Project Leadership
Applying leadership to Strategy, People, Climate in Project & Program Management2010 Keynotes
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Art Petty, executive coach, author, leadership consultant “Value Creation Through Project Leadership” Thursday, May 13, 2010, 9:00 am Listen to our interview with Art |
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Judith Glaser, author and founder of The Creating We Institute “The DNA of Leadership” Friday, May 14, 2010, 9:00 am |
“Value Creation Through Project Leadership,” Art Petty
At the root of value creation in this emerging and evermore complex and intertwined global marketplace is the ability for firms to seize upon and effectively and efficiently execute projects.
Project competence is the new fuel for creating competitive advantage. Strategy is now executed in the form of projects. Innovation and organizational learning increasingly are the valuable byproducts of these initiatives. Yet in spite of the clear reasons for elevating the project culture of a firm, many organizations are mired in an older, less strategic and more mechanical approaches that fail to create significant value. And in many cases, they just fail.
What is needed is a fundamental reset in our organizational and professional perspective on the role of project management and the role of project managers. In large part, this reset involves executives stepping up their involvement and investment in building an effective project culture, and it includes project management professionals growing beyond the traditional boundaries of their discipline to develop and serve as a new class of leaders.
Project Leadership is a remarkable opportunity for significant innovation in management practices and an opportunity to create organizations capable of seizing and executing on emerging and fleeting opportunities.
Join us as Art Petty, popular leadership author, management educator, two-decade experienced technology executive and a self-described zealot for project management effectiveness kicks off with a keynote guaranteed to challenge conventional thinking and offer some practical ideas to help realize a culture of effective project leadership.
Listen to a preview of Art Petty’s keynote presentation
Art Petty Interview Part 1: How can Project Leadership create innovation in management practices?
Art Petty Interview Part 2: Opportunities for change in the practice of project management
Art Petty Interview Part 3: The role of executives in linking project managers with business strategy
Art Petty Interview Part 4: Opportunities for project managers to take a leadership role
Art Petty Interview Part 5: “Influence without Authority” starts with recognition of the importance of leadership
“The DNA of Leadership,” Judith Glaser of The Creating WE Institute
Learn how you can change your organization's cultural DNA for improved team performance and collaboration, with lasting results.
How Leaders Succeed, How they Fail
Leadership success, or failure, comes from a leader's ability to understand what happens at the “moment of contact” – when two people, two teams, or clients and vendors come face-to-face with each other in the pursuit of their greatest ambitions.
Will the interaction provoke a sense of threat and fear? Will it provoke anticipation and hope? Will the outcome be fruitful or lead to unintended consequences and risks that threaten the health and wealth of a business and the related parties’ relationships?
Our brains are designed to be social. Our need for belonging is as powerful as our need for safety. When we are rejected, the brain experiences pain in the same centers in the brain and body as when we are in a car crash.
OUR LEAST developed skill as human beings is our ability to “confront” each other face to face, say what is in our hearts and on our minds, and at the same time build and strengthen our trust and relationships with others.
This highly energizing session is designed for project management leaders, managers, and business owners who are responsible for the success of others and who can influence the work culture of an organization that aspires to be among the best places to work!
The session is based on new research coming out of Neuroscience, the fastest growing field of research in the world today – which is unlocking the code on success and failure in all relationships at work. Breakthrough research now enables us to see inside of our brains and understand how conversations shape both our emotional landscape, as well as our outer landscape that others see. This powerful neuroscience research explains what creates conflict; what erodes trust in relationships and partnerships; why employees step back from taking risks or being accountable; and why win/lose mindsets can take over.
In this provocative, informative, and engaging session, participants will learn how to:
- Understand the Wisdom of their 5 Brains to create the conditions for enhancing productivity, creating win/win relationships, and optimizing innovation, while creating a culture of inclusion.
- Learn what conversational practices will change the nature of a relationship from conflict and confrontation to collaboration and co-creation
- Take home ideas and practices for ‘presetting the conditions for creating WE’
What makes the Project Leadership programs unique?
The program focuses on the interpersonal aspects of managing people. Through interactive case studies, you'll examine actual projects and learn about the leadership factors that impacted the project's outcome. Exchange lessons learned with peers, and hear about the techniques successful project leaders consider essential. Instructional seminars will explain key theories and principles that are the foundation for effective leadership behaviors.
The Project Leadership Forum is approved for 12 PMI PDU credits.
A certificate of completion is available upon request.