Topic: Advancing Others: The Power of Personal Character

Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Registration:
Please note that all registrations must be pre-paid on-line and no walk-ins will be accepted the day of the event. The registration deadline is Sunday evening, May 11th at midnight. We cannot accept registrations after this deadline. Seating is limited. Registration may close earlier if seating capacity is filled. Contact the Director - Registration for further discussion.

Please note that the registration fee is now $35 for chapter members, $40 for non-members.

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Location:
Fountain Blue
2300 Mannheim Rd (North of Touhy)
Des Plaines, IL  60018-2955
847.298.3636

Speaker:
Helen Cooke , PMP
PMI Fellow

Agenda:
6:00 Registration and Networking
6:30 Announcements
6:45 Dinner
7:45 Raffle
8:00 Presentation
9:00 Close

Abstract:
During the April Dinner Meeting, our dinner speaker cited that 89% of the Senior Managers surveyed believe the project manager has the necessary organizational authority to manage their assigned project(s) successfully.  However, 88% believe they DO NOT have sufficient authority to manage their projects.  The May Chapter Dinner Meeting presentation by Helen Cooke, PMP, PMI Fellow, will focus on the project manager’s character and use of power.

Ms. Cooke believes good character, like good quality, is hard to define, but you know when it is missing. Her presentation will outline some of the uses of power in everyday projects, by choosing affiliation, sharing or hoarding knowledge, giving credit or visibility, honoring trust, and even allowing the actions of others to go unacknowledged while others take the limelight or the spotlight.  

Throughout her career, our speaker was one of the first women managers in many of her employer organizations.  This developed her keen sense of awareness of the effective uses of power.  She had to gain the cooperation of a very diverse set of individuals to focus on and deliver results.  Some of these experiences will be shared on how she effectively leveraged power to deliver successful projects.

This session will take you through a reassessment of the people who have shaped your view of power, and heighten your awareness of your own behaviors.  It will redirect your awareness of how to use and share power to improve your effectiveness.

About the Speaker:
Helen Cooke, PMP® and PMI Fellow, is Vice President, Consulting Services for OPM Mentors/Chicago headquartered in Highland Park IL.  As co-founder in 2002 of a consulting services firm specializing in advancing organizational project management best practices and process maturity, Helen tackles project management maturity from many angles.  In her two decades in the project management profession she managed more than fifty projects in government, the military, high tech, private corporations and the service sector. Her focus on organizational excellence and enterprise wide project management applies the principles and practices of top management consulting firms and the methods of process improvement. She works with all levels of management to implement common processes across projects, improve management effectiveness in programs and portfolios, and align best practices with modern project management.

Ms. Cooke is a frequent speaker, keynoting conferences in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia; she has addressed global leaders in Africa, India, Finland, Scotland, and Australia and audiences of more than 3,000.  Ms. Cooke’s recent book, McGraw-Hill’s ‘36-Hour Course’ on Project Management, is in 180 libraries around the world and translated into Chinese and Russian. She sees project management as a ‘unifying language’ for management that crosses cultural and linguistic boundaries worldwide

Registration:
Register using the link above. Please note that all registrations must be pre-paid on-line and no walk-ins will be accepted the day of the event. The Registration deadline is Sunday evening, May 11th at midnight. Registrations will not be accepted after that time. Seating is limited. Registration may close earlier if the seating capacity is filled. Contact the Director of Registration for further discussion.

Contact the Director of Programs at programs@pmi-chicagoland.org if you have any questions or concerns regarding the content of this event.