Leadership from the Bottom + Annual Meeting

Show support of the chapter! Time to come out and mingle.

We have a fantastic speaker from Silicon Valley, and price includes buffet dinner. [Currently, price listed is suggested donation and subject to change]

Agenda:
6:15pm - Food/Drink and be social
6:50pm - PMI Business - bylaw vote
7pm - Speaker, Phil Patrick, PMP and global presenter
8pm - Adjourn

LEADERSHIP FROM THE BOTTOM

As a leader of project teams for over 20 years I have watched colleagues in a diversity of organizations – large and small – generate countless promising ideas that eventually fade into oblivion. Several of these organizations are either no longer in existence or have lost their position among market leaders. Unlike two and three decades ago, organizations in the 21st century employ more and more knowledge workers in increasingly complex tasks, and in many instances, with the best perspective on how to improve the operation of the organization. Rather than approaching organizational change from an executive management perspective, this presentation discusses how fiercely competitive forces require leadership from the bottom of the organization chart; that is, strategies and action plans created by the multitude of individual contributors, project managers, and other non-executives. At a healthcare IT organization, executive management approved a fully-staffed, multi-year project that saved the organization tens of millions of dollars. As my proposal progressed through various stages of management, transferable concepts came to light along the way, including common pitfalls, deliverables, artifacts, and lessons learned. This presentation provides:

A frontline perspective on how individual contributors, project managers, and other non-executives can lead change in a fast-paced, fiercely competitive, 21-century organization Real-life experiences with common pitfalls, deliverables, and artifacts enabling a PM to take action and advance a change project proposal through management approvals to management delight
Based on my PM Network article nominated for the PMI Cleland Literary Award, this presentation provides a frontline perspective with specific steps based on real-life experience describing how individual contributors, project managers, and other non-executives can successfully lead organizational improvements in a fast-paced, fiercely competitive, 21-century organization.

About the Speaker Phil Patrick

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/4/6/c/event_170502092.jpegPhil Patrick has over 20 years experience in project/program management, business intelligence infrastructure, carrier and enterprise network strategy, and business planning. Phil currently leads a business intelligence infrastructure team at Kaiser Permanente. He started his career as Member Technical Staff at Telcordia and has held positions in Engineering, Services, and Business Development at Motorola, Globalstar and SS8 Networks. Phil managed a consulting business where some of his major projects included expanding a legacy network to a nationwide VoIP network for a CLEC, recovering lost billing revenue for AT&T, and planning and strategy for peer-to-peer VoIP-PBX startup. Phil has presented around the world on various subjects related to program management, mobile communications, VoIP, and satellite communications. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Columbia University and a BS in Computer Engineering from Howard University. Phil is also PMP and ITILv3 Foundation certified. Phil can reached through his blog at www.leadfromthebottom.blogspot.com (http://www.leadfromthebottom.blogspot.com/).

PDU - Claim Category A
Chapter: C312
Worth: 1.5
Activity ID: 20121115