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Leadership and Success
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- Length
- 1 day
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- Audience
- New and experienced managers
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- Prerequisites
- None
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- Description
- This Leadership Training Course teaches you all
that you need to know about leadership. You'll understand the
basic principles of being effective, responsible, and empowered.
- This course is a unique blend of lecture,
interactive small and large group discussion, and written
self-assessments followed by discussions. This course will
maximize your time and training budget.
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- Topics
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Learning to Lead
Be Aware Of Who You Are
Self-Assessment – An Exercise
Learning From Others
Positive Behavior
Mastering Roles
Improving Behavior & Developing Strengths
Develop the Leader Within You
Assess Your Leadership Potential – An
Exercise
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Leading Others
Understanding People
Preparing To Lead
Knowing Your Style
Motivation - Improving Performance
Making Progress
Power & Authority
Laws of Leadership
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Being Successful
Setting Your Goal
Reaching Your Potential
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Developing Leaders Around You
Keys to Leadership
Developing Your People
Having Vision
Self Discipline
Staff Development |
Leadership and Team Building
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- Length
- 2 days
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- Audience
- New and experienced managers
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- Prerequisites
- None
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- Description
- This Leadership Training Course
teaches you all that you need to know about leadership. You'll
understand the basic principles of being effective, responsible,
and empowered. Learn how to build a team that's inspired,
committed, and confident of your leadership and ability to
generate new and innovative ideas. Learn the decision making
process and the keys to successful decisions.
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- This course is a unique blend of
lecture, interactive small and large group discussion, and written
self-assessments followed by discussions. This course will
maximize your time and training budget.
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- Topics
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Learning
to Lead
Be
Aware Of Who You Are
Self-Assessment
– An Exercise
Learning
From Others
Positive
Behavior
Mastering
Roles
Improving
Behavior & Developing Strengths
Assess
Your Leadership Potential – An Exercise
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Leading
Others
Understanding
People
Preparing
To Lead
Knowing
Your Style
Motivation
Improving
Performance
Making
Progress
Power
& Authority
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Team
Building
What
Makes a Team 'A Team'?
Team
Decisions
How
Your Team Should Work
Goals
& Objectives
Manager
or Leader?
The
Mix of Your Team
Emotions,
Trust, & Communication
Communicate
Like a Leader
Do As
I Say . . .?
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The 17 Essential
Qualities of a Team Player
Overview of all 17 Qualities
Realism Check
Discussion and Conclusions
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The 17 Indisputable
Laws of Teamwork
Overview of all 17 Laws
Realism Check
Discussion and Conclusions
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Improving
Effectiveness
Analyzing
Decision Making
Reaching
A Decision
Implementing
A Decision
Assessing
Your Decision Abilities – An Exercise
A
Reward System For Your Team
Leading
Discussions
Using
Meetings as an Effective Tool
Preparing
A Meeting
Chairing
A Meeting
Evaluate
Your Chairperson Skills – An Exercise
Analyzing
Problems
Feedback:
Giving and Getting
Don't
Let the Obstacle Stop You!
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Inspiring
Excellence
Motivating
Your Team
Have A
Vision – Make It Work
Generate
Ideas
Manage
Openly
Boost
Achievement
Be
Adventurous in Your Thinking
Assessing
Your Leadership Skills – An Exercise
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Developing Leaders
Around You
Keys to Leadership
Developing Your People
Having Vision
Self Discipline
Staff Development
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Decision
Making
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- Length
- 1 day
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- Audience
- New and experienced managers
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- Prerequisites
- None
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- Description
- This course teaches you all that you
need to know about effective decision-making. You'll understand
how to define the objectives and develop successful strategies.
Learn to reassess your own decision-making skills and administer
the decisions made by others. Develop decision-making skills that
are the key to a productive and informed workplace.
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- This course is a unique blend of
lecture, interactive small and large group discussion, and written
self-assessments followed by discussions. This course will
maximize your time and training budget.
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- Topics
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Analyze
Decision-Making
Defining
Decisions
Find
your Decision Style
Know
the Corporate Culture
Be
Decisive
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Reaching
A Decision
Identify
the Issues
Who
Should Be Involved
Use
Analytical Methods
Generate
Ideas
Think
Creatively
Assess
Validity
Gather
Information
Forecast
Use
Models
Minimize
Risk
Strategize
Assess
Staff Consequences
Make
the Decision
Get
Final Approval
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Implementing
A Decision
Develop
A Plan
Communicate
the Decision
Discuss
the Progress of the Decision
Overcome
Objections
Monitor
Progress
Working
With Others’ Decisions
Build
on Decisions
How
Did You Do?
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Managing
Meetings
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- Length
- 1 day
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- Audience
- New and experienced managers
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- Prerequisites
- None
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- Description
- This course teaches you all that you
need to know about meetings; including planning, preparing
agendas, setting procedures, and working with explosive
situations. You'll understand how to chair, yet participate in
your meetings. Learn how to make meetings work for you – not the
other way around!
This course is a unique blend of
lecture, interactive small and large group discussion, and written
self-assessments followed by discussions. This course will
maximize your time and training budget.
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- Topics
Using
Meetings Effectively
Is
This Meeting Necessary?
Know
Your Goal
Informal
Meetings
Formal
Meetings
Communications
the Right Way
Use
the Right Type of Meeting
Stay
on Track!
Preparing
for A Meeting
Invite
the Attendees
Prepare the Agenda
Locate
the Meeting
Seat
the Attendees
Be
Practical
Attending
a Meeting
Be
Active
Seen
and Heard
Listen
Problem
Handling
Taking
Minutes
How
Do You Rank?
Chairing
a Meeting
What
is Your Purpose?
Know
Your Attendees
Keep
The Pace
Control
Order
Close
it Down
Formal
Procedures
Problem
Solving
How
Did You Do?
Learning
to Accept Change
(Based upon "Who Moved My Cheese")
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- Length
- 1/2 day
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- Audience
- Anyone who has to deal with changes
in career, organization, and life.
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- Prerequisites
- None
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- Description
- This complete half-day learning
program helps everyone in your organization change the way they
"look at change". Go from seeing change as a
"loss of something" to a way of "gaining
something better!"
Attendees will participate in many
interactive exercises and each receives a complete Study Guide
for class, as well as a copy of "Who Moved My Cheese".
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- Topics
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Your Current
Situation |
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Program Goals |
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Who Moved My Cheese
– The Movie |
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Reading the
Handwriting on the Wall |
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Who Are YOU In The
Story? |
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Parts of ALL of Us |
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Relating to Sniff,
Scurry, Hem, and Haw |
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Journeys of Loss
and Gain |
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Turning Hems into
Haws |
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Moving Your Own
Cheese! |
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Imagining Your New
Cheese |
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Sharing Cheese at
Work and at Home |
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Smell the Cheese
Often Meetings |
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Sharing Cheese NOW |
Project Management Overview
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- Length
- 1 day
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- Audience
- Executives with project support and project oversight
responsibilities.
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- Prerequisites
- None
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- Description
- This course provides managers and executives with an
understanding of the basic concepts of Project Management, the benefits and
issues of the project management approach, and roles and responsibilities of
project managers.
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- Topics:
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Understanding Project Strategy and Who Should Lead |
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Project Concepts |
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The Project Analysis |
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Tracking Progress: Issues |
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Controlling the Project |
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Implementing the Project |
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Closing or Killing the Project |
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Selecting an IT Project Manager |
Basic Project Management
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- Length
- 2 days
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- Audience
- Project managers, project staff, functional managers, and
staff with project support responsibilities
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- Prerequisites
- None
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- Description
- This course supplies project management theory and practice
in an information systems context. Included are discussions of project
definition, organization, administration, planning, scheduling, tracking,
control termination, and performance evaluation.
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- Topics:
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Understanding Project Strategy |
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Becoming an IT Project Manager |
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Project Concepts |
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The Project Analysis |
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Planning for Success |
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Executing the Project |
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Controlling the Project |
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Implementing the Project |
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Closing the Project |
Advanced Project Management
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- Length
- Variable 2-3 days
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- Audience
- Project managers, project staff, functional managers, and
staff with project support responsibilities
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- Prerequisites
- Basic Project Management or equivalent
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- Description
- This course is designed to provide Project Managers with proven models
and techniques to estimate and manage project budgets and control costs. Project
estimating, cost control, and managing project risks will be covered. Also included
is a short overview of the basic processes.
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Reviewing the Basics |
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Project Integration Management |
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Project Scope Management |
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Project Time Management |
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Project Cost Management |
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Project Quality Management |
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Project Human Resources Management |
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Project Communications Management |
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Project Risk Management |
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Project Procurement Management |
Developing Work Breakdown Structures
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- Length
- 1 day
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- Audience
- Project managers, project planners, and
project team members
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- Prerequisites
- Basic Project Management or equivalent
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- Description
- This course details the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
as a basic management tool for subdividing the total work of a project
into logical components and/or work processes. The emphasis is on showing
the procedure for integrating the work breakdown structure coding system
and the network diagram in a manner compatible with the capabilities of
project management software.
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- Topics:
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Introduction |
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What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)? |
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Why Use WBS |
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How to Create a WBS |
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Other Techniques and Tools |
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Additional Considerations |
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WBS Examples |
Introduction to Management of Risk
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- Length
- 1 day
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- Audience
- Project managers, team leaders, project planners, and senior analysts
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- Prerequisites
- Basic Project Management or equivalent
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- Description
- This course introduces theoretical discussions regarding
how decision making under conditions of uncertainty, risk, and certainty
provide the framework for project planning. Decision making under conditions
of uncertainty models are described, including optimistic, pessimistic, and
rational criteria. The course also covers the quantifying of risk.
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Project Risk Assessment |
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Modeling and Simulation |
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Cost Risk |
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Schedule Risk |
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Other Techniques and Tools |
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The Mathematical Side |
Mastering the Management of Iterative Development
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- Length
- 1 day
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- Audience
- Program Managers and Project Managers/Leaders
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- Prerequisites
- Project Management Experience
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- Description
- This course focuses on the changes needed to transition
from traditional to iterative project management. The main issues faced by
development teams and project managers practicing iterative development within
the context of the Rational Unified Process are discussed. This is followed with
what a project manager can do in order to improve the use of iterative development
in future projects.
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Introduction |
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Inception |
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Elaboration - Iteration 1 |
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Elaboration - Iteration 2 |
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Elaboration - Iteration 3 |
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More on Iterative Development |
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Challenge and Myth of RE-use |
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Analysis |
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