SERVICES
Seminars & Keynotes
People skills for companies
I share my expertise through both seminars and keynotes.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI) SEMINARS
I have designed and presented, interactive, two-day continuing education seminars for attendees at conferences of the Project Management Institute (PMI). Topics include people skills for project managers.
I have presented these PMI seminars in many cities, including:
Atlanta, Georgia
Baltimore, Maryland
Fort Meyers, Floria
London, United Kingdom
New York, New York
Orlando, Florida
San Antonio, Texas
San Diego, California
San Francisco, California
Savannah, Georgia
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
ADDITIONAL SEMINARS
I have also presented seminars to both for-profit and non-profit organizations, such as Kaiser-Permanente, HSCB Bank, Hexcel Corporation, Donor Network West, Verisign (California and Virginia), and People Soft (now: Oracle).
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Developing advanced interpersonal skill for leadership
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Managing conflict
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Managing stress through developing emotional resilience
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Advanced approaches to interpersonal communication
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What are the key components of developing trust on a team you lead?
Warsaw, Poland
Identifying and Managing Conflict in Teams
The Project Management Institute chapter in Poland hosted me for a day-long presentation on the topic of managing conflict within teams.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Examples include two special addresses I delivered to global conferences of the SAS User
Groups International (SUGI).
Kyiv, Ukraine
Two-day Seminar
In 2004, following the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, there was an effort to bring representatives of the West to Ukraine to share their approaches to the world of work, and innovation in general. Within that context, I was asked to create a two-day seminar, incorporating Western ideas and approaches to the topic of interpersonal leadership skills in the workplace. I presented this seminar with my good friend and colleague, Larry Butler, who has served as the senior HR official in numerous companies and industries.
In preparation for this type of presentation, my book People Skills for Project Managers, was translated into Russian.
Montreal, Canada
Effective People Skills for the Project Manager
Projects are always technical problems, influenced for better or worse, by significant human factors. The presentation demonstrated tangible people skills can project managers can use to achieve the goals of timely completion, scope adherence, and budget compliance.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Working Effectively with the Angry, Critical Client
Project work involves intense interactions with a a variety of stakeholders who often need to be conceptualized as "clients" due to the project manager not having direct, operational control of all aspects. This presentation described a number of types of anger seen by stakeholders in a project milieu, as well as tangible people skills that project managers can use to address anger while working towards common goals.