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Project Leadership Skills (Virtual) To be effective within an organization, project managers need to have a wide variety of skills and abilities. Included among these are: creating and executing on a vision; motivating others; influencing without authority; networking; communicating up, down and laterally; negotiating; managing stakeholders; and managing conflict. This highly interactive workshop focuses on building the soft skills that are critical to leading a team and creating sustainable business change. Participants will gain insight into the social science as well as the brain science behind motivating and empowering others. They will learn and experiment with a variety of influencing strategies and tactics. Working in pairs as well as small groups, they will collaborate with others to brainstorm, share experiences, and apply concepts to everyday challenges. Participants will also discover their personal communication preferences, strengths, and blind spots and will gain insight into how best to communicate with others they find 'difficult.' They will gain insight into managing the people side of change, learning strategies for dealing with each step in the process. Hands-on negotiation and conflict management activities enhance the theoretical learning, grounding it in real life and making it actionable. Interweaving role play with experiential learning and group activities, this course will help participants refine a skill set that is invaluable to their organization, and one that transfers easily across their professional and personal lives. What you will Learn At the end of this course, you will be able to: Explain the importance of vision in driving motivation and engagement Apply science-based research to better motivate those around you Strategically leverage both personal and positional power to achieve positive project results Determine influencing and networking strategies needed for personal growth Identify ways to problem solve communication challenges when others have different personality styles Connect stakeholder expectations to project success criteria Assess key stakeholders across various dimensions of complexity Apply the four rules of principled negotiation to a real-life conflict situation Recognize key aspects of a physiological response to conflict Utilize selected tools and techniques to 'defuse' an emotional situation Leverage various strategies and tactics to successfully deal with ambiguity at work Getting Started / Foundation Concepts Introductions Course structure, goals, and objectives Beginning a personal action plan Managing Vision and Purpose / Motivating Others Communicating and aligning around vision Tying the present to the future The importance of purpose The art and science of motivation Networking and Influencing Positive politics and project success Types of power within organizations Power and influence Networking best practices Communication The medium and the message Personality and communication styles Communication challenges Stakeholder Management and Negotiation Identifying stakeholders Analyzing stakeholders Negotiation basics Principled negotiation Conflict Management Dynamics of conflict The anatomy of conflict Conflict management approaches and tools Dealing with ambiguity

Risk Management for IT Projects: Virtual In-House Training IT projects may have direct bottom-line impact on the organization, cost millions of dollars, cause organizational change and change the way the organization is perceived by clients. Many IT projects are notoriously hard to predict and are filled with risk. IT Risk Management takes a comprehensive look at IT project risk management using PMI's PMBOK® Guide Risk Management Model in the context of IT Project Life Cycle phases. The goal of this course is to arm the practitioner with a rigorous, common-sense approach to addressing uncertainty in projects. This approach includes the ability to influence project outcomes, avoid many potential project risks, and be ready to calmly and efficiently respond to unavoidable challenges. What you will Learn You'll learn how to: Describe the risk management process, using the PMBOK® Guide's standard models and terminology Discuss the potential barriers to managing risk effectively in IT project organizations Develop an effective risk management plan for IT projects Identify project risks using IT-specific, practical tools Analyze individual risk events and overall project risk using IT-specific, practical approaches Plan effective responses to IT-specific risk based on the results of risk analysis and integrate risk responses into project schedules and cost estimates Manage and control risk throughout the IT project life cycle Implement selected elements of IT project risk management on your next project Foundation Concepts Basic concepts and purpose Risk and project constraints Risk and corporate cultures Risk management and IT PLC standards Plan Risk Management for IT Projects Plan Risk management process Plan Risk management activities Design a standard template Assess the project-specific needs Tailor the template Produce a project-specific risk management plan Gain consensus and submit as part of overall project plan A risk management plan of IT projects Identify Risks for IT Projects Identify risk process overview Risk categories and examples Risk identification tools Risk events by project life-cycle phases Perform Risk Analysis for IT Projects Perform qualitative risk analysis overview Core qualitative tools for IT projects Auxiliary qualitative tools for cost and schedule estimates When to use quantitative analysis for IT projects Plan Risk Response for IT Projects Plan risk response overview Active risk response strategies for IT projects (Threat and Opportunity) Acceptance and contingency reserves Contingency planning for IT projects Plan risk responses for IT projects Implement Risk Response for IT Projects Implement Risk Responses Executing Risk Response Plans Techniques and Tools Used Continuous Risk Management Monitor Risks for IT Projects Monitor risks overview Monitor risks tips for IT projects Technical performance measurement systems Risk management implementation for IT projects

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DASA DevOps Professional: Enable and Scale: Virtual In-House Training DevOps embodies both cultural changes and practices through which organizations can facilitate the IT functions of software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops). The DevOps movement advocates automation and phase-based monitoring practices. Its objectives include: Decreasing development cycles · Increasing deployment frequency Improving the reliability of releases Developing a closer alignment with business objectives The DASA DevOps Professional: Enable and Scale course (formerly known as DevOps Practitioner) is designed to provide individuals with the core education necessary to put DevOps into practice. With the help of DevOps theory, pragmatic examples and exercises, and interactive group discussions, the course will help you understand how to apply the necessary skills to practice DevOps. Building on the knowledge learned on theFundamentals course (the 'why'), you will learn the 'how'. The DevOps Professional: Enable and Scale course focuses on improving the skill set of the DASA competency model, which includes competencies like Courage, Teambuilding, DevOps Leadership, and Continuous Improvement. On completion of the DASA DevOps Professional: Enable and Scale training and passing the exam, the certification is awarded. What you will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Explain the importance of DevOps culture and the aspects that can influence it Explain why courage, teambuilding, leadership, and continuous improvement are required in a DevOps environment Explain why courage is essential to enable trust, honesty, and experimentation Identify and evaluate different types of behavior in a DevOps environment Recognize the signals indicating impediments and/or team dysfunctions Describe how to form good DevOps teams and assess their maturity List the effects of happiness and motivation on team performance Identify how leaders encourage feedback and transparency Discuss the factors that leaders can influence to build trust Explain how and why leaders promote a 'safe to fail' environment Analyze value streams to improve throughput and flow Facilitate the tools for continuous improvement: structured problem-solving workshops, Story Mapping sessions, and retrospectives TEAMBUILDING Teambuilding is about understanding the other's point of view, collaboration, mutual accountability, common purpose, and the ability to integrally support the service/product. Design Teams Characteristics of a DevOps team Skills of a DevOps Team Self-organization and autonomy Rules to consider when designing DevOps teams Build Teams Effects of happiness and motivation on performance Feedback Creating high-performance teams Governance Governance within teams and between multiple teams Governance between organizations DevOps contracts DEVOPS LEADERSHIP This module describes how to facilitate teams to high performance, DevOps behavior, transparency, and a service lifecycle mindset. Build Culture Creating the right environment and providing vision and purpose Stimulating the right behavior Servant leadership: giving control, supporting, and inspiring Create Purpose Defining and aligning purpose Purpose of having a purpose Alignment versus autonomy Be a Servant Leader Give control to the team Inspire and support the team Focus on Success Output versus outcome Measuring and steering COURAGE The Courage module is about coaching courageous behavior, proactivity, reflection, trust, open discussions, experimentation, fail fast, and the courage to change. Build Courage The importance of courage Courage in relationship with leadership and feedback Enabling courage at the team level Dealing with failure Think Different Courage day to day Encourage critical thinking Techniques to promote courageous behavior VALUE CUSTOMER-CENTRIC ACTION This module describes the important aspects that are relevant to identify and deliver the required and expected value for all relevant stakeholders. Aspects of Value and Managing Expectations The different aspects of value Stakeholder management Customer collaboration and using customer feedback How to do prioritization CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Continuous improvement describes the importance of a Kaizen mindset, quality at the source, first time right, knowledge-sharing, and the ability to adapt. Build Flow Understanding the importance of flow Using Lean to optimize flow Kaizen as a mindset Radical change versus Kaizen Using Pull to optimize flow Continuous Improvement Tools Kaizen Event Value Stream Mapping Visual Management Retrospective Daily Standup Five Times Why

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This four-day course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who already implement and manage on-premises core technologies want to secure and protect their environments, migrate virtual and physical workloads to Azure Iaas, enable a highly available, fully redundant environment, and perform monitoring and troubleshooting. This course teaches IT Professionals to configure advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. The course teaches IT Professionals how to leverage the hybrid capabilities of Azure, how to migrate virtual and physical server workloads to Azure IaaS, and how to secure Azure VMs running Windows Server. The course also teaches IT Professionals how to perform tasks related to high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. The course highlights administrative tools and technologies including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor. Prerequisites An understanding of the following concepts as related to Windows Server technologies: High availability and disaster recovery Automation Monitoring Troubleshooting 1 - Secure Windows Server user accounts Configure user account rights Protect user accounts with the Protected Users group Describe Windows Defender Credential Guard Block NTLM authentication Locate problematic accounts 2 - Hardening Windows Server Describe Local Password Administrator Solution Configure Privileged Access Workstations Secure domain controllers Analyze security configuration with Security Compliance Toolkit Secure SMB traffic 3 - Windows Server update management Explore Windows Update Outline Windows Server Update Services server deployment options Define Windows Server Update Services update management process Describe the process of Update Management 4 - Secure Windows Server DNS Implement split-horizon DNS Create DNS policies Implement DNS policies Secure Windows Server DNS Implement DNSSEC 5 - Implement Windows Server IaaS VM network security Implement network security groups and Windows IaaS VMs Implement adaptive network hardening Implement Azure Firewall and Windows IaaS VMs Implement Windows firewall with Windows Server IaaS VMs Choose the appropriate filtering solution Deploy and configure Azure firewall using the Azure portal Capture network traffic with network watcher Log network traffic to and from a VM using the Azure portal 6 - Audit the security of Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines Describe Azure Security Center Enable Azure Security Center in hybrid environments Implement and assess security policies Protect your resources with Azure Security Center Implement Azure Sentinel 7 - Manage Azure updates Describe update management Enable update management Deploy updates View update assessments Manage updates for your Azure Virtual Machines 8 - Create and implement application allowlists with adaptive application control Describe adaptive application control Implement adaptive application control policies 9 - Configure BitLocker disk encryption for Windows IaaS Virtual Machines Describe Azure Disk Encryption and server-side encryption Configure Key Vault for Azure Disk Encryption Encrypt Azure IaaS Virtual Machine hard disks Back up and recover data from encrypted disks Create and encrypt a Windows Virtual Machine 10 - Implement change tracking and file integrity monitoring for Windows IaaS VMs Implement Change Tracking and Inventory Manage Change Tracking and Inventory Manage tracked files Implement File Integrity Monitoring Select and monitor entities Use File Integrity Monitoring 11 - Introduction to Cluster Shared Volumes Determine the functionality of Cluster Shared Volumes Explore the architecture and components of Cluster Shared Volumes Implement Cluster Shared Volumes 12 - Implement Windows Server failover clustering Define Windows Server failover clustering Plan Windows Server failover clustering Implement Windows Server failover clustering Manage Windows Server failover clustering Implement stretch clusters Define cluster sets 13 - Implement high availability of Windows Server VMs Select high-availability options for Hyper-V Consider network load balancing for Hyper-V VMs Implement Hyper-V VM live migration Implement Hyper-V VMs storage migration 14 - Implement Windows Server File Server high availability Explore the Windows Server File Server high-availability options Define Cluster Shared Volumes Implement Scale-Out File Server Implement Storage Replica 15 - Implement scale and high availability with Windows Server VM Describe virtual machine scale sets Implement scaling Implement load-balancing VMs Create a virtual machine scale set in the Azure portal Describe Azure Site Recovery Implement Azure Site Recovery 16 - Implement Hyper-V Replica Define Hyper-V Replica Plan for Hyper-V Replica Configure and implement Hyper-V Replica Define extended replication Define Azure Site Recovery Implement Site Recovery from on-premises site to Azure Implement Site Recovery from on-premises site to on-premises site 17 - Protect your on-premises infrastructure from disasters with Azure Site Recovery Azure Site Recovery overview Workloads supported for protection with Azure Site Recovery Run a disaster recovery drill Failover and failback 18 - Implement hybrid backup and recovery with Windows Server IaaS Describe Azure Backup Implement recovery vaults Implement Azure Backup policies Recover Windows IaaS Virtual Machines Perform file and folder recovery Perform backup and restore of on-premises workloads Manage Azure Virtual Machine backups with Azure Backup service 19 - Protect your Azure infrastructure with Azure Site Recovery What is Azure Site Recovery Prepare for disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery Run a disaster recovery drill Failover and failback using Azure Site Recovery 20 - Protect your virtual machines by using Azure Backup Azure Backup features and scenarios Back up an Azure virtual machine by using Azure Backup Restore virtual machine data 21 - Active Directory Domain Services migration Examine upgrade vs. migration Upgrade a previous version of Active Directory Domain Services to Windows Server 2022 Migrate to Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2022 from a previous version Explore the Active Directory Migration Tool 22 - Migrate file server workloads using Storage Migration Service Storage Migration Service overview and usage scenarios Storage migration requirements Migrate a server with Storage migration Evaluate storage migration considerations 23 - Migrate Windows Server roles Describe the Windows Server Migration Tools Install the Migration Tools Migrate roles using the Migration Tools 24 - Migrate on-premises Windows Server instances to Azure IaaS virtual machines Plan your migration Describe Azure Migrate Perform server assessment Assess physical servers with Azure Migrate Migrate Windows Server workloads by using Azure Migrate 25 - Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines Describe Azure Migrate Migrate Windows Server workloads by using Azure Migrate Describe storage migration Migrate file servers by using Storage Migration Service 26 - Containerize and migrate ASP.NET applications to Azure App Service Azure Migrate App Containerization overview 27 - Monitor Windows Server performance Use Performance Monitor to identify performance problems Use Resource Monitor to review current resource usage Review reliability with Reliability Monitor Implement a performance monitoring methodology Use Data Collector Sets to analyze server performance Monitor network infrastructure services Monitor virtual machines running Windows Server Monitor performance with Windows Admin Center Use System Insights to help predict future capacity issues Optimize the performance of Windows Server 28 - Manage and monitor Windows Server event logs Describe Windows Server event logs Use Windows Admin Center to review logs Use Server Manager to review logs Use custom views Implement event log subscriptions 29 - Implement Windows Server auditing and diagnostics Describe basic auditing categories Describe advanced categories Log user access Enable setup and boot event collection 30 - Troubleshoot Active Directory Recover objects from the AD recycle bin Recover the AD DS database Recover SYSVOL Troubleshoot AD DS replication Troubleshoot hybrid authentication issues 31 - Monitor Windows Server IaaS Virtual Machines and hybrid instances Enable Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines Monitor an Azure Virtual Machine with Azure Monitor Enable Azure Monitor in hybrid scenarios Collect data from a Windows computer in a hybrid environment Integrate Azure Monitor with Microsoft Operations Manager 32 - Monitor your Azure virtual machines with Azure Monitor Monitoring for Azure VMs Monitor VM host data Use Metrics Explorer to view detailed host metrics Collect client performance counters by using VM insights Collect VM client event logs 33 - Troubleshoot on-premises and hybrid networking Diagnose DHCP proble

The Conscious Career Change is a Holistic Career Coaching Programme designed for people who want to create more fulfilment and balance in their working life but don't know where to begin. This Programme will benefit you if you are... unhappy in your current career and considering making a change facing redundancy and looking for guidance on what's next for you a stay-at-home parent wanting to restart your career and you're feeling: unfulfilled, stuck or lost and desperate for clarity and inspiration like a lost cause or too old to make a career change curious if it's possible to feel happier in your current job and also... turned off by a more corporate approach to career coaching spiritually-curious or open-minded to a holistic approach It delivers both a practical and holistic approach because work and life are so intrinsically linked. So if you're tired of feeling stuck and ready to make more impact on the world, find better work life balance and to discover what might make you truly happy, this programme is for you! What you get ✓ 6 modules covering the key ingredients to a meaningful career change (drip fed over 6 weeks) ✓ 50 bite-sized coaching videos ✓ 6 course workbooks to guide you through each module and structure your thoughts (in editable pdf format) ✓ Guidance on 6 supportive holistic practices to help you feel balanced and stay positive on your journey ✓ 3 Bonus Tools (LinkedIn Profile Enhancer, Managing Your Time & The Wheel of Life)

Management of Portfolios (MoP®) Practitioner: Virtual In-House Training In this MoP® Practitioner course, participants will have sufficient knowledge and understanding of how to apply and tailor the MoP guidance and to analyze portfolio data, documentation, and roles in relation to a given situation. MoP helps organizations ensure if the investments are done in the right, change initiatives, and implementing them correctly. This is achieved by: Prioritizing the programs and projects in terms of their contribution to the organization's strategic objectives and overall level of risk Managing the programs and projects consistently to ensure efficient and effective delivery Maximizing the benefit by providing the greatest return from the investment made What you will Learn Define the business case to get senior management approval for portfolio management Plan the implementation of portfolio management Select and adapt MoP principles, practices, and techniques to suit different organizational environments Evaluate examples of MoP information including documents and role descriptions Analyze the solutions adopted in relation to a given scenario Introduction Overview MoP Portfolio Definition Portfolio Management Roles Portfolio Management Documents MoP Practitioner Assignments Portfolio Management Documents Portfolio Delivery How to Implement Practice Exam MoP Practitioner Exam (taken online, after the class has ended)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in couples counseling targets negative thought patterns and behaviors. This therapy provides practical solutions for improving communication and resolving conflicts, making it an effective approach for various relationship challenges. Key areas: negative thought patterns, behavior change, practical solutions, communication improvement, conflict resolution 3 x 1 hour sessions 

Inspiring, interactive and unique 4-hour CPD certified training on Communication and Co-production with Parents/Carers

Motorsport is as much a business as it is a sport. Our new Master’s Degree programme will provide students with a broad range of modules which examine the national and international aspects of the industry from a commercial perspective. Study an individual module from the MA Business of Motorsport for Continuing Professional Development (CPD).