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From a Good Project Manager to a Great Leader

Speaker:   David Barrett

Description:
YouTube Video
Today’s organizations are looking for tomorrow’s leadership team.  As a good project manager the next step in your career could very well take you to this next level: senior leadership.  

But how do you get there?   What will it take to get your career to this next level?   How can you move from a management position to one of a leader: a senior leader within your industry or elsewhere?

This session will put aside the skills and knowledge you need to have to be a good project manager and focus on what you need to be a great leader.

Biography:
David Barrett is a professional speaker specializing in project leadership, corporate leadership and strategy execution.  He is an author of 4 books, a weekly blogger and the author of ‘The Weekly One Minute Video Series”.  

David is the founder and National Program Director for the Centre of Excellence in Project Management at York University in Toronto, Canada.  He was the founder and Managing Director of ProjectWorld Canada, Business Analyst and Project Summit USA and the founder and Executive Editor of ProjectTimes.com and BATimes.com.

David currently working on his 5 ^th book on strategy execution, a new project management event called PMTalks and a speakers’ bureau called Project Speakers Network.

Talent Triangle PDUs:
Technical - 0
Strategic & Business Management - 4
Leadership - 4
TOTAL PDUs - 8         

Event ID:
201805-1

Date / Time of Event:
Thursday, May 17th, 2018 from  8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Agenda:

From	To	Content
8:00 am	10:00 am	Leadership Defined including leadership styles
10:00 am	10:10 am	BREAK
10:10 am	12:00 pm	Baseline your leadership skills, knowledge – plan for managing the gaps and leveraging the strengths
12:00 pm	12:30 pm	LUNCH
12:30 pm	2:30 pm	Communicate like a leader, Decision making skills, strategic planning
2:30 pm	2:40 pm	BREAK
2:40 pm	4:30 pm	Dealing with People

           

Location:
Canterbury Hill Winery and Restaurant
1707 S Summit Dr.
Holts Summit MO 65043

Attendee Cost:
Member Rate: $200.00
Non-Member Rate: $250.00

Benefits:         

Over the course of the morning we will explore the gaps between our skills, knowledge and professional attributes and those of famous and local leaders.   In the process we will be develop our new professional strategic plan: 

• Your Professional Strategic Plan
• Act Like a Leader Before You Are One
• What Does a Great Leader Look Like?
• Understand Your Leadership Style
• 9 Things Successful People Do In The First Week Of A New Job
• The Seven Seismic Shifts of Perspective and Responsibility
• Thinking Like a Leader

In the afternoon we turn to the tools of the leadership trade and develop out the rest of our strategic plan in order to address our weaknesses and leverage our strengths:   

• Understand the Business
• Develop Your Business Skills
• Develop Your Business Acumen
• Understand CxO Language
• The Business Case
• The Strategic Plan
• The Business Plan
• Communication - Leader Style

Recommended Audience:

• Project Managers of all levels who want to create a roadmap to the future
• PMPs and want-to-be PMPs

Prerequisites or Requirements:   None