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In today’s complex work environment where the only constant is change, the most successful project leaders enable people to make sense out of chaos, overcome challenges and achieve shared goals. In addition to staying abreast of developments in the area of your technical expertise, you must develop proficiency applying the nuances of professional skills such as relationship building, stakeholder management, and diverse team building.

This one-day workshop offers participants a practical set of leadership tools they can immediately use to help their teams collaborate to create successful solutions because “Leadership is Not a Solo Sport".

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Recognize non-tangible leadership traits demonstrated by successful leaders to develop a culture of accountability and responsibility.
• Explore Leadership Super Power behaviors.
• Define Emotional Intelligence composites.
• Discuss methods leaders use to align and motivate diverse teams to collaborate toward a common goal.
• Develop communication strategies and constructive Win-Win outcomes to encourage strong teamwork.

This workshop will help develop strong working relationships among project team members and stakeholders. The enhanced communications will help to minimize conflict management tensions, reduce staff turnover, and keep schedules/budgets on track.

Project Managers, Technical Leads, Program Managers, and anyone who wants to learn how to leverage emotional intelligence and other intangible leadership skills to build strong teams.

Interactive class discussions and group exercises will help you learn how to apply Emotional Intelligence and other non-tangible leadership skills to help your project team align and collaborate to deliver results on time and within budget.

PDU's:

7 PDUs (Technical: 0, Leadership: 4, Strategic: 3)

Event Agenda:

• Leadership Complexities: People and Choices
• Emotional Intelligence: Measuring Intangibles
• Tips to Align and Motivate Teams
• Essential Leadership Tools: Conversation and Collaboration
• Channeling Your Intangible Super Powers

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Throughout her career, Susan Schwartz led a variety of corporate and government teams successfully through technology deployments and organizational changes which resulted in improved core operating procedures.  She credits the cross-functional, global team productivity successes to leveraging the team members’ strengths within a culture that encouraged innovation and personal growth.  Her constructive change toolbox includes a variety of methods that combine process review, crucial conversations, and knowledge sharing strategies.

Ms. Schwartz is a certified coach and facilitator for the EQ-i 2.0 assessment tool.  She uses the detailed feedback reports to help individuals recognize their strengths, define areas where they would like to develop their professional skill sets, and identify areas where their colleagues can balance engagement capabilities to create a high performing team.

She recently relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area from the Washington, DC metro area where she was an active board member with the PMIWDC chapter.

Last year, she published her first book, Creating a Greater Whole: A Project Manager‘s Guide to Becoming a Leader which unlocks the not-so-secret secrets of what aspiring managers need to become strong leaders. It’s practical “outcome-tested” strategies and thought-provoking questions offer individuals a tool to craft a personalized framework to help them learn how to help people come together to create something larger than themselves.

Cancellation and No-Show Policy:

If you have made a reservation and find that you will be unable to attend, please send an email to Khaled Turkmani vpprofdev@pmisfbac.org and cancel your ticket as early as possible.  All cancellations are subject to a minimum $30.00 fee if done at least during the early bird registration.  

Cancellations after October 17, 2019 are subject to full charge to ensure the Chapter does not incur excessive expenses.