Power, Politics, & Partnership in Strategic Projects
Twelve (12) PMI PDU Credits
June 12 - 13, 2008
Large, ambitious strategic projects are rife with political issues that often lead to:
- Projects being delivered late, over budget or, even, abandoned
- Dissatisfied/disengaged customers
- Loss of velocity, resulting in increased resource waste
- Misdirected energy and lost opportunities
- Conflict between departments
- Finger-pointing and blaming
CONNECT: The Knowledge Network invites you to a powerful one-and-a-half day event that will change the way strategic projects are undertaken and improve your ability to manage, sponsor, be a customer of, or simply work on, large, cross-organizational projects.
This dynamic, invigorating, and enlightening workshop will provide insight and strategies on how to create cross-functional collaboration between executives, steering committees, customers, functional managers, program managers, project managers, and project teams. Hands-on exercises, in-class coaching, and peer discussion reinforce participants' learning.
The core of this workshop is an exercise where you are assigned a
role as
an executive, manager, team member or customer. You then interact in a chaotic,
fast-paced project environment and experience the reality of what makes productive
partnerships so critical, what gets in the way of them developing, and what
role(s) we play in making them happen. Throughout the interaction, the instructors
will teach you strategies to address the issues you experience so you can immediately
apply and practice what you learn.
When you leave this workshop, you will never be the same . . . you'll be better at:
- Using concrete strategies for working more constructively across organizational silos
- Addressing issues systemically rather than personally
- Understanding the multiplicity of roles each of us play and how to approach each role with more effective behavior
CONNECT: The Knowledge Network is the only company that uses a workforce effectiveness approach in its IT consulting services to deliver bottom-line results. We help you solve the organizational, interpersonal, cultural, and technical challenges that impact effectiveness.
Video
To let you learn more about the workshop, a short video has been created. One version is for fast Internet connections (9MB) and one for dial-up connections (1.5MB).
Attendee Comments:
"Any organization would see business benefit
from this workshop."
"I have new skills to improve inter-organizational
performance."
A One-and-a-Half Day Event
June 12, 2008
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
June 13, 2008
8:00 am - 12:00 noon
Hosted by:
CONNECT:
The Knowledge Network
Location:
PPA Event Center
2105 Decatur Street
Denver, CO 80211
303-433-8247
www.ppaeventcenter.com
Registration:
Click here or call Lorna Rickard at
303-730-7171 x231
Rate $595 per person
Group Rate $450/person
(3 people from same company)
Early Bird $500/person
by June 4, 2008
Hotel information:
For a list of hotels, call Jackie Roberts at 303-730-7171 ext 103