Professional Development Day - Leadership Skills for Project Managers
James T. Brown Ph.D., president of SEBA® Solutions Inc., has provided training and consulting services for dozens of companies nationally and internationally. He has sixteen years of NASA experience that includes "hands on" experience as a team member, project manager and serving in executive level organizational leadership roles. He provides consulting services in project management and has served as a subject matter expert for a leading project software vendor. James is the author of The Handbook of Program Management published by McGraw-Hill. He has been published in PM Network, PE Magazine, Projects@Work, PMI Community Post and PM World Today. Dr. Brown has a patent for a project scheduling methodology, and has received numerous awards including "Engineer of the Year" from the Cape Canaveral Technical Societies and is a recipient of the "NASA Public Service Medal" for exceptional contributions to NASA's mission.
This course provides participants with leadership skills to successfully navigate all the challenges in a demanding project environment, including information on team building, communication, human behavior and leadership. After completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
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Identify the traits of successful leaders and emulate their characteristics
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Build a strong team
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Establish consensus
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Recognize the importance of being an observer and learner of human behavior
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Understand the importance of relationship building to achieving project success
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Appreciate what motivates different individuals within project teams
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Know the different types of power leaders can use
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Conduct effective meetings
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Engage team members to resolve issues
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Establish processes to communicate effectively
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Create escalation strategies to facilitate resolution of complex problems
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Tactfully deal with stakeholders on sensitive issues
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