Live Webinar – January 23rd 2018 7:30 am – 8:30 am EST
Live Webinar – January 23rd 2018 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

Project Managers like control, but what happens when crisis strikes?

Thia session details the  dos and don’ts of managing the unexpected.

All organisations at some time face a corporate crisis -think Uber, BP etc.

If you look at how even global organisations can be caught out, you begin to realise that whilst planning and control are the key skills for project management teams, the ability to react well to completely unplanned change is now a vital skill.

In this lively webinar Stephen will address how to respond to a major crisis and will teach the vital skills of survival.

Presenter: Stephen Carver, (LinkedIn profile) is a sought after keynote speaker and one of the top lecturers at Cranfield School of Management where he lectures in project and programme management. His attitude is ‘if you haven’t done it – you shouldn’t be teaching it!’ Stephen has a reputation of taking complex management concepts and being able to distill them down into highly informative and fun lectures. He still undertakes business management assignments for many global organisations and uses his unique story-telling style to help others succeed.

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Managing A Crisis

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Live Webinar January 24th, 2018 – 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm  EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: American Management Association (REP 1294)

Discover Key Skills Managers Need to Succeed

Get a powerful introduction to the highly popular hands-on American Management Association seminar, Management Skills for New Managers.

In this complimentary online session, you’ll hear about the skills and know-how you’ll need as you transition into your management role.

Literally thousands of managers have taken this seminar for help in effectively delegating work, motivating employees, and keeping them engaged and on-track to meet performance goals.

If you’ve ever wondered what you needed to learn to effectively face the duties and challenges of leading employees, take advantage of this introduction to a solution from the world’s premier management training organization.

What You Will Learn

• What the real role of the manager is in today’s organization
• Adding value – How to move from being a contributor to making everyone better
• What it takes to be effective as a manager – The Management Effectiveness Formula©
• Why and how your Managerial Mindset affects what you accomplish as a manager
• 3 key steps to managing performance : A Blueprint for getting things done through others
• How to plan performance and create mutually aligned expectations
• How to provide performance feedback in a way that actually creates change
• How to conduct Alignment Conversations to reinforce and sustain team member performance.

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

Dr. Joseph Reed (LinkedIn profile) is an organizational consultant who heads J.R. Training, Inc providing training to corporations and institutions. He served as a Marine Corps officer, university administrator, and a manager of trainingand development and taught management theory, organizational behavior and strategic management at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He has also authored several AMA courses including Management Skills For New Managers and Mastering Organizational Politics, Influence and Alliances. currently .

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Management Skills For New Managers

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Live Webinar January 23rd, 2018 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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New Hire Momentum:
The 3 P’s of Onboarding You Can’t Miss

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Live Webinar January 24th, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

The digital era has brought unprecedented change to technology, business and society. Beyond managing IT, CIOs are called to lead and inspire their teams and business stakeholders through deeply transformative business models, practices and cultures.

The first Gartner Digital Business Special Report of 2018 is dedicated to reviewing the concepts and technologies highlighted in the 2017 Gartner Symposium Opening Keynote, “Creating Digital Value at Scale”.

Topics covered in the special report include:

1. Scale, talent and culture,
2. Digital KPIs,
3. Artificial intelligence,
4. APIs, internet of things, and
5. The industrialized digital platform.

Regardless of where you are on your digital journey, this webinar and special report will provide ideas and inspiration for the year ahead.

Discussion Topics:

• What does scale mean in digital business and how you can leverage it to create value
• What are the key barriers to digital scale and how do you overcome them
• How you can use scale accelerators, such as digital dexterity, network effect technologies, and the digital platform, to deliver breakthrough value

Join Jorge Lopez VP Distinguished Analyst (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) & Don Scheibenreif (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) VP Distinguished Analyst as they introduce this Gartner Special Report.

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Creating Digital Value At Scale:
A Gartner Special Report

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