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Why Bad Projects Are So Hard To Kill

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Online Webinar  – Recorded July 25, 2017
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media Up to 1 PDU – Free
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Bad projects abound, and research by Project Management Institute and others has provided useful insight into the underlying causes of bad projects.

In this webinar Michael looks beyond why projects go bad and explores why bad projects are so hard to kill.

Michael explains how sunk costs, groupthink, escalation of commitment, and conflicts of interest contribute to keeping death-march projects needlessly alive.

Each of these behaviors is defined and illustrated using project stories from history (the sinking of the Titanic and the Concorde jetliner), project stories from the presenter’s own personal experience climbing some of the world’s tallest mountains (Denali, Aconcagua, and Kilimanjaro), and project stories from business (Abilene Paradox and industry-funded soda studies).

Some recently published research about the neural science underlying these behaviors is referenced and the impact of these behaviors is described and then linked to the undercutting of ethics, trust, leadership, and project success.

Walk away with a list of actions that you can take to help avoid being victimized by bad projects.

Presenter: Michael O’Brochta (LinkedIn profile) ACP, PMP  MPM is the author of How To Get Executives To Act For Project Success: Building A Strong Mutual Partnership and has managed hundreds of projects as President of Zozer Inc where Michael helps organizations raise their level of project management performance. As senior project manager at the Central Intelligence Agency, he led the project management and systems engineering training and certification program to mature practices agency-wide.  Since Michael’s recent climb of another of the world’s seven summits, he has been exploring the relationship between project management and mountain climbing

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Online Webinar – Recorded November 30th 2023
Activity Type:  Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Gartner Webinars

During economic and social volatility, organizations achieve success through sustainable efficiency.

Organizations must determine how to make the best possible use of new technology developments that could cause significant disruption over the next three years, such as generative AI, and embrace the connected workforce nature while remaining resilient.

Join this webinar as Bart Willemsen (LinkedIn profile, Gartner bio) Gartner VP Analyst; reveals the Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2024 and how CIOs and IT leaders can use them to ensure future success.

Discussion Topics:

  • Prioritize sustainable technology trends, aligning practical cybersecurity with business value
  • Invest in technology that fits specialist workers and AI-powered software development.
  • Incorporate machine customers, augmentation, and AI-powered intelligence in training and work

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Online Webinar – Recorded  March 7th 2024
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Do you know that 85% of people today significantly lack self-awareness. When people attend training, they often feel like they don’t need it.
When people are struggling with change, they will often blame others. What if there was a way to build somebody’s self-awareness that would lead to greater acceptance of training through the art and craft of coaching?

This webinar teaches very specific strategies of how to coach self-awareness that leads to greater adoption of training and learning.

Presenter: Tim Hagen (LinkedIn profile) Progress Coaching, has been helping organizations implement highly effective coaching for 20+ years.  Tim is the author of Quit Managing and Start Coaching” and Coaching…Corporate America’s #1 Weapon ” and the creator of  the Progress Coaching Training Methods.   A pioneer in the coaching movement, Tim continues to innovate and build solutions that drive and retain top talent.

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Coaching To Self-awareness For Better Learning

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