Payment for 2023-02 Developing Strengths Based Project Teams - Non-Members

Session Description:

Everyone has talents and strengths.  Everyone does projects.  What would happen if you integrated your talents and strengths with project management -- to become a strengths-based project team?  Find out by attending this interactive session.

To become a strengths-based project team, it first starts with YOU – by discovering, understanding, articulating, and intentionally applying your own talents and strengths.  For there, you can do the same with your project team members – to maximize the collective talents and strengths of everyone.

Together we will:

• Become familiar with StrengthsFinder and your top 5 strengths.

• Map your top 5 strengths to project management.

• Explore the characteristics of a strengths-based project team.

• Show the building blocks for developing a strengths-based project team.

This presentation is an introduction to strengths-based project teams and is based on StrengthsFinder 2.0 (also known as CliftonStrengths) by Gallup.  If you have already taken the StrengthsFinder assessment, great.  Bring your top 5 strengths to the session.  If not, don’t worry.  You will have time in the session to “select” your top 5!

You don’t want to miss this session!  It will be fun and informative!

Connie Plowman is well-known within PMI.

As a volunteer leader, Connie served on the Board of Director for PMI-Portland Chapter in various roles.  She was our Chapter President in 2005.  At that time, the Chapter had 750 members!  From there, she became our Region 1 Mentor, then continued volunteering for PMI Global.  After 20+ years, she “retired” her PMI volunteer hat.

As a corporate leader, Connie was the COO for Cadence Management Corporation, an international project management training & consulting firm.  She was with Cadence for 22 years.  While at Cadence, she became a frequent guest speaker for college students studying project management – which opened the door to
academia. 

As an education leader, Connie began her education career as the Interim Executive Director for the CLIMB Center at Portland Community College.  Today, Connie teaches project management classes at Clackamas Community College.

Connie has published two books with Business Expert Press – “Developing Strengths-Based Project Teams” and “Project Communications: A Critical Factor for Project Success.”   In 2016, she received the PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award – a highlight in her career.

Connie seems to retire, un-retire, retire, un-retire.  Today, she is definitely un-retired!

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