Leading successful projects is an art and science. The assessment of stakeholder needs, setting project goals, and motivating a project team are the project leader’s responsibility. Enhance project success by learning and leveraging key project management concepts and tools - critical paths, milestones, risk, and interdependencies (and more!).
Objectives:
After this program, you will be able to:
Part 1
*Explain the value of a structured project leadership environment
*Define the steps involved in developing a new project from beginning to end
Part 2
*Coordinate the use and application of effective project management techniques throughout the life cycle of the project
*Understand the best practices of effective project leadership and why it’s important
*Practice using project management tools and methods
Interactivity Structure will include:
*Dedicated discussions
*Breakout activities
*Polls
12-4 PM Central on Zoom
LFGSM Faculty Bio
BONITA RICHTER
With over 25 years of leadership and management
experience, Bonita Richter is a faculty member at
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management’s
Center for Leadership. Bonita is president of Profit Strategies, an executive consulting firm. She gives mid-size and large organizations advice about their strategic direction, how to execute a talent and employee development strategy, and how to optimize performance improvement initiatives.
Before starting Profit Strategies, Bonita served as
the strategy and finance officer in her family's
precision machining and engineering firm, where
she improved growth, cash flow, and profitability,
and optimized manufacturing operations. She was deeply involved in culture and workforce
development and created many customized inhouse training programs to increase the skills and knowledge of employees. While serving as Director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Harper College, Bonita delivered direct face-to-face business consulting, entrepreneurial coaching, mentoring, and workforce and professional development training to over 8,000 individuals, and helped secure over $60 million in investment capital. At Lake Forest, where she received her MBA, Bonita teaches strategic talent management and operations.