are most likely to remain fully engaged.

Matching each person to the right job using the job matching process outlined in this session will give you the ultimate edge over competitors: It builds a superior performing workplace and boosts employee morale and engagement.

Job matching is the science of carefully defining superior performance in each position and using objective criteria to determine who is hired.

In this session you’ll learn to…

• Contrast traditional job matching and hiring processes to an assessment-based job matching system
• Leverage a job benchmark based on top performers in your specific company to drive interview questions and find a specific match to the job’s most critical competencies, behaviors, values, and acumen
• Reduce the cost of disengaged and stressed employees who are struggling to meet the requirements of a position that isn’t a good fit for their natural talents
• Balance the risk of bias in intuition-based hiring with the science of online job benchmarks and compliant gap analysis of candidates

Add some science to check your intuition when you join this session

Speakers:

Brittney Helt (LinkedIn profile),  helps businesses grow by helping their people grow. As the Client Advocate for Russell Martin & Associates she forms, builds and nurtures relationships with their clients. Brittney works one-on-one with clients to identify and create a custom solution to their project management, team and leadership needs. As a Certified Behavioral Analyst and Certified Motivators Analyst, Brittney leverages the behaviors of teams and individuals to find fun and interactive learning solutions to grow business goals through the growth of their people.

Presenter: Lou Russell (LinkedIn profile) is President and CEO of L+EARN and Russell Martin & Associates. Lou delivers learning experiences that are fun, flexible, fast and measurable. She believes that learning and earning go hand in hand and focuses on faculty development, retention and recruitment of students, project management, leadership and organizational learning opportunities. Lou is the author of The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook and IT Leadership Alchemy, Project Management for Trainers, Training Triage: Performance-Based Solutions Amid Chaos, Confusion, and Change, and her newest book 10 Steps to Successful Project Management. A popular speaker, Lou addresses national and international conferences such as the Career College Association, ACCET, Training 2008, Project Management Institute, Project World, LotuSphere, ASTD and the Society of Information Management (SIM).

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 9.2 Acquire 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 Take the Bite Out of Hiring: Abandon Competencies for Lean Key Accountabilities

Live Webinar June 24th, 2015 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by:  Human Capital Institute
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU

How Is Employee Engagement Done?

Most companies and leaders want to increase employee engagement. The problem is – we don’t know how to do employee engagement. It remains a statistic we strive for: intangible, elusive, and yet ever increasing in importance.

Engagement requires engagement. There’s a lot of doing required — transforming this huge, complex topic into something tangible that we can act on. It won’t happen as a result of offering extravagant perks but comes through reinforcing each and every connection within an organization.

In this webcast, Susan will discuss:

1. The state of engagement in the workforce today
2. Key trends most critical for increasing and maintaining high levels of engagement
3. Tools to engage immediately

Presented by: Susan Scott (LinkedIn profile) ia a leadership development architect and bestselling author of Fierce Conversations, and Fierce Leadership introduces clients to transformational ideas and principles that shifts their basic understanding of conversations and the power they hold in leadership, build relationships and achieve results.

Read the two books that started the Fierce Revolution:

• Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott
• Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst “Best” Practices of Business Today by Susan Scott

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

• 9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
• 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 Get Fierce: How to Do Employee Engagement