Online Webinar  – Recorded May 10th 2018
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Most of us now work in teams, in offices without walls, for managers who prize people skills above all.

Lone geniuses are out. As project managers we all dream of tight, cohesive teams, with no drama.

But what is the downside of that?

Groupthink occurs when a group values harmony and coherence over accurate analysis and critical evaluation.

In this webinar Michael Perdunn MA, CISM, PMP  (LinkedIn profile) will explore the concept of Groupthink and its effect on team, the warning signs that Groupthink is taking hold in your team, and what a project manager can do to prevent Groupthink.

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Preventing Groupthink In Project Teams

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Online Webinar  – Recorded February 7th, 2018
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  The Corporate Education Group ( REP 1011 )

The Project Management Institute (PMI) has published the 6th edition of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^® Guide) and a companion guide dedicated to agile practices.

The impetus?

According to the PMI 2017 Pulse of the Profession^® report, a full 71% of organizations say they are using agile approaches for their projects sometimes, often, or always. And yet, for many practitioners the adoption of agile practices often means a diminished role for the project manager.

Join Bonnie Cooper in this webinar to explore the agile infusion in the PMBOK^® Guide and the companion Agile Practice Guide, as well, and the reality of trying to integrate traditional project management and incremental, adaptive development practices.

Learning goals:

• Review of the PMBOK Guide – Sixth Edition changes and Agile Practice Guide
• Discuss what it means to be an agile project manager
• Discuss the reality of the integration between traditional project management and agile development practices

Presenter: Bonnie Cooper (LinkedIn profile), PMP®, Instructor and Consultant for Corporate Education Group, is a twenty-year information technology professional. In her current role as the Program Director for the Massachusetts Medical Society™(MMS) Corporate IT Program Office, Bonnie is responsible for coordinating the efforts of project teams, overseeing the implementation of project standards, managing the corporate IT strategic plan, and leading the program to re-engineer the membership platform for MMS.

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PMBOK® Guide Goes Agile

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Online Webinar  – Recorded August 10th, 2016
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
Provider: Human Capital Institute

In most organizations, onboarding activities stop after the first week; this is not nearly enough time to orient, prepare, and develop a new hire to be successful in their new position.

HR practitioners and leaders see the value in onboarding as a continuation of a positive candidate experience and an essential element to reduce time to proficiency.

In this webcast, Jenna Filipkowski (LinkedIn profile) Director of Research, HCI and Aubrey K. Wiete (LinkedIn profile) Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions, HCI; detail successful onboarding practices, budgets, stakeholders, challenges, and outcomes from Jenna’s 2016 research.

They pair case studies with research in this dynamic presentation.

In this webcast you will learn:

1. How leading companies are designing onboarding programs
2. The four onboarding principles that lead to better talent and organizational outcomes
3. The people and performance (and, yes, paperwork) components of a successful onboarding program

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

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The Art & Science Of Onboarding

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Live Webinar August 28th, 2023, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Gartner Webinars

Economic uncertainty has put more pressure on sourcing, procurement and vendor management (SPVM) leaders to reduce costs while facilitating the evaluation and selection process in an effective manner.

Gartner benchmarking shows that the average organization spends 43% of its IT budget on infrastructure and operations.

With outsourcing accounting for over 40% of that spend, getting control over outsourced costs is vital. However, many organizations struggle with how to do this and don’t know the routes available to them.

Join Andrea Lanzavecchia (LinkedIn profile) Gartner Sr Director Analyst in this webinar which looks at how you should respond to this complexity, providing tips and ideas for optimizing costs in your outsourced infrastructure contracts, while protecting services.

Discussion Topics:

• Determine short term cost cutting
• Get insights on medium-term cost optimization
• Explore long term optimizing the business value

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4 Steps To Negotiate & Optimize Outsourced Services Costs

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