Earn up to 6 PDUs for reading A Sixth Sense For Project Management

 

Purchase a copy of Tres Roeder’s best selling book,  A Sixth Sense for Project Management, and receive up to 6 PDU’s when you read it!

“Tres Roeder provides, in a straight forward, step-by step approach, the missing piece to successful project management.  In today’s increasing focus on project execution and delivery, he provides an insightful yet practical methodology that will take both new and seasoned project managers to the next level.  This is a must read for anyone who wants to improve project and personal performance.”
-Susan Keaney, Vice President, Program Management at AnsaldoSTS and President PMI Pittsburgh Chapter

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Note: A Sixth Sense for Project Management is 148 pages. You qualify for up to 6 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs when you read this book. Category C PDUs are an economical way to increase your project management sixth sense abilities on your own schedule. Remember to document how your learning relates to project management.

Roeder Consulting in PM Network

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Roeder Consulting, a thought leader in the field of Project Management, was featured in the latest issue of PM Network.Peter Fretty’s Help Desk discusses the use of Google+ as a Project Management tool. PMI members can view this article in the print version (page 65) or online (page 67) –

http://www.pmnetwork-digital.com/pmnetwork/201202/?sub_id=puGXsH65qK2Q

For more on Mr. Roeder’s approach to Project Management read his book, A Sixth Sense for Project Management.  You can earn up to 6 PDUs* for reading A Sixth Sense for Project Management.

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Earn 1 PDU today for Free! It’s not too late to sign up for That’s Amore! – Learning to Love International Project Management.  Hurry – the free webinar is today at 11am Eastern Standard Time.

Join us http://www.roederconsulting.com/webinar.php

Roeder Consulting Quoted in the New York Times!

The New York Times’ Career Couch Column this Sunday, January 15^th, focuses on why you say yes when you really mean no, and what to do if you already said yes.  As project managers this is a problem we are all familiar with.  Tres Roeder, president of Roeder Consulting, was asked for his expertise on the subject.

To read the article click: When You’re the Worker Who Can’t Say No
 

The article also mentions Tres Roeder’s book A Sixth Sense for Project Management.  If you are project manager, reading the book can earn you up to 6 PDUs*.

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Leading without Direct Authority

An excerpt from ‘A Sixth Sense for Project Management’ by Tres Roeder

One of the major causes of project failure is the team lacks authority or decision-making ability.  In Roeder Consulting’s training programs, we have asked the following question for years, “Do all of the stakeholders in your projects report directly to you?”  I have never met a project manager who answered that EVERY stakeholder reports directly to him or her.  We ask another question as a follow-up, “Do ANY of the stakeholders in your projects report directly to you?”   Data from several of Roeder Consulting’s free monthly global webinars, representing 776 respondents, showed that 76% of the audience did not have ANY of their project stakeholders reporting directly to them.

Project management is a profession of people who must accomplish results through other people.  We need other people to approve our budget.  We need other people to sign off on the scope of the project.  It’s not that we aren’t capable of doing it.  It’s simply that this is the way the project management role is typically structured.  Other people need to make decisions.  Learning how to have other people support us is not a skill that we traditionally learn in project management training.  If we are going to reduce project failure, we need something more than what we are currently doing.  We need A Sixth Sense for Project Management. ®

Raffle in May!

Happy Spring! If you haven’t heard the news yet, you’re in for a treat.

During the entire month of May, Roeder Consulting is having a special raffle, featuring a prize pack valued at $1125! All you have to do is sign up for The Changing Times, Roeder Consulting’s free monthly newsletter, and you’ll gain an entry into the raffle. To enter, click here: http://www.roederconsulting.com/newslettersignup.php

 The Prize Packs are as follows:

 1 Grand Prize ($1125.95 Value): 2 Live, Online Courses (8 PDUs/ea), 2 On-Demand Online Courses (4 PDUs/ea) and an Autographed copy of A Sixth Sense for Project Management by Tres Roeder

 1 First Runner Up Prize ($228.95 Value): 1 On-Demand Online Course (4 PDUs) and an Autographed copy of A Sixth Sense for Project Management by Tres Roeder

 3 Second Runner Up Prizes ($29.95 Value): Autographed copy of A Sixth Sense for Project Management by Tres Roeder

 If you are already signed up for The Changing Times, you are automatically entered into this raffle. To gain more entries, invite your friends or colleagues to sign-up! Each time a friend or colleague puts your name into the “Referred By” field, you get an additional entry for the raffle! To enter or find review previous newsletters, check out our website at http://www.roederconsulting.com/newsletters.php.

 You (or your referrals ) must sign up by 5/31/2011. Winners drawn on 6/6/2011 and notified by 6/10/2011. Winners must complete courses by 12/31/2011.

For more information, or to ask any questions, please email info@roederconsulting.com

New Book is Now Available

I am pleased to announce A Sixth Sense for Project Management is now published.

I learned through professional experiences that people are the key to change. I set out on a multi-year mission to learn how to best manage people in the high-pressure environment of change-centered projects. In doing so, I found a great deal of writing on interpersonal skills and training programs intended for a general audience; however, I found little information on interpersonal skills specifically developed for individuals who lead projects and change initiatives. In response, I worked to develop a system to address these concerns and to share it with industry at large. What I discovered may surprise you. Some of the most effective ways to lead people through large-scale changes are counterintuitive. Further, deploying certain commonly accepted industry practices, such as a standard project management methodology, may actually decrease your chances of success. I bring A Sixth Sense for Project Management to life with stories about my decade of experience leading major projects, primarily for Fortune 500 clients. I tie together scientific findings from a variety of fields into a comprehensive approach to managing people during times of change. Informative and inspirational, A Sixth Sense for Project Management asks the profession of project managers to improve its success rate and lays out a system created to do just that.