Live Webinar May 23rd, 2018 – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT
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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Learning To Change:
Strategies To Successfully Lead Change &
Build A Better Culture

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Live Webinar May 23rd, 2018 – 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: American Management Association (REP 1294)

Understand The “Numbers Side” Of Business!

If you feel any bit uncertain about your financial knowledge, consider attending this session to discover how the basics of finance and accounting are accessible to anyone.

This program gives you an introduction to the highly popular, hands-on American Management Association seminar, Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers. Join us to experience a sample of the course as you review some key financial statements and learn about their role in managing an organization.

Learn:

• How to read reports such as the balance sheet and income statements
• Understanding earnings vs. EBIT vs. EBITDA vs. cash flow

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

Presenter:  Joe Giordano CPA (LinkedIn profile) has 40+ years of financial experience, 30+ years’ experience presenting seminars, and 20+ years’ experience speaking for AMA. He began his career with Ernst & Young LLP, and performed both auditing and tax services for major multinational corporations. Joe spent the remainder of his executive career with two large Fortune 500 multinationals with responsibilities covering a range of U.S. and international finance, accounting and taxation issues. He has also taught finance and corporate valuation at New York University.

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Fundamentals Of Finance & Accounting

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Online Course from Proformative – Recorded
Purchase the entire course  – for $36 USD
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1.5 PDU $36 USD
Dedicated to helping professionals advance their careers.

Blair Covers A Lot Of Ground In This Course!

The Purchased Course Includes:

• Presentations, Competency Map, Knowledge Checks, Exam Questions

If you are in a new strategic role …
You will appreciate the ROI Of taking this course!

This course packs into one hour “The Best” of what you need to know
to understand  the challenges, and directions required
for your first 100 days in your new strategic role!

Few Resources Exist To Help You
With Your 1st 100 Days As PM!

Although this course is focused towards the Strategic role of the CFO, the information provided within this course is EXTREMELY VALUABLE for anyone taking a strategic/leadership role within an organization!

• Project Managers & Change Managers will strongly benefit from this course!
  • Much of the focus of the CFO Role that Blair describes is project driven and change management focused.
• The aim of this course is to be able to align organizational vision to strategic initiatives –
  • Similar to the roles that PMs are in especially where the initiatives are PMO driven.
• Throughout this course Blair Cook discusses all of the topics as “projects” to be undertaken –
  • By the CFO function.
• ALL concepts of this course are applicable to  the CFO function (his expertise) and are applicable to Project Managers, Change Managers and PMOs in the “First 100 Days” of their new undertakings!

Level:  Introductory Change Management & Strategic Alignment

• Advanced preparation, education or prerequisites are NOT REQUIRED.

In this course Blair will help you understand how to best get started in a new “Professionally Strategic Role”.

Whether this is your first appointment  or perhaps you are transitioning to a new role at another organization, Blair will look at different approaches for your first 100 days.

Beginning with a profile of the modern CFO as the example, he will help you understand the leadership and direction you need to bring to the organization.

From there, Blair looks at team building principles and uses the examples of the finance function to help you understand how you can use proven tools to help assess the existing functions against best practices.

Blair will use a strategic approach to developing an overarching mission and value statement using the finance example, to bring context to specific action plans.

Again using the finance example, Blair shows how to structure the functions within the organization context to optimize and balance responsiveness to stakeholders with the need for control.

Finally, and most importantly Blair will look at change management principles to help you initiate your first major project in your new role.

Here is a course preview …

Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Describe the competencies of the Strategic functions
  • Using finance as an example the information presented is applicable to many of the strategic organizational functions that Project Managers & Change Managers perform.
• Assess the level of maturity of your organization
  • Using finance as an example the information presented is applicable to assessing the level of maturity of your team.
• Learn what you need to build a high performance team 
  • Using finance as an example the information presented is applicable to building a high performance productive project or change management team.
• Build a strategic plan & learn how to create the “Right Conversations”  to implement the plan.
  • Using finance as an example the information presented is applicable to building a strategic plan aligned with organizational goals and the vision statement.
  • This is very suitable for project or change management professionals especially as part of PMO functions.
• Build a structure that works
  
  • How to balance off structure and control while getting closer to the operational activities.
• Understand basic Change Management Principles
  • Excellent information on transitioning the organization for new growth.

Presenter:  Blair Cook CA, CPA, MBA  (LinkedIn profile @BlairCookCACPA) is  a many-time CFO, corporate director, a sought after keynote speaker on business financials, and a passionate educator working with dozens of public/private companies; and professional bodies/post-secondary institutions across Canada. His career is divided between academic endeavors, such as developing the new certification program for CPA Canada, and supporting the corporate world at the highest levels.

Blair is a life-long learner who encourages continuing professional development.  He observes and experiments with various financial and management theories in real world contexts and shares  lessons learned to others who share a passion for developing financial leadership competency.

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“Your First 100 Days As CFO”

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Live Webinar May 21st, 2018, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST
Live Webinar May 20th, 2018, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

NOTE: This webinar is airing in Local Australia Time AEST

The complexity and speed of change affecting digital business challenges the basic principles of information risk and security management.

Many organizations still lack a formal digital (or cyber) security program with a clear vision of what they must achieve.

In this webinar Rob McMillan (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Research Director introduces an actionable vision for security and risk management and discusses the most integral components of security as a part of an effective digital platform strategy.

Discussion Topics:

• The Gartner vision for effective digital security and risk management
• Key components of a successful security strategy
• Main challenges of digital business security

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Strategy For Digital Platform Security
(The Gartner Vision)

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Live Webinar May 22nd, 2018 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  Computer Aid Inc IT Metrics & Productivity Institute
(Rep 2733)

Project managers are constantly negotiating with vendors, peers, team members and stakeholders.

Negotiating with project sponsors presents a special challenge, made difficult by the power differential that typically exists between the sponsor and PM and confusion about the roles and responsibilities of both the project manager and sponsor.

In this webinar, Payson Hall will help establish a context for sponsor negotiations and provide tips and techniques to help project managers get the decisions and support they need from executive sponsors.

Presenter: Payson Hall, PMP® (LinkedIn profile) Consulting PM Catalysis Group, Inc. formally trained as a software engineer, and co-author of Improving Executive Sponsorship of Projects: A Holistic Approach Payson’s early career included commercial software development & system integration. His role shifted to include increasing PM responsibilities, and he  has performed and consulted on a variety of projects in both the public and private sectors throughout North America and Europe during his 35+ years professional career.

Today he coaches PMs & sponsors, teaches project management skills, consults and performs project reviews.  Payson has published over 100 project management articles, numerous project management and problem-solving classes,, and is sought after as a speaker who specializes in demystifying project management topics and communicating important ideas while entertaining audiences.

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The Art Of Negotiating With Project Sponsors

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Online Webinar  – Recorded April 4th, 2017
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media Up to 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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In their book “Playing to Win, How Strategy Really Works” A. G. Lafley and Roger Martin argue that leaders need to understand that the work of strategy is based on a cascade of interconnected choices that start with clarifying “winning aspirations” and end with the identification of the capabilities and systems required to win.

The power of this message is that it clearly highlights …
The two sides of strategy, thinking & doing!

Traditionally speaking the field of strategy focused on the art of crafting strategy, however, executives are increasingly recognizing that this is only one side of the coin.

A successful strategy takes into account not only the realities of markets and competition but is also built on the capabilities of the organization.

This is perhaps forcing management consultants and strategy gurus to rethink how they explain strategy.

There is greater recognition now that successful strategy is not simply dependent on putting in place a strong strategy setting framework but also an effective delivery mechanism that executes it.

Linking strategy thinking with doing presents a huge opportunity for project management both as a discipline and a profession to uniquely meet the strategy execution challenge.

It is within this context that PMOs can step up to the plate and bridge the gap between crafting and delivering.

In this webinar  Philip Diab (LinkedIn profile) will explore some critical questions addressing the role of the PMO in strategy execution.

Learn:

• Are there different types of PMOs and are some better positioned to support the organization in strategy?
• Does strategy execution warrant a re-examination of the role of PMOs in organizations?
• Can the PMO embrace a mission that includes a diverse range of services and at the same time support executives in delivering strategy?
• How can the PMO add value in strategy execution?
• What capabilities does the PMO need to meet the strategy execution challenge?
• Does the PMO team composition need to be adjusted to address strategy execution?

The webinar will leverage lessons learned based on real life examples to explain how the PMO can add value to the field of strategy execution.

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Strategy Execution & The PMO

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