- Live Class
Governance That Works: Psychology, Strategy and Tools
Train in adaptive governance to boost PMO resilience, influence change, and lead projects like a CEO—across all sectors.
Offered at the following events: see registration for course dates
- 15—17 September 2026, Denver, CO
- LevelIntermediate
- PDUs21
- Duration3-Day Training
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Overview
Train to think like a CEO. Unprecedented challenges face today’s project managers. How do you construct a sustainable governance structure to address the many changes of modern projects? This training introduces the Gold Standard Technique of adaptive governance to address today’s chaotic challenges. Governance is often thought of as a slow-moving aspect of modern project management. Unfortunately, this understanding is outdated and superseded with adaptive governance aspects. How can governance be a project’s major strength? Learn the secrets of leading high-performance CEOs, PMOs, executives, and Nobel Prize-winning economists in next-generation adaptive governance approaches. This training is unique in that it addresses the specific challenges with government, corporate, and NGO projects and programs in a delineated way for each project sector. Unique challenges for government, corporate, and NGO governance domains are addressed with practical, takeaway solutions. We build roadmaps custom for your organization and practical tools you can use immediately to great effect.
This training will shed light on formulas for proven adaptive strategies and tactics in large-scale projects within all sectors. You will be coached on known security, conflict, risk, and stakeholder challenges. Further PMO-improving insights will show how simple and quick adaptive governance changes can lead to better conflict resolution, risk management, and benefits realization. You will be empowered with the knowledge for nudging and influencing governance rapidly, even when you have no formal authority within the PMO organization.
This training will provide tools to build a resilient and adaptive governance framework for any project. The practical Gold Standard Technique in adaptive governance will outline the leading-edge approaches to enhance your PMO’s resilience to change. Case studies and breakout groups will provide key takeaways that can be used the next day to improve your project at any level and stage. Leading PMOs around the world have shared their techniques for influencing governance when you have no formal power to do so. See how to unlock your existing organizational value and address complexity head-on with less effort than you ever thought possible.
Related Topics
- Strategic Application and Governance
- Organizational Value
- Governance
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What You'll Learn
Upon completion of this training, learners will be able to:
- Apply the psychology and neuroscience-backed Gold Standard Technique in adaptive governance— the result of CEO surveys in C-Suite offices around the world.
The Gold Standard Technique was built from successful toolboxes and frameworks used by CEO, CTO, CIO, CFOs, and project management offices (PMOs) in the corporate, government, and NGO sectors around the world. Acquire world-leading clarity regarding governance models, and effective execution to achieve success in stakeholder and PMO main goals.
- Employ cutting-edge conflict resolution systems and risk management approaches that stem organically from adaptive governance strategies.
- Measure and improve their personal and PMO’s Adaptability Index using proven, world-renowned governance exercises and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Learn more about the expert instructor(s) for this training.
PDU Breakdown
Maintaining a certification? Earn professional development units (PDUs) toward renewal while building valuable skills in this live training course.
Total PDUs
Business Acumen
Ways of Working
Power Skills
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About the Instructor(s)
Oscar Wasilik, PMP

Oscar is an accomplished Senior Project Manager with over 10 years of experience successfully leading projects beyond $100 Million in value. He authored the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All paper 2012 along with three world-renowned subject matter experts in international energy projects. Oscar has a particular expertise in driving government and public-sector projects as diverse as G7 embassy projects, arctic power plants, military sites, international data centers and, most recently, the restoration of the Parliament of Canada.
As the youngest graduate of the University of Oxford's master's degree in Major Program Management, Oscar benefited from and contributed to cutting edge approaches in international program management with Nobel Prize-winning economists, executive practitioners, and experts from around the world. Oscar is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional PMP® and holds two professional engineering licenses in Canada. His work was featured in the Financial Times, Economist, New York Times, and other publications.
He has led to completion and analyzed 13 years’ worth of projects, from venture capital, public sector, private sector, military, and United Nations perspectives. His paper on P3 public-private partnership governance between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Government of Canada was co-authored with a former US Supreme Court Justice and addressed the particularly successful practices for large-scale, modern government projects. Oscar is a charismatic presenter and a former world-level debater who ranked within the top 50. He emphasizes emotional intelligence, practical approaches, and a let's get it done attitude that has been described as inspirational and motivating.
