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2004 Spring School
'Soft' Skills for Project Managers
You've been on the courses that
teach you how to drive that scheduling tool, you know how to operate
a risks register and the other 'hard' controls. But what about
those 'softer' skills that the press is telling us are the
competencies to have in modern organisations? This PROMS-G School is
designed to provide a contrast to other courses, and to equip you with
an appreciation of some of the current thinking in this area - and builds
on the successful school run by PROMS-G in autumn 2002.
- As Project Management advances as a set of disciplines, the
focus on development is moving from the 'hard' techniques such
as activity planning and progress monitoring to 'people skills'
such as leadership, motivation and related competencies.
- This PROMS-G school is designed to make Project Managers
aware of some of the key competencies required - both accepted
and novel - by the kinds of organisation they work in.
- The four lectures cover Project Management competencies,
operating in a matrix management environment, facilitation and
creative problem solving, and leadership options.
- By the end of the four sessions, attendees will have gained
an appreciation of the key areas in which they can develop their
own soft skills.
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Topics |
Speaker |
| Tue 2 Mar 2004 |
Leadership and Coaching
In this opening session, we will explore current thinking around these two topics,
examining both the traditional theories and more radical approaches to these management
issues. The session will explore with you where leadership is appropriate, and what
makes great leadership. We will examine what has changed in the role of the leader,
and what our own responsibilities are when leading and being led.
We will also look in some detail at a different approach to coaching and releasing
the potential of our people, and how leadership and coaching are linked. The session
will be interactive and your views, opinions and involvement will be of importance
to the event. |
Andrew Lees is managing partner of Keay Consulting. He has twenty
five years experience in the field of learning, development and education in both
the public and private sector. He has been involved in designing, developing and
running leadership development programmes for senior managers in many blue
chip companies. Andrew has an MSc in People and Organizational Development, and is
a Fellow of the CIPD. Prior to forming Keay Consulting, Andrew worked at Dell
Computers and Bayer plc., and current clients include Fujitsu-Siemens, Thames Water,
Vodafone, Symantec, and Amazon. |
| Tue 9 Mar 2004 |
Communicating with Your Programme or Project Team
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Founding Director of Pearce Mayfield, Patrick Mayfield has entertained
PROMS-G several times before. He is often controversial but always stimulating.
Although he was a key manager in the team that delivered PRINCE2 and helped APM
Group set up the accreditation system for training organisations, Patrick is passionate
about the need to exercise so-called 'soft skills'. Methodologies may be
necessary, but they are never sufficient. Programme and project teams need leading
and communication skills are vital to a leader. "I may have learned my best
lessons on communications from my worst mistakes," he says. |
| Tue 16 Mar 2004 |
Team Management
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Paul Frost, IT Director for the Learning and Skills Council, has been working in
the field of project management for some 30 plus years, mostly in central government.
During this time he has dealt with issues surrounding crisis management of projects,
team issues and changing deadlines on small to large projects. Some projects have been
high profile, such as one of the ones to be covered in this talk, and all have
encountered some of the softer issues surrounding project management. |
| Tue 23 Mar 2004 |
Stakeholder Management
Your project is going OK so far. You are heading into the next stage when you
realise that you have omitted to involve someone who is a key contributor to the
implementation effort - but whose section stands to benefit little from the project.
How do you handle this situation, particularly when this person is known to be a close
confidante of the MD? Have you missed anyone else?
Par for the course? Stakeholders are paramount to successful project management
delivery. This session will focus on:
- identifying stakeholders and which ones are key for project success
- understanding who has responsibility for identifying stakeholders
- planning the communication strategy for each stakeholder
- the frequency of stakeholder monitoring
- managing stakeholders - some hints and tips
- having clear project management structures which support decision making - including stakeholders
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Ron Rosenhead is Director of The Project Agency, a consultancy that
specialises in providing professional staff with project management skills and support.
He has run many types of training event, facilitated a wide range of other events
and designed management development programmes. In the mid 80's he was Head of
Training for a local authority and found himself in the middle of a major change
initiative. His interest in project management took off from this period. |
The event is being supported by 
Event logistics:
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Dates: |
Four Tuesdays as above |
Time: |
19:00 (registration and refreshments available from 18:30) |
| Venue: |
IBM
76/78 Upper Ground
South Bank
London
SE1 9PZ
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| Cost: |
BCS members |
£130 (£110.64 + VAT) |
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Non members |
£175 (£148.94 + VAT) |
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Unwaged/Students |
£ 25 (£21.28 + VAT) |
| Bookings: |
Please reserve a place using the online reservation form,
then do one of the following (please note that your place will not
be guaranteed until we receive your payment):
- Please send a copy of the paper booking form
with your cheque for the school fee (see above) to the address specified.
- if your organisation requires a proforma
invoice in order to generate the payment, please indicate on
the on-line form and we will post it. Please make sure you give
us contact details for both you and the paying authority in your
organisation!
If you have any subsequent queries about your
reservation, please contact promsg.admin@bcs.org.uk,
or telephone our administrator, Sue McGowan, on 07866 329391.
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