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Popular speaker
and best-selling PM author Neal Whitten is a frequent
speaker at conferences, seminars, workshops and special
events—serving private companies, institutions
and public organizations. His motivational messages
include subjects on personal performance, soft skills,
leadership and all aspects of project management.
There is no limitation to audience size. Presentations
typically span from an hour to a day, but can be longer.
Listed here are
many of the more popular topics; however, topics can
cover a much broader area than shown here, as well
as be tailored to your organization/gathering. The
first four presentations are briefly described.
Neal
Whitten's No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects
Successful projects don't just happen—they
are made to happen. Neal takes leadership and project
management to a personal level and reveals leading-edge
best practices that make all the difference between
leading consistently successful projects and playing
the victim with troubled projects. Focusing mostly
on leadership and soft skills, but including hard
skills and life skills, this seminar reveals choices
to make and behaviors to adopt that are invaluable
in helping a person become a successful project manager
and leader. The seminar is based largely on Neal's
new book, Neal Whitten's No-Nonsense Advice for
Successful Projects.
The
No.1 Reason Why Project Leaders Fail: Being Too
Soft!
Most project managers—most leaders—are not
consistently willing to make the tough and unpopular
project-related decisions, even though their instincts
warn them that they are not taking the most effective
action. Witness examples of project manager actions
(or inactions) that are indicative of too-soft behavior.
Will you recognize familiar behavior? You don't have
to be rude, insensitive, arrogant or a bully to avoid
being too soft. None of these attributes is acceptable—ever!
Come prepared to rethink what constitutes effective
project management and leadership behavior.
Attributes
of the Indispensable Project Leader
Neal takes leadership and project management to a
personal level. There are choices to make and behaviors
to adopt that are invaluable in helping a person become
a successful project manager and leader. Neal will
discuss these attributes—soft skills—that
can be learned and exercised by anyone, but often
are not regularly practiced. The menu of topics discussed
include: being bold; expecting and accepting criticism;
taking risks; seizing authority as needed; being persistent;
demonstrating results versus effort; eliminating worry
and guilt; being accountable for your performance;
managing your time; believing in yourself. Be prepared
to shed some emotional baggage and get closer to your
inner self!
Behaviors
to Master When Dealing with Your Leaders
Your leaders want you to know—need you to
know—the behaviors they consistently expect
from you. Just because you have a leadership role
doesn't mean you are living up to their expectations.
Not only will Neal identify what your boss expects
from you...but he will articulate what you expect
from those under your direction. Topics include: don't
take it personally, don't dump and run, make it brief,
offer professional criticism, bring solutions with
problems, wear one face, and many more. Come learn
how you can enhance your image, effectiveness, and
career—while making your leaders' jobs easier.
Samples of
More Presentation Topics
- Best
Practices That Will Help You Look Great!
- Leadership,
Soft Skills and YOU
- Eight
Commonly Held Beliefs—That Are FALSE
- Promoting
the Advancement of Project Management in Your
Organization
- Change
the Culture in Your Organization—Project
by Project
- Escalate
Is Not a Dirty Word
- Is
Your Professional Behavior Respected?
- Ten
Project Execution & Control Best Practices
- Ten
Project Planning Best Practices
- The
Roles & Responsibilities of a Project Manager
- The
Roles & Responsibilities of a Project Sponsor
- The
Roles & Responsibilities of a Resource Manager
- Recognizing
and Dealing with Professional Immaturity
- What
Good Is a Mentor?
- How
to Foster Interpersonal Communications
- Organizing
Projects for Accountability and Success
- Turn
Criticism into an Asset
For More Information
For
more information, you can e-mail
or call 706-692-3910.
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