Project Management for HR: Designing and Delivering Successful Results Every Time

Why Should You Attend:

With HR finally getting more recognition at the planning tables, having the right skill sets is essential to your participation in the organization’s strategic implementation processes. With the fundamentals of project management in hand, HR professionals will be able to participate in cross functional project teams.

This webinar will provide tips on how HR professionals can better serve their internal customers using the tools and methodologies of project management.

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce HR professionals to the project management conversation
• Understand the value add of being a part of cross functional project teams.
• Acquire tools that empower you to manage your processes effectively.
• Become part of a uniform community that speaks a uniform language.
• Build a climate of cohesive project planning and implementation.
• Create a position at the project planning table for HR as opposed to being included only when crisis hits.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Overview of project management
• Integrating project management vs. functional management
• HR’s role as project/performance managers
• Organizing projects as micro/macro initiatives
• Facilitating team dynamics- selecting the right SMEs
• Building a crisis minimization plan
• Getting organization buy-in for your projects
• Implementation planning
• Project communication strategies
• Managing project risks
• Project controls/monitoring
• Project process improvement
• Project closeout and handoff.

Who Will Benefit:

• HR Professionals
• Managers and Supervisors
• Project Managers
• Independent Consultants/Practitioners
• Human Resource Managers
• Human Resource Executives
• Vice Presidents of Administration
• CEOs
• COOs
• CFOs
• Chief People Officers
• Organizational Development Managers
• Senior Operations Managers
• Directors of Learning and Development
• Risk Management Specialists
• Business Owners
• Business Leaders

Instructor Profile:

Gail Birks, is the President of CMA Enterprise Incorporated, a Management Consulting firm (1990) and The Breakthru Institute, a Edu-tainment Company. Since 1994, she has served as a Director on the Board of Gibraltar Private Bank, FSB. She is a graduate of Tennessee State University where she obtained the first BBA degree in Economics and Finance and Florida International University where she obtained an Executive MBA (EMBA) in Business and Strategic Management. She has also completed post-graduate work in HR Administration and Industrial Psychology. A certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, she is also a State of Florida Supreme Court certified Circuit/ Civil Mediator.

Serving the South Florida Community for the past 30 years, Ms. Birks is active with National Association of Corporate Directors-Florida Chapter, Board Member, Women’s Executive Leadership, Advisory Board Member (past), Women Corporate Director, and The Casimiro Global Foundation, Board member and Secretary. She is a mentor to “at promise” youth.

Recent professional achievements and accolades include but are not limited to: 2012 – Top 100 Most Influential Black Professionals – ICABA; 2011 – Top 50 Most Powerful Black Professionals in South Florida for 2011; Legacy Magazine; 2008 – Top Hat Award, Business and Entrepreneurship, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc; 2007 – Circle of Excellence – Women’s Council of Commerce, Gr. Ft. Lauderdale Chamber.

She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. And is the proud mother of Courtney Michelle.

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