Online Webinar  –  Recorded December 14, 2017
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Part 2 (Part 1 June 27th)

This presentation provides practical, easy to use tips and techniques that project managers can use immediately to help manage these difficult sponsors for optimum project success.

Part of the challenge that the Project Manager faces is having to serve so many different stakeholders and sometimes being pulled in very different directions.

We’re often taught that our “sponsor” is the person who champions the effort and provides critical support.

Indeed, the sponsor is often the one we’re to seek out for support and issue resolution throughout the project.  But what do you do when your sponsor IS the problem???

Unfortunately, sponsors can sometimes be unrealistic, overly demanding, absent/unsupportive, domineering/overbearing, erratic, unclear, or just plain weak!

The good news is that there are techniques that even a rookie project manager can use to effectively manage these difficult sponsors.

This workshop explores 3 specific varieties of the “difficult sponsor”:

• The MIA Sponsor
• The Egomaniac
• The Weakling

This presentation provides practical, easy to use tips and techniques that project managers can use immediately to help manage these difficult sponsors for optimum project success.

Presenter: Dana Brownlee (LinkedIn profile); an energetic and innovative corporate trainer, speaker, and workshop facilitator; garnered her critical team leadership and management consulting experience through her years with AT&T Bell Labs, AT&T, IBM Consulting, and EMC Corporation. She possesses an impressive array of credentials including an MBA (Emory University), BIE (Georgia Tech), BS (Spelman College), IBM Business Transformation Consulting Certification, Project Management Professional, and Myers Briggs Type Indicator Qualification.

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The Project Manager’s Guide To
Managing The “Difficult Sponsor”

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Online Webinar – Recorded March 12, 2015
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media Up to 1 PDU – Free
Provider: The BA Mentor & Yonix

Project managers need to be flexible in their skillets and many project managers are cross training with Business Analysis Skills.

This presentation is a terrific Q & A session on all aspects of getting your first BA Role – from pursuing opportunities in your current company to understanding what potential clients are looking for.

Stephen Hughes (LinkedIn profile, Interview Insights), Glenn Hook (LinkedIn profile, Nationwide) and Alex Papworth (LinkedIn profile, BA Mentor) answer questions from the attendees on what it takes to become a business analyst.

Jody Bullen (LinkedIn profile, Yonix) introduces the session with Alex Papworth (LinkedIn profile).

Click to view on YouTube:
How To Get Your First BA Role

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Online Webinar  – Recorded May 4, 2011
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  AIPM (Australian Institute of PM) Queensland Chapter Meeting

This is a live recording of a talk given by Dr Jonathan Whitty (@jon_whitty LinkedIn profile) for the AIPM (Australian Institute of Project Management) Queensland Chapter Meeting at The Brisbane Club on the 4th May 2011. The session was posted to YouTube and is now available for viewing.

Jon examines some of the day-to-day habits of the modern project manager and of their group behavior, and how these lead to their survival and advancement in the complex corporate world rather than making a direct positive impact on the project.

Jon makes the case for a new way of thinking about project managers and their projects which embraces their human fallibility and the often unpredictable nature of their project work.

Presenter: Dr. Jon Whitty, Senior Lecturer In Project Management, University of Southern Queensland (@jon_whitty LinkedIn profileis an Engineer at heart who originally hails from Wales in the United Kingdom. He is Senior Lecturer in Project Management at the School of Management and Marketing at the University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Campus, Brisbane, Australia.

Click to view on YouTube:
The Private Life Of Project Managers

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Online Webinar – Recorded Aug 30 2018
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Immersive technologies, such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR), are changing the way midsize enterprises (MSEs) view typical business processes.

Immersive technologies increase productivity in warehouses, add efficiency to equipment maintenance and repair, optimize transportation and logistics, expedite employee readiness and ramp up, and create new and innovative ways to market to customers.

In this webinar Marty Resnick (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner Sr. Director Analyst covers how immersive technologies impact businesses along with real-world use cases and best practices for getting started with AR, VR, and MR.

Discussion Topics:

• Are AR, VR, and MR a reality or still just science fiction
• Use cases for AR, VR and MR today and tomorrow
• How to get started with AR, VR and MR

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Midsize Enterprises:
Get Started With AR, MR, & VR Experiences

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Online Webinar  –  Recorded August 26, 2016
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: ProjectManagement.com / Gantthead (REP #2488)
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Part 1 (Part 2 is on June 28th)

Part of the challenge that the Project Manager faces is having to serve so many different stakeholders and sometimes being pulled in very different directions.

We’re often taught that our “sponsor” is the person who champions the effort and provides critical support.

Indeed, the sponsor is often the one we’re to seek out for support and issue resolution throughout the project.  But what do you do when your sponsor IS the problem???

Unfortunately, sponsors can sometimes be unrealistic, overly demanding, absent/unsupportive, domineering/overbearing, erratic, unclear, or just plain weak!

The good news is that there are techniques that even a rookie project manager can use to effectively manage these difficult sponsors.

This workshop explores 3 specific varieties of the “difficult sponsor”:

• The MIA Sponsor
• The Egomaniac
• The Weakling

This presentation provides practical, easy to use tips and techniques that project managers can use immediately to help manage these difficult sponsors for optimum project success.

Presenter: Dana Brownlee (LinkedIn profile); an energetic and innovative corporate trainer, speaker, and workshop facilitator; garnered her critical team leadership and management consulting experience through her years with AT&T Bell Labs, AT&T, IBM Consulting, and EMC Corporation. She possesses an impressive array of credentials including an MBA (Emory University), BIE (Georgia Tech), BS (Spelman College), IBM Business Transformation Consulting Certification, Project Management Professional, and Myers Briggs Type Indicator Qualification.

Note: You have to sign in to ProjectManagement.com with your PMI® credentials to register for this opportunity. If you are not signed in with your PMI® credentials you will not see the “Register for this webinar” link

Click to register for:
The Project Manager’s Guide To
Managing The “Difficult Sponsor”

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Online Webinar – Recorded  Oct 11th 2013  &  Nov 9th 2013
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 2.5 PDUs Free
Provider: Furtwangen University

Armin Trost, Professor HFU Business School at Furtwangen University in Germany, is an acknowledged thought-leader in modern generation of human resource management, an author and trend-setting keynote speaker. His YouTube-Channel is the most successful MOOC on human resource management worldwide.

Learn:

• In Part 1:  (1 hr 38min)
  • What is meant by a change and what are major types of changes in organizations?
  • Why and how do changes often lead to dysfunctional human reactions?
• In part 2:  (54 min)
  • How can employees be led through changes by applying change management measures?
  •  Which conditions are required to effectively manage change?

Lecture Part 1

Lecture Part 2

Presenter:  Dr. Armin Trost,  (LinkedIn profile, ArminTrost.de) Professor HFU Business School at Furtwangen University, Germany,  is an industrial and organizational psychologist with a doctoral degree in philosophy.  Author of  Employee Referral Programs and Below Expectations: Why Performance Appraisals Fail In The Modern Working World And What To Do Instead,  Armin’s research focuses on talent management, employer branding and the future of work. A long-time consultant to companies and industries in matters relating to strategic Human Resource Management his YouTube-Channel is the most successful MOOC on HR management worldwide.

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Change Management (1 of 2)

Click to view on YouTube:
Change Management (2 of 2)

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