New Member Orientation/ Happy Hour scheduled for June 23
June 23 - 5:30 - 8 pm

PMIGL is excited to host its first in-person happy hour of 2021 at the beautiful Lakeshore Park in Novi, MI. This month’s event, Wednesday, June 23 at 5:30 p.m., has several events in one. First, will be networking followed by a brief orientation for new chapter members. We conclude the evening by leadership recognizing our volunteers, from 2019-2021, who give so much to our community for their contributions. A light meal will be available. $5 for members and non-members to attend.

Workshop: What Makes a Project Manager an Effective Leader?
June 25 - 9 am - 12 pm

A Project Manager has to be expert in three areas: the technical aspects of the job, business strategy, and leadership. Leadership is a big part of the job and is integral in managing stakeholder expectations, leading without authority, managing risk, delivering under tight deadlines, managing stress, communicating with team members, key stakeholders, and team building. 

We will discuss three things you can do right now to be an effective leader as a Project Manager:

• Effective communication with your team and stakeholders, Emails, visuals, persuasion.
• Conflict or issue resolution Throughout the course of any project, it’s common for scope, budget, resource allocation, and other miscellaneous issues to arise. It is the role of the project manager to ensure that these issues are resolved effectively in order to keep the project on track.
• Team Building A good project manager will do more than simply manage the steps of a project. They will also manage their team in order to keep them productive and happy. A part of this should include team-building exercises designed to boost morale, particularly after challenging weeks or phases of the project. Organizing a weekly lunch or happy hour is one such example.

We all have one thing that inhibits us from Doing these things well. Register today so you can learn what gets in the way so you can be an effective leader.

Speaker: Spencer Horn
Businesses internationally look to Spencer as an enthusiastic, insightful source for counsel and advice on developing productive and focused corporate cultures. Spencer is able to draw upon his 28 years of executive experience to reenergize seasoned and emerging professionals and increase organizational effectiveness. He inspires change, to develop: a powerful culture, effective communication, high performing teams and engagement.

Spencer is the President of Altium Leadership. He has previously been the CEO of a leadership development company and Vice President of a NASDAQ company, which developed IMAX theaters in tourist destinations. There he worked with major organizations such as IMAX Corp., National Geographic Television, Radio City Productions, Disney Films and more. He has been speaking professionally since 2009. He spoke at 64 events in 2019. He has been speaking and presenting at PMI chapter development conferences since 2010 and has been a regular speaker at the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting (LIM) North America Conference, since 2014. He is consistently one of the highest rated speakers for the yearlong, PMI Leadership Institute Master Class (LIMC) since 2015.

Construction Panel: The Success OF IPD Projects
June 29 - 4:30-6 pm

Integrated Project Delivery was developed as a solution to construction projects’ adversarial relationships, low rates of productivity, high rates of inefficiency and rework, frequent disputes, and lack of innovation, resulting in too many projects that cost too much and take too long to build.

Project Management Professionals are proficient in Integration Management for different aspects of a project. The PMBoK Framework is applicable to any type of project, but when it comes to Integrated Project Delivery, there are contractual, psychological, and business management skills needed to successfully carry out the management of a quality end product that mixes Team Culture, Owner Business Objectives, and Contractor’s Financial Goals.