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Live Webinar – January 10th, 2013 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Offered by BATimes (Diversified Business Communications REP 1811)
Duration 2 Hr 2 Cat A PDU/CDUs – $89.99 USD for 2 PDU / CDU
OR …….. The course is included in an (over 100 PDUs Available)
All Access Pass – 6 Months for $229.95 USD or 1 YR $349.95
Please enter Referral Code 576587

What do you do when your sponsor IS the problem???

Part of the challenge that the Project Manager/Business Analyst faces is the reality of having to serve so many different stakeholders and sometimes being pulled in very different directions.

We’re often taught that our “sponsor” is the person who is the champion of the effort. Indeed, they are often the one we’re to seek out for support and issue resolution throughout the project.

This session provides specific techniques that the project leader can use to “manage up” and build a strong relationship with your sponsor.

This two hour workshop explores a few different varieties of the “difficult sponsor” and provides specific strategies to help manage these sponsors.

Three types of difficult sponsors.

  • Sponsor Type 1 – I hope you don’t mind me intimidating everyone with my overbearing nature at your team meetings…I’m just trying to help you speed things along .
  • Sponsor Type 2 – I’m not exactly clear on what I’m looking for, but I’ll be sure to hold you responsible when I don’t get it…
  • Sponsor Type 3 – Would you please boil the ocean? (and Create World Peace while you’re at it )

The webinar will cover topics including risk analysis, expectation setting, triple constraint prioritization, success criteria documentation, and managing difficult conversations among others.

Course Learning Objectives Include:

  • Define the role of the sponsor
  • Explore consequences of weak project sponsorship
  • Strategies for managing the domineering sponsor

With the Course You Will Receive:

  • Risk Analysis Template
  • White Paper – The Project Manager’s Guide to Dealing with the Difficult Sponsor
  • Access to the Live and Recorded Version of Webinar
  • Personalized Certificate of Attendance
  • Copy of Presentation Slides

Presenter: Dana Brownlee (LinkedIn profile); an energetic and innovative corporate trainer, speaker, and workshop facilitator; garnered her critical team leadership and management consulting experience through her years with AT&T Bell Labs, AT&T, IBM Consulting, and EMC Corporation. She possesses an impressive array of credentials including an MBA (Emory University), BIE (Georgia Tech), BS (Spelman College), IBM Business Transformation Consulting Certification, Project Management Professional, and Myers Briggs Type Indicator Qualification.

Click to Purchase The BA’s & PM’s Guide to Managing A Difficult Sponsor For $89.99 ….

OR Click The BA’s & PM’s Guide to Managing A Difficult Sponsor to Purchase the All Access Pass – This course is included – and over 100 PDUs also Available for $229.95 USD for 6 Months or$349.95 for 1 Year