Description:

Turnover, stress-related illness & disengagement are signs of a problematic workplace and often result from the mismanaged change. Gallup State of the American workplace reports nearly 70% of employees are unhappy or disengaged at work. This presentation provides humorous insights into the 7 Habits of Negativity with strategies and tactics to stop gossip, increase camaraderie, and develop positive workplace practices. Learn techniques for getting along with others and strategies to attain the many benefits of a positive and engaged workforce.

Takeaways:

• Discover actionable strategies to help re-route negative behaviors.
• Learn how to eliminate negative contagion and improve culture.
• Use a seven-step approach to share and sustain a positive vision and increase job satisfaction.

This session is appropriate for anyone who would like to contribute to a more positive workplace.

April is a nationally known organizational change management expert and has implemented change for clients including the State of Michigan, Whirlpool, AAA, and the University of Michigan. She’s the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller “Ready, Set, Change”. April believes that no one should have to suffer through an unorganized, poorly managed change and the resulting negativity and she’s frequently quoted by the Associated Press, The New York Times and other international media outlets. April is the leader of Springboard Consulting and one of the "First 100" Certified Change Management Professionals (CCMP™) and a Change Ignitor for Association of Change Management Professionals. She’s also a Project Management Professional, winner of the Top Trainer Throwdown, and Past President of the Michigan National Speakers Association.

1 Leadership PDU

Presentation Link

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Description:

Review common issues with telecommuting and their resolutions.  Keith will cover his personal and corporate experiences with taking his PMO at Plexus to a work at home solution.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will learn how to work with issues that come from working from home and working on projects in a work from home environment.

Speaker Bio:

Keith Harrington’s professional career spans 37 years with his first 20 years in high-tech manufacturing, Information Technology and Data Center Operations. 

After attaining his EMBA, Keith moved from Rhode Island to Arizona and obtained his PMP credentials in 2004 and his PMI – ACP in 2014.

Over the last 16 years he has provided strategic direction as an Authentic Leader focused on developing and empowering team members, defining project management, program management and portfolio management processes while creating two highly effective PMOs.

Keith’s past major employers include Motorola, MetLife, American Power Conversion and DHL.  Since 2016, Keith has been the Senior Director of the Portfolio Management Office at Plexus Worldwide, a Scottsdale-based company on the cutting edge of health science with a range of products focused on every aspect of health and happiness.

PDU:  1 Technical

The Presentation for the meeting is located here: https://pmiphx.org/presentation-links

Strategic Success. What the hell does project management have to do with it? Just EVERYTHING!. Let Lee tell you why project management professionals are on the Critical Path of corporate profitability.

• This webinar will examine the critical relationship between organizational strategy and the execution of projects. The potential value of maintaining a strategy/project connection will be illustrated and a way to achieve and maintain that vital connection.
• The supporting slides for this program will help make the relevance of PMI’s emphasis on the strategic element of the Talent Triangle. It will explain why “simply” being a good project manager will not be enough to survive in today’s world of the careful selection of value add projects. The sooner it can be determined that a project is not making a strategic contribution to organizational business objects, the sooner alternates can be considered.
• Participants will be able to identify how their project fits in the organization’s strategic initiatives. Using a sophisticated and integrated project management information system to support identify and clarify the strategic relevance of decisions being made at the project level.

Lee R. Lambert has logged 50+ years of project management experience and is considered one of the world’s thought leaders on project management methods and how they can be utilized to create and sustain value-added Leadership and Collaboration capabilities. He is one of only 70 in the world to receive the honor of PMI Fellow. Lee is a Past President of the Central Ohio PMI and was one of the founders of the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional (PMP) credential. His book, Project Management-The CommonSense Approach, is a best seller in the field.
At 37 years old Lee was named VP of Staff and Organizational Development for one of the world’s largest contract research organizations where he was responsible for creating and implementing a Leadership Development program focused on improved performance for project managers and supporting functional/line managers.
During his decades of platform training, Mr. Lambert has provided learning opportunities to more than 50,000 professionals in 23 countries. He is regularly called upon to provide Keynote presentations on Leadership, Communications, and other Project Management topics. Before his years as VP, Mr. Lambert was a project management evangelist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and General Electric.