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Let's Help Them to Help Themselves - Through Project Management This video illustrates the application of project management to a humanitarian program created to improve childhood conditions in one of the poorest countries in the world and teach children solidarity and respect for others. All of this is achieved through the diffusion of the PM methodologies, both in Congo and in Italy. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Behavioral Aspects of Leadership Leadership requires absolute trust of your team and others. The objective of this presentation is to demonstrate strategies for integrating behavior aspects of leadership into our current methodologies. PMPs are taught that project managers must balance management and leadership. Leadership is vital to success, but project managers rarely have time to even think about, let alone demonstrate it. Many project managers end up confused and frustrated by the challenges to improve leadership skills. This video demonstrates strategies for integrating behavioral aspects of leadership into our current methodologies. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Behavioral Aspects of Leadership Leadership requires absolute trust of your team and others. The objective of this presentation is to demonstrate strategies for integrating behavior aspects of leadership into our current methodologies. PMPs are taught that project managers must balance management and leadership. Leadership is vital to success, but project managers rarely have time to even think about, let alone demonstrate it. Many project managers end up confused and frustrated by the challenges to improve leadership skills. This video demonstrates strategies for integrating behavioral aspects of leadership into our current methodologies. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

The Innovator's Mindset What makes a person an innovator? The key differentiator is their mindset. Practicing certain skills can improve your innovative possibilities. Innovators build on their area of expertise; they are prepared. They often have a deep understanding of a field - but this does not confine their thinking - it provides a strong foundation to build, experiment, and learn. They start with a 'blank slate', observing, curious, questioning, digging deeper, broadening horizons, seeking diverse intersections, seeing the possibilities. Extreme paradigm shifts occur when diverse intersections occur serendipitously, resulting in discovery and value creation. The future is unpredictable; however, we can be prepared for a future unlike today by having an innovator's mindset. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

The Innovator's Mindset What makes a person an innovator? The key differentiator is their mindset. Practicing certain skills can improve your innovative possibilities. Innovators build on their area of expertise; they are prepared. They often have a deep understanding of a field - but this does not confine their thinking - it provides a strong foundation to build, experiment, and learn. They start with a 'blank slate', observing, curious, questioning, digging deeper, broadening horizons, seeking diverse intersections, seeing the possibilities. Extreme paradigm shifts occur when diverse intersections occur serendipitously, resulting in discovery and value creation. The future is unpredictable; however, we can be prepared for a future unlike today by having an innovator's mindset. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Giant's Shoulders - Making Project Connections All projects are a journey to towards a goal. All projects share the characteristics of being a temporary endeavor with a uniqueness of scope or environment that makes them very different from operations type work. The temporariness of the project requires that we manage time - that valuable resource that will consume and surprise us if we don't manage it well. A project schedule is our representation of future time - or future memories - that we build together to provide us with confidence, guidance and measuring points along the journey. A well-built schedule requires three key ingredients: An agreed scope representing the requirements of the stakeholders Estimates of task durations by the performers Solid connections between the tasks - Dependencies and sequencing What you will learn: This session and exercise will focus on that third element - the connections. It is no more or less important than the other two. However it does often provide an opportunity for conversations that can be referred to as 'storming' - in the Tuckman/Jensen model of Team Development (Forming/Storming/Norming/Performing/Adjourning). The game is designed to provide an opportunity to practice and improve our ability to identify connections/ associations/links between famous individuals from the Arts, Science and Craft worlds. We can use the same skill and ability to identify connections/ dependencies/ sequences between our project tasks.

Why Government Leaders Must Embrace Agile Agile is a pathway to innovation in many Government agencies. It is a response to challenges in Information Technology where traditional software development processes often did not yield expected results. This resulted in many projects exceeding budgets and timelines, and ignoring needed requirement changes. At its core, Agile is about priorities, placing individuals and interactions above processes and tools; working products above comprehensive documentation; customer collaboration above contract negotiation; and responding to change above following a plan. Leaders can embrace this approach to improve processing times, and coordination among development teams and users. This presentation provides practical steps on how leaders can better understand and support the innovation practices introduced by Agile. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

Why Government Leaders Must Embrace Agile Agile is a pathway to innovation in many Government agencies. It is a response to challenges in Information Technology where traditional software development processes often did not yield expected results. This resulted in many projects exceeding budgets and timelines, and ignoring needed requirement changes. At its core, Agile is about priorities, placing individuals and interactions above processes and tools; working products above comprehensive documentation; customer collaboration above contract negotiation; and responding to change above following a plan. Leaders can embrace this approach to improve processing times, and coordination among development teams and users. This presentation provides practical steps on how leaders can better understand and support the innovation practices introduced by Agile. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.

How Servant Leadership Drives Success Habitat for Humanity International´s Approach to Culture, Engagement, and Results A servant leadership culture engages employees and other stakeholders to create success and investment in the future. At Habitat for Humanity International, many of our employees are exceptionally committed to the mission and purpose of the organization driving high employee engagement, strong growth and resulting impact in providing decent, affordable housing around the world. A key element of our culture is our approach to servant leadership. Servant leadership includes a focus on: Integrity and moral reasoning; Serving followers not just for the good of the organization but for their personal development as well; Concern with the success of all stakeholders; Self-reflection and humility. A servant leadership culture is not without challenges, but ideally results in treating people in the way they like to be treated. It also ensures that leadership is continuously seeking feedback and challenging itself to learn and improve. Habitat is currently refining our cultural values and leadership behaviors to drive and support an aggressive strategy of drawing nearer to a world where everyone has a decent place to live. We are inspired by this important mission, and we're engaging our employees globally in defining how each of them will personally execute on the mission. We'll share the process we've gone through to engage everyone in the refinement of our cultural values and how we've integrated our servant leadership capability model in all aspects of our talent management processes.

How Servant Leadership Drives Success Habitat for Humanity International´s Approach to Culture, Engagement, and Results A servant leadership culture engages employees and other stakeholders to create success and investment in the future. At Habitat for Humanity International, many of our employees are exceptionally committed to the mission and purpose of the organization driving high employee engagement, strong growth and resulting impact in providing decent, affordable housing around the world. A key element of our culture is our approach to servant leadership. Servant leadership includes a focus on: Integrity and moral reasoning; Serving followers not just for the good of the organization but for their personal development as well; Concern with the success of all stakeholders; Self-reflection and humility. A servant leadership culture is not without challenges, but ideally results in treating people in the way they like to be treated. It also ensures that leadership is continuously seeking feedback and challenging itself to learn and improve. Habitat is currently refining our cultural values and leadership behaviors to drive and support an aggressive strategy of drawing nearer to a world where everyone has a decent place to live. We are inspired by this important mission, and we're engaging our employees globally in defining how each of them will personally execute on the mission. We'll share the process we've gone through to engage everyone in the refinement of our cultural values and how we've integrated our servant leadership capability model in all aspects of our talent management processes.