PMI Silicon Valley Leadership Program - Weekly Series (2/19/2024 - 4/08/2024)
PMI Silicon Valley Leadership Program - Cohort 3
The purpose of the Leadership Program is to expand and deepen the leadership team by offering a training program for managers, or equivalent, whose performance and initiative has demonstrated leadership potential.
Takeaways:
- Build awareness, knowledge and competencies in areas such as public speaking, strengths, budget and finance, leading remotely, lean thinking and practice, and more
- Gain practical leadership skills and experience
- Break down silos
- Grow professionally and personally under the guidance of a mentor
- Network with leaders
Weekly Talk Subjects:
Week 1 - Introduction to Agile
Week 2 - Servant Leadership
Week 3 - Adaptive, Situational leadership
Week 4 - Leading vs Managing
Week 5 - Emotional Intelligence
Week 6 - Mentoring vs Coaching vs Training
Week 7 - Radical candor
Week 8 - Group project presentation
About the Instructor:
Bhanu Viswanadha
TOGAF, CISM, DPBoK, CCSK, DASSM, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, SASM, SA, POPM, SDP, KMP1 is currently working as IT Architect at NetApp. Previous positions include Program Manager at a major retail and healthcare company and Technical Leader at APL Ltd. While he was the PMO manager at Safeway Inc., he implemented a process for recruiting, mentoring,and motivating the Safeway project management community. Mr. Viswanadha’s other projects include delivering a training program for project manager coaching/mentoring in both waterfall and Agile methodologies. He has also been an Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University, Cogswell University of Silicon Valley and he is a Past President at PMI Silicon Valley. Bhanu is a PMI approved ATPInstructor. Bhanu has Masters in Mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India and Master of Technology in Mathematical Modeling andSimulation from University of Pune, India. Bhanu is a PMI LIMC20 graduate.
Ajay Navaratna
PMP, CSM , POPM is an experienced Agile practitioner and senior program manager having led many large and small cross functional global teams to successful transformations in Silicon Valley and East Coast based companies. He has been active PMI Silicon Valley volunteer leader for last 10+ years.
Thiru Varadadesigan
Thiru is Project Management Professional (PMP) certified by Project Management Institute (PMI). He also holds Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO). Some of the advanced education certifications he earned include: Stanford certified Advanced Project Manager (SAPM) and Stanford Strategic Decision and Risk Management (SDRM). 30+ years of professional experience, and more than 20 years of Technology leadership experience in software development, delivery, project / program management.
Meeting Leader: Aarti Sharma
Contact Meeting Leader: aartisharmak11@gmail.com
PDU Info:
Power Skills: 7.0 PDU
Online Registration
PMI Silicon Valley Members: $40.00
Non-Members: $40.00
Cancellation Policy
This event is a professional society meeting, held for the benefit of its members. The Plan Ahead registration fee paid is based on the registrant's ability to commit to attendance, ahead of time. The Plan Ahead registration fee will not be refunded for any reason, other than event cancellation, after normal business hours (5:00 PM, Pacific) on the registration deadline day. The PMI - Silicon Valley Chapter reserves the right to make last-minute changes to program content and speakers, as circumstances dictate.
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