Webinar Series On Soft Skills Training

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Roeder Consulting, a world-class project management training firm focused on soft skills, is pleased to announce past webinar series are now available on-demand. We've had numerous requests from previous webinar attendees wanting to make past webinars available to their colleagues. As we conduct our free monthly webinars, we record them in order to make them available later.

Each webinar is certified for 1 PDU and is available for $20 per webinar. Current on-demand webinars are listed below.

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THE RING IN THE RUBBLE: DIG THROUGH CHANGE AND FIND YOUR NEXT GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
Recorded: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Presenter: Gary Bradt
Cost: $20 - 1PDU
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Every change, even the most painful and difficult, creates 'Golden Rings' of opportunity. Change also stirs up Rubble, a metaphor for the fear, uncertainty, and disruption to routine that can drag us down and keep us trapped. Your job is to dig through the Rubble to find the Ring. In this one hour presentation, Dr. Gary Bradt will give you the tools and show you how. Come with a change in mind where presently you can only see Rubble, where your opportunity is not readily apparent. You will walk away inspired and armed with practical tools to help you find your Ring, and you will be equipped to share these tools with others, both at work and at home.

THE IMPORTANCE OF PROJECT MANAGERS BEING FOLLOWERS - NOT JUST LEADERS
Recorded: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Presenter: Gina Abudi
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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Project managers often only think of themselves as leaders – in charge of the project and the project team. But a key role for the project manager is also to be a “follower” – focused on the greater good of the project and knows that for success to be realized; sometimes someone else actually should take the lead. In this one hour presentation, Gina Abudi, PMP, MBA, President of Abudi Consulting Group, will provide participants with the benefits of why they should, on occasion, step back from the lead and follow for the overall good of the project. Remember: Good Followership = Good Leadership!

A SIXTH SENSE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT - BOOK LAUNCH
Recorded: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Presenter: Tres Roeder
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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In this one hour presentation, Tres Roeder, PMP, MBA, Founder and President of Roeder consulting, will help you shed light on a common “blind spot” in managing projects: managing the human side of change. From this unique, interactive webinar, you will:

• Gain take-away skills that can be applied immediately towards your project success
• Hear the latest insights from new research on human behavior and how this impacts you
• Learn what you can do today for better project results

A BALANCED APPROACH TO AGILE
Recorded: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Presenter: Steve Martin
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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Successfully working on Agile projects requires a blend of skills. While technical skills (processes and tools) and business acumen (knowledge of business) are essential, it is effective people skills that are particularly important to running Agile projects. For example, people and technical issues are raised very quickly, expectations can be unrealistic, and gaps in process and capabilities can be exposed often with “raw” feelings. Swiftly and diplomatically dealing with these common situations are the keys to your Agile project success

SIXTH SENSE INTUITION
Recorded: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Presenter: Tres Roeder
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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Top professionals from firefighters to surgeons use intuition to deliver results. Overwhelming evidence shows that bureaucratic approaches to project management and decision-making reduce speed and hurt outcomes. In this high-energy and interactive one hour presentation, Tres Roeder, PMP, will discuss how to tap into one’s intuition and harness that power to drive personal and project success.

A BALANCED APPROACH TO PROJECT PLANNING
Recorded: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Presenter: Tres Roeder
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything”

When Dwight D. Eisenhower said these words he was referring to the reality that things change. A plan is not a crystal ball. However, the process of planning is informative and incredibly useful. In this one-hour webinar, Tres Roeder, PMP, will discuss how to deploy a balanced approach to project planning and what to do in those inevitable moments when things don’t go according to plan.

THE BIG DIG: MANAGING RISK AND COMPLEXITY IN MEGAPROJECTS
Recorded: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Presenter: Virginia Greiman
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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In 1991, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, known unofficially as the Big Dig, began. After almost 10 years of planning, surveying and government issues, this multi-billion dollar megaproject in Boston, which rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93) into a 3.5 mile tunnel, was underway. However, this project became the most expensive highway project in U.S. history and was plagued by escalating costs, scheduling delays, leaks, design flaws, and use of substandard materials.

In this one hour presentation, Virginia Greiman will talk about her experience working on The Big Dig. She’ll also share her insight on managing risk, cost and complexity in megaprojects.

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WHEN WEATHER CHANGES PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Recorded: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Presenter: Tres Roeder
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes, oh my! What happens when mother nature gets in the way of you completing your project? In this one hour presentation, Tres Roeder wiil discuss stories about how weather can change your projects and some tips on how to be adaptable!

IMPROVISATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Recorded: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Presenter: Dr. Stephen Leybourne
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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A number of suggestions relating to how improvised work can contribute to project success, and will:

• Unpick and explain the theoretical underpinnings of organizational improvisation,
• Explain how to use it, and how to control it,
• Give examples of how it can be effective,
• Suggest why today’s project managers need to be aware of it,and
• Supply a ‘route map’ to assist in successful improvisation.

This presentation is based on over ten years of research into organizational improvisation within the project domain, and a significant amount of published research by the presenter.

SEE WHAT'S HIDDEN - TRUSTING YOUR GUT INSTINCTS
Recorded: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Presenter: Trish Bishop
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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PROJECT NEGOTIATION
Recorded: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Presenter: Tres Roeder
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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Roeder Consulting devoted a full hour to project negotiation stories from the front line. All of us negotiate, but not all of us do it well. We’ll share tremendous successes, monumental failures, and the lessons learned.

THAT'S AMORE - LEARNING TO LOVE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Recorded: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Presenter: Steven Hayward, Ph.D.
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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International Project Management is becoming the norm. Having an awareness of this rapidly changing environment will help you (and your project team) become successful in your projects. Come celebrate the “day of love” by learning tips and techniques on navigating the waters of international project management.

A SIXTH SENSE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT® - ONE YEAR LATER
Recorded: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Presenter: Tres Roeder
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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One year after publishing his Amazon best-seller, A Sixth Sense for Project Management, Tres Roeder, MBA, PMP will discuss the state of project management and recent developments on the human side of change. Charles Dickens began his famous novel, A Tale of Two Cities, by writing “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness …” And so it is with project management. The number of people sitting for the PMP test remains very high; Agile certification is hot; and many organizations are adding Project Management Offices and deepening their investment in project management. At the same time, many project managers are looking for work, some organizations are reducing or even eliminating project management staff, and other people and organizations are stagnant in their antiquated approach to project management.

THE TYRANNY OF THE URGENT - CRITICAL THINKING AS YOUR KEY MANAGEMENT SKILL
Recorded: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Presenter: Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski, Ph.D.
Cost: $20 - 1 PDU
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We attempt to meet the challenge to ‘do more with less’. Professionals are constantly faced with the need to overcome the tyranny of the urgent. Realize the value of critical thinking, and communications to persuade and manage expectations can support our leadership and our organizations in discussion with Kimi Hirotsu Ziemski.