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“The Ideal Skill Set – the PMI Talent Triangle – is a combination of technical, leadership, and strategic business management expertise.”

Feedback from high-performing organizations drove these three changes to the PMI Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) Program update requirements:

1. Technical Project Management: Project Management Essentials. (8 PDUs)
2. Leadership: Knowledge, skills and behaviors specific to leadership-oriented soft skills that help an organization achieve its business goals. (8 PDUs)
3. Strategy and Business Management: Knowledge and expertise that enhances performance and delivers better business outcomes. (8 PDUs)

Are YOU ready to be a more successful Project Leader?

Open Enrollment Opportunity:

A 3-day Leadership Excellence Course is coming to Phoenix, Arizona on October 2-4, 2019.  This workshop will be held at the Double Tree Suites by Hilton.

PMI registered education provider (as seen at the Global Congress, Seminars World and PMI Five Star events), Academy Leadership, will conduct an intensive three-day leadership course. Completing the course will earn you 36 PDUs from PMI (20 Leadership PDUs and 8 Strategy and Business Management PDUs, PLUS 8 Technical PM PDUs.)

This popular leadership development course is designed for Managers and Project Managers to step up their game. Whether you are a senior executive trying to advance your organization in a new world or a freshly appointed project manager, you'll be empowered with the new skills you need to be successful.  Gain a contemporary perspective on leadership from our Leadership Excellence & Executive Coaching Course. Corporate managers and project managers from across the U.S. have graduated from this program more confident, more productive and more effective leaders, ready to drive their organizations forward.

Course modules include:

• Managing a Leader's Style & Energy
• Aligning & Accomplishing Goals
• Personal Leadership Philosophy
• Feedback: The Essential Communication Connection
• Creating a Motivational Climate
• Leveraging the Power of Conflict
• Setting Leadership Priorities
• Accountability: Building a Culture of Responsibility
• Coaching to Develop People

Your tuition includes:

• 3-day, goal-focused, outcome-driven workshop
• 90 days of follow-up executive coaching
• Audio MP3 files of Leadership Excellence Course readings
• Workbook including self-evaluation, application and action exercises
• Your personal Energize2Lead™ Leadership Profile
• The Leader's Compass: A Personal Leadership Philosophy is Your Key to Success, 3rd Edition by Ed Ruggero and Dennis F. Haley
• The Accountability Compass: Moving from “The Blame Game” to Collaboration by Dennis F. Haley
• Bonus: Personal Leader's Journal and templates
• Continental Breakfast, lunch, beverages, and snacks

Recent Graduate Feedback:

”Focused, real life situational discussions, up to date with corporate reality regarding remote work environments, pressures, and constant change in priorities.” ~ R.L.

”Best Leadership Course I have ever seen. Extremely practical and applicable, and very needed on our team.”  ~ A.H.

“A leadership training that gives immediate and practical benefits. I feel strongly that I can be an effective leader if I apply what I have learned. The time flew by – excellent discussions, slides, exercises, and reading materials.” ~ R.K.

Download the course brochure here or at www.academyleadership.com/excellence/ but be sure to use the discount code below. 

When:

October 2 – 4, 2019       8:00 am to 4:30 pm       (3-days)

Tuition: 

Cost is $3,450 per attendee ($3,150 for PMI members. Use discount code: MAVROLEON12). Fee includes all training and course materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and breaks each day.  Special Discounts: PMI-Phoenix Chapter members will receive an additional $100 savings - $400 off the total! Tuition is only $3,050. Use this discount code instead during registration:  MAVROLEON400.  

www.doubletreephoenix.com 

Need a place to stay?  Book online or contact the Double Tree Suites, Phoenix, AZ. Call 1-602-683-9458 and speak to Abbey Berry or reach her at abbey.berry@doubletreeephoenix.com as soon as possible. Mention the Academy Leadership Excellence Course to receive the best direct rate available.

Course Enrollment: 

Contact Judy Mavroleon directly at 805-423-7494. Class sizes are strictly limited to no more than 15 students, so act soon!  Register by September 24th, 2019 for the Phoenix Course at ENROLL HERE or go to: http://www.academyleadership.com/mavroleon. Program materials will be mailed to participants upon registration. You can also contact Judy Mavroleon after Tuesday, September 24th, to see if late enrollment is still available for the Phoenix course.

Cancellation Policy: Refer to Academy Leadership's website for the latest policy.  Minimum $200 administrative service charge for transfers or cancellation once the program pre-work package has shipped.

About the Course Facilitator:

The Facilitator for the Phoenix Leadership Excellence Course will be Judy Mavroleon. Judy has 30 years of leadership and business management experience in numerous executive positions such as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Director of Finance, and Director of Human Resources for military training sites and higher education. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and is a certified Business Continuity Planner (ABCP) with Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII). 

Judy is a combat veteran and recently retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. She has held leadership roles in Military Department Emergency Disaster Response Exercises and Defense Support of Civil Authorities Exercises. She co-authored “Antidote for Panic: Managing Business Continuity Projects Effectively” and has been a guest speaker at the Project Management Institute (PMI) Congress and numerous Region 7 PMI Chapters and a speaker at the televised PMI Honolulu Chapter – Professional Development Day. Judy is passionate about leadership and dedicated to helping others develop their leadership talents. Her full biography can be viewed at the enrollment site www.academyleadership.com/mavroleon

Questions?

Email: jmavroleon@academyleadership.com

Phone: 805-423-7494

About Academy Leadership:

Founded in 2000, Academy Leadership is an elite consulting and training firm that specializes in leader development. We are a group of Service Academy graduates and senior ranking Military Officers who became successful business leaders during or following their military careers. We convert managers at all levels into passionate leaders who create a positive, enthusiastic, and supportive environment in which their team members can be successful.

Our process is based on methods used by West Point and the Naval Academy leadership development programs. We combined these strategies with today's successful corporate leadership philosophies to create corporate and individual leadership training programs that produce measurable results.

Academy Leadership delivers a comprehensive, no-nonsense program for executives and project managers in any industry, in any size organization. Our Clients range from small consulting firms to the largest companies in the world including Allstate, Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, Fidelity, General Mills, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Motorola, Oracle, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Southwest Airlines, Staples, UPS, and Verizon. A full list of Partner organizations can be viewed at http://www.academyleadership.com/partners.asp

Contact Judy Mavroleon at 805-423-7494 or jmavroleon@academyleadership.com should you want to discuss customized organizational training and coaching programs.