SNEC-PMI April 2010 Chapter Meeting        

Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 5:00pm - 8:00pm     

Registration deadline:
April 18, 2010 at Midnight

Pre-Meeting Education Session

Searching for a Job in the New Millennium
By Joe Cacciola

A short, informative, and humorous exploration of how to stand out while job searching in the new millennium.  What do you need, how do you exploit professional networking sites, and why is being on LinkedIn not the only thing you need to know to successfully network?  This session, mixed with a little bit of reality, promises to be a fast-paced look at trying to find that “next opportunity”.

Bio:
Joseph A. Cacciola, MBA, PMP is a 26-year veteran of the insurance/financial services and telecommunications industries, primarily with MassMutual Financial Group.  He possesses an extensive background in a number of diverse Project and Demand Management disciplines, Process and Quality Improvement, and Project Management Training and Education.

Main Presentation

Delivering Exceptional Team Performance with Trust, Creativity and Relentless Execution
By Richard Hews

Organizations bring teams together in order to deliver on an opportunity that is too big or complex for one person to achieve alone. This requires that individuals coordinate their actions and activities to realize the desired results. Why is it then that even with apparently the right levels of resource and expertise, projects don’t always follow their intended paths?

We propose that trust, creativity and the ability to make and keep powerful commitments lie at the heart of all successful teams. This emphasizes the need for all Project Leaders and Managers to be skilled in methods of building trust throughout a team and looking at the way promises are made by team members.

A different approach to the subject of trust and keeping promises will be discussed as the basis of an approach that Project Managers can use with their teams.

Bio:
Richard Hews is a leadership and change coach, passionate about helping to change organizational conversations in order to transform their results. His success working with leaders is based on the trust he builds and the commitment he has to their success.

Richard has over 30 years executive leadership and management experience at a large Pharmaceutical Company in the disciplines of statistics, project management and strategic management – gained in the UK and the USA.

He is a founding partner of Triscendance, an organization which develops assessment tools and workshops designed to help leaders and teams open the conversations of trust.

Richard believes that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect and is currently Board President of the Women’s Center of Southeastern Connecticut, which provides services to those affected by sexual assault and domestic violence. Richard is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and is certified by Newfield Network and the Strozzi Institute. He has a Masters degree in Statistics.

Richard is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and is certified by Newfield Network and the Strozzi Institute. He has a Masters degree in Statistics.

For the last 20 years, Richard has made his home in East Lyme, Connecticut with his wife Gill. They have 2 grown daughters who are currently building their lives and careers in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.