Live Webinar October 28th, 2015 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
By: The Corporate Education Group (REP 1011)
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Course ID: MDW1298a

What makes you great as an individual contributor doesn’t always translate to being a great manager or team leader.

There is a vast difference between getting the work done on your own and getting it done through other people.

A management role calls for new ways of thinking and a new set of skills. While some managers do receive initial training, others are given little or no support, and despite the best of intentions, mistakes are made.

But what if you had your own group of advisors who could help you avoid some of the pitfalls of managing people?

In this webinar you will learn 10 valuable pieces of advice from managers who have already gone through their own “trial by fire.”

These are the 10 things they wished they knew when they first became a manager and what they want you to know now. Consider this webinar your own personal advisory board!

About the Presenter: Casey Mitchell, (LinkedIn profile) is Founder and Principal of Waybridge Associates, Inc.   Casey’s primary focus is on management learning and development and working with new managers who want to make a successful transition into move into leadership roles. Prior to founding Waybridge Associates, Casey was human resource development manager at Marshalls Department Stores.

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Live Webinar – October 29th 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

IT Organizations have been using Agile methodologies for years to deliver more value to their customers in less time.

While frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming enable frequent communication from individual teams to their customers, we often find organizations will still rely on Waterfall relics such as Status Reports, Change Control Boards and multiple meetings to enable this communication beyond the scope of the team and those local goals.

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), developed by Dean Leffingwell (LinkedIn profile), outlines an approach to help organizations harness the power of Agile throughout the enterprise and then provides a framework to ensure a consistent cadence and alignment between teams, projects, portfolios and programs moving the entire organization in a shared, positive direction.

SAFe seeks to keep everyone informed, engaged and involved while focusing on delivering the maximum amount of enterprise value.

In this session Jenny Tarwater (LinkedIn profile) defines what SAFe is, how it is being used by today’s leading development innovators and how to useSAFe to lead the adoption of Lean and Agile methods across your enterprise.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 6 – Time 8 – Quality 9 – Human Resources

• 4.1 Develop Project Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 6.2 Define Activities
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 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’

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Live Webinar October 28th, 2015 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour  Credits: 1 PDU Category B  – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Emotional Intelligence can be defined as our ability to distinguish, understand, and have a greater awareness of how our thoughts and feelings connect with our outward displays and behaviors, as well as the ability to manage and express appropriate emotions and help others do the same.

This session will guide you through the best tools to gain emotional intelligence to improve your performance and reduce stress.

Benefits:

• Gain tools to raise your emotional intelligence
• Learn ways to control your emotions and reduce stress
• Reveal hidden blocks and obstacles that stand in your way of success
• Earn 1 PDU

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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Live Webinar October 28th, 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)

Note:  Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

The Inside Story of How to Drive Strategic Initiatives

It’s sometimes said that there is no constant but change.

With smart phones, apps for everything, and self-driving cars on the horizon, the business world seems to be changing faster than ever.

For most organizations, this is a scary time. It seems certain that your industry will be disrupted, although it’s hard to know how or when.

With all this change on the outside, however, change from the inside seems harder than ever.

People cling to habits and routines, and even when the wolf is at the door, it seems that people resist change, even when everyone knows it’s necessary.

It’s hard enough to instigate change from the top, but what if you’re not the CEO? What if you’re somewhere in the middle? What can you do?

It turns out there’s a lot you can do. Dave Gray will show you how to navigate the complex underlying social dynamics in organizations, so you can find the doorways that will lead to truly meaningful change.

Learn:

• Why people argue about things that seem obvious
• Four illusions that keep people stuck in their current mindset
• Why you can never be objective about your role in change
• Why behavior is the last thing you should focus on changing
• How to find the doorways that will lead to real, meaningful chang

While attending this program is FREE, reservations are required – However most AMA webinars are recorded for later viewing.

Presenter: Dave Gray (LinkedIn profile) SVP Strategy, Dachis Group, is a management consultant, focused on innovation and change, and is also a founding member of VizThink, an international community of Visual Thinkers. He is coauthor of Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers, and The Connected Company. For more information, follow Daves Blog.

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