802: Preparing to Lead: Critical Project Management Skills for the HR Professional
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Managing projects can be challenging, especially if they span multiple divisions, time zones, countries, oh and everyone is working remotely. Done wrong, it can destroy careers (and companies!). Done right, it can garner you a "seat at the table." From global outsourcing to workplace analytics to leading company-wide change management initiatives, the HR executive has unique insights into what motivates and engages employees thus giving them the edge at spearheading projects that directly impact the company's bottom line. To do so though requires your Project Management skills and leadership chops to be in peak performance and constantly at the ready. This highly interactive session will prepare you to lead by providing in-depth, step-by-step instructions and tools.
Learning Objectives:
- Receive In-depth analysis of pre-project planning.
- Define deliverables in financial terms your senior leaders care about.
- Conduct comprehensive risk probability vs. impact analysis to determine the likeliest causes for your project to become derailed and how to plan for and overcome those.
- Discover easy-to-implement Project Management tools to help you plan for and manage your project including Gap and SWOT analyses, Fishbone (Cause & Effect) diagrams, Goal Breakdown Structure diagram, RACI matrix and several types of Gantt charts.
- Discuss potential software tools that can help you get organized and track your project.
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.