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- June 22 Value Network Analysis Workshop with Verna Allee, May 2, 2012 - People naturally network as they work so why not model work itself as a network? Any time people come together they take on different roles and define how they will interact. Value network modeling makes this natural pattern of work visible. It captures...
- Maya Townsend Speaking at the CEM Annual Global Pension Administration Peer Conference , April 23, 2012 - Just confirmed: Maya will be speaking on organization change management strategy at the upcoming CEM Annual Global Pension Administration Peer Conference on May 8 in New York City. We'll focus on how pension administration organizations can use a proactiv...
- "Becoming a Change Leader (Yes, You!)" at PMI Mass Bay's Professional Development Day, March 10, 2012 - PMs are on the front lines of organization change. Yet the statistics on change are dismal. McKinsey Quarterly reported that only 38% of leaders believed their recent transformation effort was better than somewhat successful. And the project success rates...
- "Stacking the Deck: Using Hidden Organizational Networks to Develop High Potentials" at the Northeast HR Association Conference, March 1, 2012 - How often have you realized, only after an employee has left the company, how critical he or she actually was to the business? Have you ever found your company in dire straits because key positions have been empty for too long? Or have you hired a promisi...
- Project Summit Conference Update: How to be a Change Leader, October 25, 2011 - Sixty plus people listened in today at the Project Summit in Burlington, MA for a talk on how to be a successful change leader. Not only did we have a lot of fun (the people next door told us they could hear us laughing), we identified practical methods people can use to create change in organizations.
- Coming to the Project Summit: Becoming a Change Leader (Yes, You!), July 27, 2011 - PMs are on the front lines of organization change. Yet the statistics on change are dismal. McKinsey Quarterly reported that only 38% of leaders believed their recent transformation effort was better than somewhat successful. And the project success rates (coming in on time, within budget, and to scope) are lower than anyone would like. Clearly, there's room for improvement.
- Quoted in the Boston Herald: It's OK to Eat Alone if You're A High-Performing Introvert, July 20, 2011 - 80 women from the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association convened on July 19, 2011 to learn about the Art and Science of Networking. The task: figure out how to use science to reduce the awkwardness of traditional networking and to network strategically. The session received rave reviews.
- The Art & Science of Networking (Yes, There Is a Science!), July 19, 2011 - Have you ever wondered how the grapevine really affects your reputation in the company? How a leader's connections support his or her success leading a project? Whether all these networking meetings really make a difference?
In this highly interactive, f...
- Free Team Communication Activity, February 22, 2011 - Networks at Play is a short experiential activity that introduces participants to the concepts of hidden social networks and of critical connectors. It's a fun, fast way to help participants understand how information flows in teams and how networks affec...
- "The Nature of Networks" in Talent Management Magazine, September 4, 2010 - Professional networks within and across organizations can directly impact the success of change initiatives. But to what extent, and why? This article in Talent Management magazine answers these questions....
- PMI Mass Bay Event: Leveraging Informal Networks to Improve Project Success Rates, January 19, 2010 - The statistics about project success are daunting: too many fail to finish on time, within budget, and according to scope. Only 5% of change initiatives are completed on time and with minimal disruption to the organization, according to Gartner. Clearly, ...
- "Welcome! Now Work" hits SlideShare's Top Tweet List, October 27, 2009 - "Welcome! Now Get to Work..." is a brief presentation that outlines best practices in new hire on-boarding. It includes discussion of socialization and networks -- key elements of successful new hire integration processes. The presentation made SlideShare...
- High Performance Team Workout: Partnering Resources introduces new service designed to boost team performance, September 15, 2009 - The group has six months to come together and accomplish something challenging. Maybe it’s designing and rolling out a new project management methodology worldwide. Perhaps it’s pulling off the first large-scale user conference in the company’s history. O...
- What It's Like to PM: Industry exploration at the Project Management Institute, August 11, 2009 - Crossing industries can be daunting. The hope is that the learning curve will be small and new hires will quickly become a valued member of staff. The worst case scenario: the milieu will be so different that the new hire never learns enough to contribute...
- Network Power: Tapping Hidden Social Networks to Accelerate Improvement, June 18, 2009 - Have you ever wondered how the grapevine affects improvement efforts? How a leader's social connections support his or her success leading a quality effort? Whether you can make your next quality improvement effort more successful by tapping into social n...
