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Gina Abudi is a regular presenter and keynote speaker at conferences, conventions, and corporate and executive events on a variety of topics. All presentations are practical, case-study driven which enable attendees to apply what they learn immediately back on the job. Most all presentations include tools and templates for use by participants. Presentations can be tailored to be delivered in 1 – 3 hour sessions, depending on client needs.
Human Resource, Management, Learning and Development Professionals, Business Unit Heads and Leaders
Prove Your Value to the Bottom Line: Evaluating the Business Impact and ROI of Human Resource Initiatives
Using a case study example, this presentation will provide participants with a method for evaluating the business impact and return on investment of strategic human resource initiatives. Participants will be provided a 4-step process for evaluating such initiatives: Evaluation Planning, Data Collection, Data Analysis and Reporting. Participants will have access to templates for use back on the job.
Better Manage Your Projects: Project Management for Human Resource Professionals
This presentation focuses on providing human resource professionals and other management staff with basics around project management to enable them to better manage the myriad projects they are expected to lead. A case study example is provided to “walk through” a project management approach to a human resource strategic project. At the end of the presentation, participants will understand how to apply a project management approach to their projects, along with templates to be used back on the job.
Developing and Launching Effective Onboarding Programs
Using a case study of a client project, this presentation provides participants with best practices on developing, socializing, launching and measuring onboarding programs. Participants will learn a step-by-step process to ensure that onboarding programs launched meet the needs of the employees and the organization and get the commitment and support necessary for the program to be effective. This will include a variety of ways to gather data to ensure the program is developed to be successful.
Socializing Human Resource Initiatives throughout the Organization
Too frequently, human resources and their initiatives are “lost” within the organization – not enough people know what is going on with human resources and what they are working on – which are frequently some very strategic initiatives that impact the entire organization! This presentation will provide human resource professionals with best practices around socializing their initiatives. Participants will take back to the job ways to engage the organization in understanding and supporting human resource initiatives.
Developing, Launching and Measuring High Potential Programs
Using a client case study as an example, this presentation will focus on the steps to take to develop, launch and measure the success of high potential programs. These programs have an impact on the organization and are frequently quite costly to develop and implement. This presentation will provide participants with the steps and processes required to ensure that such programs are implemented successfully to help organizations meet strategic goals. Participants will take away a step-by-step process along with templates to use back on the job.
Performing a Business Impact and ROI Study of a Leadership Development Program
This presentation will focus on a case study of a company that developed, implemented and evaluated a leadership program put in place for their high potentials. The presentation will walk through the decision behind implementing the program, its roll out and pilot test, and finally how the ROI of the program was evaluated for presentation to the executives at the organization. The program was evaluated using Phillips ROI Methodology®. Participants will be provided with a process for evaluating professional development programs such as this one, along with templates to be used back on the job.
Best Practices for Creating a Culture of Learning in Your Organization
This presentation will provide best practices to create and foster a culture of learning within an organization – regardless of its size. Benefits of creating such a culture along with best practices for moving toward becoming a learning organization will be provided. A variety of case studies will be used to illustrate challenges some companies have had in moving to a culture of learning and how they overcame those challenges. Human resource professionals, learning and development professionals, and other members will learn how to effectively get the buy-in needed to move to a learning-focused culture within their companies.
Best Practices for Creating a Learning Council
This presentation will focus on a nation-wide organization that created, implemented and utilized a learning council to move the organization from a decentralized to a centralized learning and development group. The presentation will teach participants how to effectively socialize, create and roll out a learning council to meet strategic goals.
Project and Process Management, Business Analysis, Learning & Development
Managing a Process Improvement Initiative: Key Tips for Project Managers
Using a case study example of a client project, this presentation will focus on managing a business process redesign project from a project manager’s perspective. This presentation will provide project managers, business analysts and others who work on business process improvement projects with a step-by-step process for effective management of such projects. Unique challenges to business process improvement projects will be discussed along with recommendations on how to avoid issues arising early in the project. Participants will learn a process for managing business process improvement initiatives and will take-aways worksheets and templates for use back on the job.
Developing a Project Management Best Practice
This presentation will focus on the specifics of developing a project management best practice in an organization regardless of their size and the number of project managers. Organizations are beginning to see the value of formalizing their project management practices, including developing best practices, career and training paths for project managers, and putting a formal methodology/process in place. The presentation will center on a case study of services firm where a project management practice was developed with no current project management processes/framework and training or “official” project managers in place. It will step through the process of creating the best practice and demonstrate the value shown once a project management mindset was adopted within the organization.
Assessing Project Management Skills to Develop Career and Training Paths
This presentation will focus on how to quickly and effectively assess project management skills within an organization to develop career and training paths for project management professionals regardless of their skill level. The effective use of online assessments and interviews will be discussed to ensure sufficient data is gathered to make the best decisions for the organization. Examples will be provided from a variety of organizations to describe their approach to assessing skills and developing competencies to ensure growth for their project managers.
Developing a Business Analysis Center of Excellence
This presentation will focus on a company that developed a business analysis center of excellence to accomplish a variety of goals, including: elevating the business analysis group within the organization through improving the work done on projects, improving the time-to-market for products and services introduced to clients, and providing training and support to business analysts. This presentation will walk participants through the business case proposal made to the executive staff through to launch of the Center of Excellence.
Incorporating Project Management Practices into Small Businesses
This presentation will focus on the benefits and value-add of incorporating project management practices into small businesses. An increasing number of small businesses – both non-profits and for-profits – see the value in utilizing project management processes and procedures – creating a best practice – within their business for a variety of purposes. This presentation will provide a step-by-step process to how to get started in incorporating project management best practices into any small business to increase efficiencies and effectiveness. Templates will be provided to use back in the office.
Using Return on Investment to Evaluate Project Management Training
This presentation will focus on the use of the ROI process to provide convincing data to executives about the contribution of project management training to the organization. Today’s executives are increasingly looking toward ROI to show the financial benefits and business impact that highly visible training programs, such as strategic project management training, has across the organization. The presentation will focus on a case study to demonstrate how the use of the ROI process at a client organization showed the financial benefit of continued professional development.
Developing Your Project Team to Ensure Project Success
This presentation will focus on best practices to kick off and effectively develop the project team. Case study examples will be used to learn best practices for kicking off the project team, recommendations for developing the project team and resolving team issues. Participants will be provided suggested team exercises and checklists to use back on the job.
Evaluating the Business Impact and ROI of Your Project Management Practice
This presentation will focus on best practices for evaluating the business impact and ROI of your project management practice. A case study example will be provided along with a comprehensive step-by-step process for evaluating the effectiveness of your project management practice. Participants will “take away” templates and checklists for use back on the job.
Best Practices for Implementation of Business Process Initiative Projects
This presentation will provide participants with best practices for managing business process improvement projects within their business. Focus will be on a case study of a business that needed to evaluate, improve and implement new processes for engaging with their clients. A step-by-step process will be covered to help those involved in such initiatives to ensure that they are effectively able to manage such projects and engage the appropriate individuals throughout the organization. Participants will take away worksheets and templates for use back on the job.
Growing Project Excellence through Effective Project Management Education
This presentation will focus on a case study of a company that developed a strategic, organization-wide multi-tier training program to meet the needs of project managers and team members within the organization. Discussion will focus on the company’s approach to such programs, how the program ties into the organization’s strategic goals, the use of needs assessments and applications for selecting participants for the program, working with suppliers to support and contribute to the program, and piloting the program for eventual organization-wide global deployment.
Prove Your Value to the Bottom Line: Evaluating the Business Impact and ROI of Your Business Process Improvement Initiative
Using a case study example, this presentation will provide participants with a method for evaluating the business impact and return on investment of business process improvement initiatives. Participants will be provided a 4-step process for evaluating such initiatives: Evaluation Planning, Data Collection, Data Analysis and Reporting. Participants will have access to templates for use back on the job.
Socializing Business Process Improvement Initiatives throughout the Organization
Too frequently, business process improvement initiatives are “lost” within the organization – not enough people know what is going on and why changes are being made in how the work is done. Business process improvement initiatives are frequently some very strategic initiatives that impact the entire organization! This presentation will provide participants with best practices around socializing their initiatives. Participants will take back to the job ways to engage the organization in understanding and supporting business process improvement initiatives.
Best Practices for Creating a Continuous Change and Improvement Culture in Your Organization
This presentation will provide best practices to create and foster a culture of continuous change and improvement within an organization – regardless of its size. Benefits of creating such a culture along with best practices for moving toward becoming an organization that continuously focuses on improvement will be provided. A variety of case studies will be used to illustrate challenges some companies have had in moving to a culture of continuous improvement and how they overcame those challenges. Participants learn how to effectively get the buy-in needed to move to an improvement-focused culture within their companies.
