Free PDU Webinar: “Is Project Management The Next Management 2.0?”

As many of you know, Roeder Consulting serves the project management community with one free webinar each month which the PMP can use to claim 1 free PDU.  It brings us great pleasure to announce the next free webinar:

When:  Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:00 am
Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)

How Long: 1 hour

Description: “Is Project Management The Next Management 2.0?”
Steve Leybourne, PhD – Boston University

This session addresses the various shifts in project management over the last few years, and poses the question; “Is Project Management the new Management 2.0”. There are significant parallels between recent publications positing the requirements of a new model of management, and developments in project management that have occurred over the last few years. This session will also introduce a ‘revised’ model of project management that seeks to address some of these changes, and offer some suggestions about issues that will become more relevant to the project manager in the future.

Author Biography:
Steve Leybourne is a full-time member of the faculty at Boston University, where he teaches at postgraduate and Executive level, and continues his research into project-based change, improvisational working practices, and behavior within the project domain.

To Register: To Register for this month’s webinar, go to our free pdu webinar page on the Roeder Consulting website.

 

Free PMP PDU Webinar: Project Management Job Satisfaction

According to last year’s annual Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Job Satisfaction Survey,  more than 75 percent of U.S. employees are satisfied with their jobs overall.  How does this compare to project management professionals?  Join Roeder Consulting’s Founder and author of A Sixth Sense for Project Management, Tres Roeder MBA, PMP in this month’s interactive webinar specifically designed to engage attendees in a discussion about PMP job satisfaction.  Tell us: Do you enjoy your job? Does the success rate of your projects directly contribute to your job satisfaction?

Join us on this month’s webinar dedicated to enjoying your role as a project manager and learn how to make a poor project bearable…or a great project even better.

Date and time: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:00 am – 12:00pm
Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)

Earn one PDU for FREE. Come experience for yourself why these webinar events reach capacity every time!  Sign-up here Free PMP PDU Webinar

 

 

Should Project Managers Build Relationships

In Roeder Consulting’s Global Webinar today, Christine Zust, MA, discussed a new reality in the work place – a lot of work is being done through virtual teams.  Virtual teams, like any team-based environment, tend to work better when the participants have a positive relationship.  However, team-building exercises don’t always result in positive relationships.  Sometimes they have the opposite effect.  In the words of one of today’s participants:

“So much emphasis is put on getting team members together to build a relationship. That’s great in a perfect situation, but what about when personalities collide? Sometimes getting people to know each other better in a personal way is not conducive to work.”

So, team building works when positive relationships are formed.  But, it can backfire too.  What if you get everyone together and they don’t like each other?  We took this conversation to the 3500+ members of Roeder Consulting Linked In group.  Throughout the course of the day people have already started to weigh in:

• Christine Zust (the webinar presenter) says “To me, the only way we can truly get to know each other is through establishing and maintaining relationships. And yes, it’s hard work. We know, through experience, that not every relationship is going to be perfect…we may encounter people whose styles are very different from ours which can cause tension or uncertainty. The greatest lesson I have learned about building human relationships is acceptance. Once I accept that I cannot change anyone but myself, I open up my thinking to welcome those challenges when they occur. Even when I have a bad relationship with someone, it’s still a relationship. I have to try my best to make the most of it.

• Gregory says “It is a must! Especially in today’s transactional world where “friends”, “connections” and “followers” don’t mean a thing. It is all about the basic human nature. With personal relationship comes trust, reliance and desire to excel.”

Positive relationships are important to teams.  It’s also true that sometimes “personalities collide.”  What to do?  The answer is to do your team building exercise … but be careful!  Human interaction is something we all need.   After all, solitary confinement is a punishment.  But, when you bring everyone together be thoughtful about highlighting the areas of agreement. If you take any random two people out of the world you are likely to find issues they agree on, and others they disagree on.  Our role as team builders is to do our best to keep everyone focused on those areas where they agree.

If you’d like to see the latest comments on this discussion thread and/or offer your insights go to the Roeder Consulting Linked In Group:   http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Roeder-Consulting-1-Community-Project-2800285

 

Sold Out Webinar!

 

We are officially sold out of our May Webinar on “Managing Stakeholders for Project Success.” Thank you to everyone who registered for this free monthly webinar. If you’re interested in taking the new “Advanced Project Stakeholder Management” course, please visit our website at http://www.roederconsulting.com/advancedprojectstakeholdermanagement.php.

Keep your eyes open for registration for our next webinar on June 8th – http://www.roederconsulting.com/webinar.php

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.

For more information click: A Sixth Sense for Project Management

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

Improvisation in Project Management – Free One PDU Webinar

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Join us (http://www.roederconsulting.com/webinar.php) for the FREE webinar, Improvisation in Project Management on Tuesday November 1^st at 11:00am EST.  Earn one PDU.  Absolutely FREE!

There is an acknowledged shift within PM away from the traditional ‘plan-then execute’ paradigm, towards an understanding that project-based work in today’s turbulent environments is intimately concerned with resolving ambiguity and complexity, often using a greater degree of ‘soft’ skills.

One result of this shift is a move towards a more ‘improvisational’ style of project-based work, where creativity and an intuitive ‘gut feel’ for what will work in a particular scenario are valued as important contributors to project success.

This session will offer a number of suggestions relating to how improvised work can contribute to project success, and will:

• Unpick and explain the theoretical underpinnings of organizational improvisation,
• Explain how to use it, and how to control it,
• Give examples of how it can be effective,
• Suggest why today’s project managers need to be aware of it, and
• Supply a ‘route map’ to assist in successful improvisation.

This presentation, and the discussion that will follow it, is based on over ten years of research into organizational improvisation within the project domain, and a significant amount of published research by the presenter.

Register now (http://www.roederconsulting.com/webinar.php) to reserve your seat.  Seating is limited. Thank you for your interest in A Sixth Sense for Project Management®.

When Weather Changes Project Management – Free One #PDU #Webinar

Join us (http://www.roederconsulting.com/webinar.php) for the FREE webinar, When Weather Changes Project Management (#weatherpm) on Tuesday October 18^th at 11:00am EST.  Earn one PDU.  Absolutely FREE!

Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes, oh my! What happens when mother nature gets in the way of you completing your project? Hear stories from your fellow project managers around the world on how weather can changed their projects and learn some tips on how to be adaptable!

Register now (http://www.roederconsulting.com/webinar.php) to reserve your seat.  Seating is limited. Thank you for your interest in A Sixth Sense for Project Management®.