project leaders club

STRUCTURE

 VERY FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

NETWORKING/COLLABORATING - 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST

GROUP MENTORING AND COACHING (Q & A) - 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

TRAINING SESSION - 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

MONTH 1 & 2: Professionalism (JAN 7TH & FEB 4TH)

Section 0: Navigating the Job Market

Section 1: Professionalism and Commitment

Section 2: Honesty and Integrity

Section 3: Maintaining Professionalism in the Face of Adversity

Section 4: Managing a Diverse Workforce

Section 5: Resolving Issues with Objectivity

Course Objectives

Upon completion you should be able to:

1. Define professionalism in 4 broad terms.

2. Explain how to maintain professionalism.

3. Explain the importance of a diverse workforce.

4. Apply simple concepts to resolve issues objectively.

MONTH 3-4: Leadership  (MAR 4TH & APRIL 1ST)

Section 1: Creating a High-Performance Team Environment

Section 2: Building and maintaining effective relationships

Section 3: Motivating 

Section 4: Mentoring

Section 5: Taking Ownership and Accountability

Section 6: Leading with Influencing Skills

Course Objectives

Upon completion you should be able to:

1. Explain some of the key steps in building a high-performance team-environment

2. Explain techniques for building effective business and project relationships.

3. Explain key principles of motivation.

4. Explain the importance of mentoring and mentoring planning.

5. Explain how best to assert one’s position while being professional.

6. Explain how influence and leadership intersect and how to gain influence.

MONTH 5-6: Managing  (MAY 6TH & JUN 3RD)

Section 1: How to Build and Maintain a Team

Section 2: Planning and Managing for Success

Section 3: Conflict Management Basics

Course Objectives

Upon completion you should be able to:

1. Explain how to build and maintain a team and apply such principles to projects.

2. Explain effective ways to plan and manage for success.

3. Define conflict and explain general conflict management approaches.

MONTH 7-8: Communicating  (JULY 1ST & AUG 5TH)

Section 1: Active Listening & Effective Communication 

Section 2: How to Maintain Lines of Communication 

Section 3: Quality in Communicating 

Course Objectives

Upon completion you should be able to:

Define and apply some active-listening techniques

Explain what it means to maintain lines of communication and to be able to execute those steps on real projects

Define the concept of quality in communicating and maintain quality when communicating in different mediums and with different methods

Define what it means to tailor communication to one’s audience and apply associated principles to actual projects and work situations

MONTH 9 – 10: Effectiveness  (SEP 2ND & OCT 7TH)

Section 1: Resolving Project Issues

Section 2: How to Maintain Stakeholder Involvement

Section 3: Change Management Basics

Section 4: Assertiveness for Effectiveness

Course Objectives

Upon completion you should be able to:

Creatively and effectively resolve project issues.

Apply techniques for stakeholder involvement and engagement.

Explain key principles of change management.

Explain how best to assert one’s position while being professional.

MONTH 11 – 12: Cognitive Ability  (NOV 5TH & DEC 3RD)

Section 1: How to View Work Holistically 

Section 2: How to Resolve Issues and Solve Problems

Section 3: Project Management Tool and Technique Selection

Section 4: Opportunity Identification

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion you should be able to:

View work holistically on your projects.

Explain how to intentionally solve problems using the power of the team.

Effectively choose key tools and techniques to use on your projects.

Identify opportunities and enablers for your project’s success.

THIS CURRICULUM IS BASED ON 

EFFECTIVE AND COMMUNICATION & MANAGEMENT

THE PMI PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK 

JOHN MAXWELL BEST-SELLER HOW TO BE A REAL SUCCESS

OTHER LMS TOPICS

PMBOK Guide 7th edition 8-hour class

TRAINING MATERIALS

EFFECTIVE AND COMMUNICATION & MANAGEMENT -  PDF Book and Audio Book will be delivered

COURSE HANDOUT - PDF Handout will be delivered