Each month Mindavation will offer a template from our Project Templates CD free of charge. Don't miss out on this opportunity!

This month's download is the Template Status Report. A major component of project communication is the ongoing communication of your project status. This template can serve as the basis for complete yet concise distribution of where your project lies in terms of the triple constraints, risks and ongoing issues. It is in Word format, so it can be modified to suit your organizational and specific project needs.

Executive Intelligence—What All Great Leaders Have by Justin Menkes HarperCollins New York, NY 2005

“You are not just looking for bright or accomplished people. You need people with highly skilled judgment who are effective at making things happen. But finding these people is extraordinarily hard to do.” The persona of the Executive, and what creates success once it has been achieved, is studied via the thorough and thoughtfully researched approach to Executive Intelligence by Justin Menkes.

Project Managers will inevitably be engaged with executives throughout the lifecycle of their projects, and their careers. Understanding the executive thinking process can both present opportunities to connect for support and advocacy, as well as help manage expectations along the pathway to success. With that said, project managers can and must create development for themselves which could someday lead to executive level leadership positions. This book gives you the opportunity to understand, uncover, and begin the process to grow into those positions.

December 14-15, 2006 Denver, Colorado "Critical Judgment"

2007 Public Course Schedule Now Available
Mindavation is pleased to release our 2007 Public Course Schedule. We'll kick off the year February 1-2 in Richmond, Virginia with our Intelligent Disobedience course. Click here to see all of the available classes.

February 1-2, 2007 Richmond, Virginia "Intelligent Disobedience"

April 12-13, 2007 Denver, Colorado "Intelligent Disobedience"

Looking for a class to attend? Would you like to meet us face to face? If we are in your area, feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting.

By Rick Griffin

Oh, what a world we live in today. You and your project team have probably been a witness to the dismantling of Trust within your environment. Whether it came through a merger or acquisition, or perhaps it was saying good luck to friends, compatriots, and colleagues as they were the casualties of “rightsizing.” Maybe you observed apathetic leadership as they waited around for their golden parachute, or a major criminal or ethic scandal placed your company in the headlines. You may have survived a leadership change that made the 100-day march seem like a ride on the lazy river. All of these events have unfortunately created environments that you and your teams work in where the nature, the concept, and even the word “Trust” does not seem to exist.

Mindavation offers 30 customizable project templates and tools to make your life easier! The CD includes full project lifecycle templates and tools.

Documents are in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project 2003 (and Adobe). Modify each template to suit YOUR business and project needs.

Price (including shipping & handling): $100

Jayne Gnadt was an event speaker for the PMI® South Florida Chapter on October 13th in Coral Springs, FL. Jayne’s presentation, entitled “How to Turn Project Meeting Disasters into Motivation Opportunities,” examined the common pitfalls of project meetings and how to remedy them using efficient planning, organizational tools, and exciting activities. The presentation emphasized that project meetings are not only used to update and track the status of the project, but can be used to motivate and strengthen your team. The end result: more productive projects, stronger teams, and meetings your team will actually want to attend.

Jayne engaged participants during two breakout sessions by discussing the challenges we have with project meetings, garnering a 98% facilitator satisfaction rating from the participants. Melissa Otero from the South Florida chapter called the presentation “a great success.”

Please contact us at 888-866-MIND, or click the link below, if your organization is interested in a keynote presentation from a Mindavator.