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• Elevating Leadership Through Values and Emotional Intelligence
• Elevating Leadership Through Strategic Communication: Bridging Technical Gaps with Nontechnical Audiences

In this series, we provide participants with the necessary tools and skills to elevate their leadership capabilities. Participants will develop a strong foundation in values-based leadership, emotional intelligence, strategic communication and bridging technical gaps.

By integrating these skills into their leadership approach, participants can effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders, bridge gaps between technical experts and non-technical audiences, and foster collaboration between teams with different backgrounds or expertise levels. They will emerge as well-rounded leaders who can drive organizational success through effective communication.

Elevating Leadership Through Values and Emotional Intelligence

July 16

Session 1: Introduction to Values-Based Leadership

• Understand the importance of values-based leadership
• Explore personal values and their impact on decision-making
• Identify core organizational values and their alignment with personal values

Session 2: Creating a Values-Based Culture

• Learn how to communicate and reinforce core values within teams
• Develop strategies for embedding core values in daily practices
• Foster trust, collaboration and accountability through a shared value system

July 17

Session 3: Emotional Intelligence Fundamentals

• Define emotional intelligence and its relevance to effective leadership
• Recognize emotions in oneself and others
• Develop strategies for managing emotions in high-pressure situations

Session 4: Building Strong Relationships through Emotional Intelligence

• Enhance empathy skills to understand others' perspectives
• Practice active listening techniques for effective communication
• Cultivate self-awareness as a foundation for building stronger relationships

By the end of this series, leaders will have a strong understanding of how values-based leadership and emotional intelligence can positively impact their teams. They will be equipped with practical strategies they can immediately apply in their daily interactions. With elevated leadership capabilities in these areas, participants can effectively lead their teams toward success.

Elevating Leadership Through Strategic Communication: Bridging Technical Gaps with Nontechnical Audiences

Throughout this training, leaders will learn to elevate their capabilities through strategic communication and bridge technical gaps with non-technical audiences. The sessions will cover the following topics:

July 18

Session 1: Importance of Strategic Communication in Leadership

• Understand the significance of strategic communication in effective leadership
• Explore how communication impacts team performance and organizational success
• Identify key communication goals and objectives

Session 2: Tailoring Messages to Different Audiences

• Recognize the unique needs, perspectives and challenges of nontechnical audiences
• Craft clear, concise and compelling messages tailored to specific audiences
• Use analogies, visuals and storytelling techniques to enhance comprehension

July 19

Session 3: Effective Listening Skills for Leaders

• Develop effective listening skills to build trust and understanding
• Learn techniques for engaging with others effectively through active listening
• Overcome barriers that hinder effective listening

Session 4: Bridging Technical Gaps with Nontechnical Audiences

• Provide valuable tips for conveying technical information clearly
• Discover techniques for breaking down complex information into understandable terms
• Foster collaboration between diverse teams

Participants can apply learned strategies and refine their communication skills by participating in interactive case studies, role plays and personalized feedback sessions. With these enhanced capabilities in strategic communication and bridging technical gaps with nontechnical audiences, participants will be well-equipped to lead their teams successfully toward organizational goals. 

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Elevate your project management skills with our advanced course focusing on ISO standards, risk management and earned value management. This intensive program is tailored for project managers seeking to deepen their understanding of traditional and waterfall methodologies and agile practices, including the seamless integration of agile principles into waterfall projects.

Participants will earn 80 Professional Development Units (PDUs) recognized by the Project Management Institute. The course covers techniques for tracking, interpreting and predicting costs and schedules during the execution of a project. It also provides hands-on opportunities for participants to practice the tools and techniques of performance management using earned value management and earned schedule management techniques.

Unit 1: Introduction and Contest

• Project controls terminology
• Governance and management
• ISO processes for schedule and cost
• Techniques for project control

Unit 2: Precedence Diagramming

• Precedence diagramming method
• Critical path management

Unit 3: Earned Schedule Management

• Earned schedule concepts, calculation, interpretation
• Applying earned schedule

Unit 4: Earned Value Management

• Earned value concepts, calculation, interpretation
• Applying earned value

Unit 5: The Art of Project Control

• Project manager’s role
• Tracking and reporting project progress
• Resource management

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Communication

• Visual storytelling of technical data to a nontechnical audience
• Executive speaker series

Science and Technology

• AI awareness
• Excel
• Knowledge harvesting

Leadership

• Level-up leadership series
• Forming a board of directors
• Government contracting

Industry Certification Training

• Project management
• Agile

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