Preparing to Lead: Essential Project Management Skills for the HR Professional

2013 Leadership Conference
Workplace Application: This session will provide step-by-step instructions to better hone your project management skills and show you how to LOVE leading projects!

Managing projects can be challenging, especially if they span multiple divisions, time zones and even countries. Done wrong, it can destroy careers (or your company!). Done right, it can garner you a 'seat at the table.' From global outsourcing to rolling out an ERP system to leading change management initiatives, the HR executive has the unique opportunity to spearhead projects that can directly affect the company's bottom line. To do so though requires your Project Management skills to be in peak performance and constantly at the ready. This highly interactive session will help you be prepared to lead by providing in-depth step-by-step instructions on how to 1) Plan for Success, 2) Manage and Execute and 3) Deliver Results all while 4) Meeting Budget.

Date(s) & Time(s): 
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 3:45pm to 5:00pm
Presenter: 

Valerie M. Grubb

Valerie M.
Grubb

Valerie helps companies improve their bottom line by elevating employees from tactical thinkers to strategic leaders.

She served in senior leadership roles at RollsRoyce Aircraft before helping to found InterActiveCorp, parent company to Expedia, Home Shopping Network and TicketMaster. She then went to work for Oprah Winfrey, helping to found the Oxygen channel which was later sold to NBC Universal.

Valerie obtained her mechanical engineering degree from Kettering University and her MBA from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Val’s book, Clash of the Generations: Managing the New Workplace Reality, helps leaders manage multiple generations in the office.

 

Location: 
Potomac 4-6
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
HR Credit
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
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