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Leaders'
Corner
Board Business
GLC Elections -
The results are in! The newly-elected 2012-2013 officers
are:
VP of Administration: Mr.
Vivek Thagu, PgMP
VP of Finance: Mr. Neil Goldman,
PMP
VP of Membership: Mr. Sanjay
Kumar, PMP
Congratulations
to the incoming board members! In mid-November, the GLC
board will hold its annual transition meeting to onboard
the new members and review strategic and operation plans
for 2012.
PMI North American Leadership Institute Meeting
– Several members of the chapter board attended this
learning and sharing session which was held in Dallas, Texas,
October 19-23. Over 800 community leaders participated,
representing 177 chapters, 32 Communities of Practice and
45 countries. PMI Great Lakes Chapter was also awarded the
2011 PMI Community Award for Volunteer Program.
PMI
Stats:
368,349 Members
482,052 Credential holders
272 Chapters
187 Countries
36 Communities of Practice
NA LIM Attendees:
800 Community Leaders
177 Chapters represented
32 Communities of Practice
represented
45 Countries represented |
GLC
Surveys – if you attend a GLC dinner meeting
or other event, please be sure to respond to the follow-up
evaluation surveys. Your opinions are very important to
us in planning future events.
Outreach Programs
Corporate Outreach
- Meritor Corp., Troy, will be our corporate host for the
December Corporate Roundtable; mid-level managers
are invited by the chapter to these roundtables which are
facilitated discussions on relevant industry and project
management topics between project management leaders from
local corporations.
Academic
& Community Outreach – a PMI “Project
Management Skills for Life” course was recently
delivered to the West Bloomfield Interact Club. Interact
is Rotary International’s service club for young people
ages 12 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual
Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but they
are self-governing and self-supporting. Each year, Interact
clubs complete at least two community service projects,
one of which furthers international understanding and goodwill.
The Skills course conducted by the chapter used a real-life
project that the West Bloomfield Interact Club will be conducting
in 2012.
Academic – GLC is partnering with PMI
in its new CAPM program for universities offering project
management curricula; the program offers students in project
management courses a bundled price for joining PMI, sitting
for the CAPM certification test and acceptance of the course
to meet the 23 contact hours of formal education requirement.
For
more information on Outreach Programs, visit www.pmiglc.org
or contact vp.outreach@pmiglc.net
PMI®
News
PMI
Testifies on Disaster Relief Project Management
PMI
recently
presented testimony to a Senate panel on the United States’
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) accountability
showing that project management expertise has practical
applications for FEMA in providing disaster relief efforts.
The October 20, 2011 hearing titled, “Accountability
at FEMA: Is Quality Job #1?”focused on quality control
and business practices at the Federal Emergency Management
Agency in order to reduce errors, mitigate waste, fraud,
and abuse, and ensure greater efficiency in the agency’s
response and recovery activities. Read
the complete article.
Counting
PMs
Although there aren’t a lot of good numbers to go by,
PMI estimates that there 16.5 million Project Managers
in the world. Both PMI and Gantthead have relationships
with a bit more than 600K each, with roughly a 13% overlap.
66.8% of PMI members are based in North America. 53.9% of
Gantthead members are based in North America. So that implies
that there may be 8.7M-11M Project Managers in North America.
Of course, these percentages shrink every year as the industry
(and everything else in the world) becomes more global.
Chapter
Meeting & Forum
Monday, November
14 • Presenter: Frank Homann
Management Education Center
811 W. Square Lake Road
Troy, Michigan
Dinner
Meeting Presentation
Learn the ingredients of
project management and how they contribute to success, in
a green solar industry, here in Michigan. Renewable energy
is becoming a fast-paced competitive environment after many
years of being relegated to small labs and skunk works projects.
The execution of a strategy including project management
is key to the success of a companyView more details and
register.
Annual
Chapter Business Meeting
The chapter will also conduct its annual business meeting
for membership. The Chapter board will review past accomplishments
and significant events for 2011.
Report
PDUs
Other
Events
International Project Management Day
November 3, 2011
The
international project management day (IPM day) is intended
to encourage project based organizations worldwide or organizations
who utilize project management methodologies to schedule some
type of recognition event within their organizations or coordinated
locally with others to truly demonstrate appreciation for
the achievements of project managers and their teams. Read
on.
Webinars:
Earn PDUs in November!
Get
critical insights into how Leadership Culture that is created
on a Project is helpful for forceful advancement and implementation
of desired outcomes. This guidance will be valuable to all
team members, and particularly team leads, who must learn
skills and adapt leadership approaches to explore issue resolutions.
See how practicing and taking corrective actions throughout
project progression adds value in inter-relationships, cohesiveness
and in building trust. Register today for Leadership
Skills for Managing Projects, a two-part webinar series
presented by the Leadership in PM Community of Practice. Read
on.
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