(1/2 day or 1 day workshop) A big challenge for many organizations – regardless of their size – is how to effectively get new hires, or those thrust into new challenging roles within the company, onboarded successfully. Too often employees are put into their roles without an understanding of how to make their way around [...]
Successful Mentoring Programs
(1/2 day or 1 day workshop) Mentoring has been shown to be an effective way to help employees continue to develop within the organization. In some cases, mentoring is more effective than sending an individual to yet another training program. This program is targeted toward human resource professionals and business unit managers detailing the steps [...]
Best Practices for Managing Projects
Formerly: Project Management for Non-Project Managers Let’s face it – we are all managing projects every day! They may be simple or more complex, but regardless of the individual’s role within the organization – managing projects is likely one of the things he/she has to do! You don’t need to be a project manager or [...]
Evaluating the Business Impact and ROI of Your Project Management Practice
This program will focus on best practices for evaluating the business impact and ROI of a project management practice/PMO. A case study example will be used to demonstrate a process for evaluating the effectiveness and impact of a project management practice or PMO within an organization utilizing Phillips ROI Methodology™. Additionally, the program will detail [...]
Developing a Project Management Best Practice (PMO)
(1/2 day workshop) This program will use a case study approach to help participants understand the process behind socializing, developing, testing and implementing a project management best practice. Participants will learn how to engage the organization in the process. Target audience includes: executives, business units heads, project and program managers and others interested in understanding [...]
Measuring the Value of Training Programs
(1/2 day or 1 day workshop) Today, an increasing number of learning & development professionals are being asked to show the value of the training programs they introduced into the organization. Whether “home grown,” third party provided or some combination – executives want to know if programs offered to employees are worth the effort, resources [...]
Understanding the Dynamics of Difference
(1/2 day workshop) Inclusion and diversity is much more than just the individual’s ethnic background, it also includes age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, personal biases, etc. This program is designed to introduce participants to the importance and value of inclusion and having a diverse workforce. Understanding the challenges in implementing inclusion and diversity programs and [...]
Building and Managing the Virtual Project Team
So much rides on the success of a project team – and when you have a virtual team (as so many businesses do today!) – there are many more challenges on a daily basis that affect performance. This program will provide you an understanding of the challenges around pulling together resources for virtual projects, managing [...]
Project Management as a Strategy: Increase Your Profits!
(1/2 day workshop) An increasing number of organizations are beginning to see the value of taking a more strategic approach to project management. This program – targeted for managers, business unit heads and executives in any size organization – provides information on the benefits of looking at project management as strategic rather than simply tactical. [...]