Project Leadership
December-6 - 07, 2010 | Arlington, VA
Effectively Lead Project Teams & Increase Work Productivity
Project Leadership
Become a High-Performing Team Member
Improve leadership and teamwork skills by implementing effective project management techniques
Identify Tools and Techniques to Help Your Project Teams be Successful
Learn powerful communication techniques to increase team productivity and effectiveness
Perfect the Art of Decision Making
Understand the pros and cons of various decision-making methods and identify the various ways to make a decision as a project manager
Effectively Manage Project Change
Understand how change impacts organizations both positively and negatively and learn to implement change successfully
Agenda
DAY ONE: Monday December 6, 2010
8:30 Conference Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 Discover the Power of Leadership in Projects
• Learn the characteristics and skills of the best project leaders and discover your own potential
• Recognize the impact the leader has on the project
• Identify the difference between a leader and a manager
10:15 Break & Refreshments
10:15 Learn Strategic Team Building
• Understand the most effective team building approaches
• Find out how to turn any project team into a high performing team
• Discover how to identify the team’s strengths and how to fill performance gaps
12:00 Lunch Break
1:00 Investigate the Challenges of Leading “Virtual” Project Teams
• Understand the benefits and pitfalls of virtual project teams
• Utilize technology to improve virtual project team performance
• Adapt practices to improve virtual project team performance
2:15 Break & Refreshments
2:00 Understand How Exceptional Project Leaders Communicate
• Realize the importance of communication on project outcomes
• Adapt your communications to the situation
• Learn the key to faultless communication
4:00 Day One Adjourns
DAY TWO: Tuesday December 7, 2010
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Learn to Motivate Project Teams
• Discover the intricacy of project team motivation
• Recognize the impact of your leadership style on team motivation
• Evaluate the leader’s motivational tools
10:00 Break & Refreshments
10:15 Discover Practical Approaches to Making Good Decisions
• Learn why structured decision-making processes work
• Assess your decision-making style
• Recover from poor decisions
11:00 Understand Conflict Management Strategies
• Learn the five conflict management strategies
• Examine when to use each strategy to best advantage
• Recognize the risks of each of the five strategies
12:00 Lunch Break
1:00 Appreciate the Role of Negotiation in Leading Projects
• Understand what it takes to achieve successful negotiations
• Recognize why negotiations are often hard to close
• Negotiate resources, budgets, schedules and scope
2:15 Break & Refreshments
2:30 Manage Project Change and the Complexities That Come With It
• Discover what happens when individuals and organizations cope with change
• Understand how projects change organizations
• Use leadership strategies to skillfully implement project changes
3:30 Plan to Lead Projects
• Transform insight into action
• Improve personal performance in key areas
• Apply project management best practices to the leadership challenge
4:00 Training Adjourns
Who Should Attend
Who Should Attend:
Senior Project Managers
Project Managers
Program Managers
PMO Managers
Project Team Leaders
Project Portfolio Directors
Directors
Quality Assurance Personnel
Chief Information Officers
Project Support Staff
What You Will Learn
You Will Learn:
- Gain critical leadership skills needed to increase the odds for success
- Utilize effective key decision-making techniques to effectively make the right choice
- Make use of various planning strategies to effectively develop and manage collaborative relationships vital to project success
- Apply negotiation skills to achieve efficient cost and schedule performance
- Anticipate potential problems and consequences involved with managing project change
Venue and Hotel
Venue:
Project Leadership will be hosted at The Performance Institute’s training center in Arlington, VA, just one block east of the Courthouse stop on the Orange Line of the D.C. Metro. A public parking garage is located inside of the building for $10/day. Continental breakfast and refreshments will be provided for delegates on each day.
Conference Address:
The Performance Institute Training Center
1515 N. Courthouse Rd.
Suite 600 Arlington, VA 22201
Hotel:
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott at the prevailing rate of $207.00 until November 1, 2010. Please call the hotel directly and reference code “Project Leadership” when making reservations to get the discounted rate. The hotel is conveniently located three blocks from the Rosslyn Metro station. Please ask the hotel about a complimentary shuttle that is also available for your convenience.
Arlington Rosslyn Courtyard by Marriott
1533 Clarendon Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 703-528-2222
www.courtyardarlingtonrosslyn.com
Group Discounts
For more information on group discounts for Project Leadership please contact Melvin hall at 404-634-0681 or email him at [email protected]