705: Preparing to Lead: Critical Project Management Skills for the HR Professional
You have the unique opportunity to spearhead projects such as global outsourcing, workplace analytics and companywide change management initiatives that can directly impact your company's bottom line. Managing those projects can be challenging, particularly when they span multiple divisions, time zones and countries. To lead, your project management skills must be at their peak and at the ready. This interactive workshop prepares you for success with in-depth, step-by-step instructions and tools for managing and executing projects big or small, delivering results, and meeting budget and schedule deadlines.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the essentials of project management.
- Define deliverables in financial terms your senior leaders care about (and will actually pay attention to).
- Develop metrics to determine the best employees to include on your project team.
- Conduct comprehensive risk probability versus impact analysis.
- Learn about software tools that can help you get organized and track your project.
*Additional fee and registration required.
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.